Love
What type of love refers to self-giving, sacrificial love that seeks another person's good without requiring repayment?
Agape Love
According to 1 John 4:8, Scripture doesn't merely say that God loves. What stronger statement does it make about God?
God is love.
Before responding properly to God's love, what did we say we must first try to do with it?
Comprehend / grasp it.
What type of love describes the natural affection or bond between parents, children and siblings?
Storge.
What three main characteristics of God's love did we identify?
Unearned, steadfast/everlasting, and sacrificial.
What are the two main responses to God's love drawn from the teaching we discussed?
Feed our faith with God's love and remain/live in His love.
What type of love is associated with friendship, loyalty and companionship?
Philia.
Paul prays in Ephesians 3:17–19 that believers would grasp what four dimensions of Christ's love?
Width, length, height and depth.
In John 15:9 Jesus says, “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now _____.”
Remain in my love.
According to John 15:13, what does Jesus use as an example of the greatest expression of love?
Laying down one's life for one's friends.
Jeremiah 31:3 describes God's love using what word that shows it is not temporary?
Everlasting
Which disciple repeatedly referred to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved”?
John
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