03/04/2020
Our last lesson explored the three kinds of love in a happy marriage. It will help us if we think of them as three parts of a pyramid. The base of the pyramid is Agape love, agape is a Greek word that has two main characteristics: gives and sacrifices for the highest good of another person. 1 Corinthians 13 tells us how agape love expresses itself. Agape love is not just a feeling but a choice of the will. We learn agape love in our homes; God wants you to show unselfish love to other members of your family. Agape love is not blind, it sees the faults of the other person but covers them with love; you don’t try to change the person but accept them and love them no matter what happens. God is the perfect example of agape love; He gave His Son... while we were sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). Friendship is the warm love and affection we have for good friends, people whom we like and enjoy (same and opposite s*x). To have a successful marriage you need friendship love so you enjoy being together, talking and sharing things with each other. Sexual love is that special, most intimate kind of love between a husband and wife. We should have s*xual love for only one person- our spouse. God created s*xual in*******se as a means for producing children and a source of pleasure, He protects this blessing with forbidding s*xual impurity (fornication, adultery and s*xual sins). Sexual love can never be the foundation for a successful marriage. We need all three kinds of love, in the right order, and built on a solid foundation: God’s love, which makes it all work! I pray you guard yourselves as you seek your spouses; real love is not blind, you don’t have to love someone who is not right for you. Don’t be in a hurry and trust in God’s perfect timing for your life.
