Thursday, March 25, 2021

Let Love Move You


The entrance of His Word gives light. (Ps. 119:130)

Eros

an ancient Greek word which means "to desire", love."The word eros is associated and depicted in different sources under several different guises. Eros love is portrayed in the Old Testament book, Song of Solomon. Eros, pronounced AIR-ose, love is the physical, sensual intimacy between a husband and wife.

They are four unique forms of love are found in the Bible. They are communicated through four Greek words: ErosStorgePhilia, and Agape.

  1. Cosmogony is any model concerning the origin of either the cosmos or the universe.
  2. The Greek god of love and sex and Cupid is his counterpart

  3. In the earliest account, he is a primordial god, while in later accounts he is described as one of the children of Aphrodite and Ares and, with some of his siblings, was one of the Erotes, a group of winged love gods.

Eros love: Four unique forms of love are found in the Bible. They are communicated through four Greek words: 

Eros - romantic love

Storge -  family love

Philia friend bond

Agape - unconditional "God" love

The exact Greek term storge does not appear in the Bible. However, the opposite form is used twice in the New Testament. However, there are examples of storge in scriptureEXODUS 20:12 NIV

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

Astorgos (A stor gos) means "without love, devoid of affection, without affection to kindred, hard-hearted, unfeeling," and is found in the book of Romans and 2 Timothy.

Storge (pronounced stor-JAY) is a Greek word that is used in Christianity to mean family love, the bond among mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, sisters, and brothers.

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