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Chris Mayfield 06/19/08

I ran across this small explanation about agape love from John MacArthur in preparing for this weekends "Dominated" by God's Love message. “Love” (in Greek, agapÄ“) refers to a volitional love, not an emotional feeling. It is a love that is unrestricted, unrestrained, and unconditional. Volitional meaning that it was God's will to love us and that should be our will as well; to love God, to love believers, and to love unbelievers. It is also an unrestricted, unrestrained, and unconditional love, which means I can't just love people based on what they do for me because if that was the case God would have held back his love from me, because I was his enemy. No in spite of who I was (a son of Satan, rocking out), God loved me without conditions(because I couldn't meet any even if I tried).

That is the wonder of God that blows me away! Romans 5:8 "but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

Luke Emerson said @ 4:21am 06/24/08

I love it, volitional: done with deliberate intention.
Not fleeting, not reactionary, not always happy, not always easy. Purposeful, measured, planned (and perhaps most difficult to grasp) consistent.

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