This document contains 12 sections that discuss the concept of agape love based on verses from the Bible. Some key points made include:
- Agape is the highest form of love described in the Bible and is characterized as being patient, kind, not envious or boastful, and not easily angered.
- Parents must lead their children by example and teach them to show love for God and their family.
- True love as described by agape does not delight in evil or sinful acts but instead rejoices in truth.
- The sections provide explanations and examples of how agape love differs from feelings of lust, romance, or envy and is about showing God's love to one another
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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
Where the Love of God
abounds, everyone is
welcome.
Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
www.rossvillechurch.com
5-8-13
2. 2
Proverbs 4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;
and the years of thy life shall be many. 11 I have
taught thee in the way of Wisdom; I have led thee
in right paths. 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall
not be straitened (narrow; distressed); and when
thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Parents must lead
by example.
Children remember what
we do far longer that
what we say.
3. 3
Parents leading the way -- God’s Way.
They learn how to show
their love for God, and to
show their love for family.
4. 4
1 Corinthians 13 4-8a Love (agape) is patient, love
is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not
proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not
easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love
does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always
hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. …
Agape is the highest form of
love, and it’s a verb not a feeling.
Friendship is good, but better with agape.
Romance is good, but won’t last without agape.
5. 5
Godly love not only
waits, but it is kind
while it waits.
LOVE (agape – real love) does not envy.
9. 9
Agape is not self-seeking.
Hebrews 10 24 And let us consider how we may spur
one another on toward love and good deeds. 25 Let us
not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit
of doing, but let us encourage one another -- and all
the more as you see the Day approaching.
10. 10
Agape is not easily angered, and keeps no
record of wrongs (does not hold grudges).
11. 11
Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in Truth.
The world commits fornication and calls it love.
Sinners commit homosexuality and call it love.
Love doesn’t lead the beloved
into sin.
12. 12
Agape protects, trusts, hopes, perseveres.
Too often lust is mistaken for love.
Romance is settled for without agape.
Agape is showing God’s Love to one another.