SERIES: Funny Math

TITLE: Our Ultimate Calling

TEXT: 2 Peter 1:7 (p.1018)

“Unlovely things must be deeply loved before they become lovable.”  G.K. Chesterton

        I.            EXPLAINING LOVE        

The word Peter uses here is agape.  Words used for love in English:

1)      Eros- (_________) “love.”  “I love you (__)…”

2)      Philos- (_________) love.  “I love you (_______)…”

3)      Agape- (__________) love.  “I love you (_________).” 

“Agape love seeks those who never saw it coming, who never had it coming, who never sought it out.  It shows up unannounced, unexpected, undeserved.”  Buchanan

     II.            EXPERIENCING LOVE  

1.      Agape love sees a (_____) and then moves to (________). 

2.      Agape love doesn’t (______________). 

3.      Agape love doesn’t calculate what it will (________________). 

4.      Agape love doesn’t consider whether the person deserves help or assistance.

5.      Agape love makes all decisions with the other person’s (______) in mind.

How can I have this type of love? 

1.      You must be a Christian.

2.      You must be mature in your thinking.

3.      We need to separate emotions from intellect.

4.      The key is SURRENDER.

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