"Agape Doctrine" Series...Part Two

“Living in the Epiphany of the
Gospel of

Jesus Christ” © 2008 Ybarra

Message:


"Has the message of
Hope and Faith
over shadow Love?" Part Two...

I would like to start off by defining the two characters in question.

I have obtained these definitions from Merriam-Webster Online Search.
Let’s start with hope. (1) to desire with expectation of obtainment

(2) to expect with confidence.

Second is faith. (b1) firm belief in something for which there is no proof.

(b2) complete trust.

“You can give without loving,

but you cannot love without giving.” Amy Carmichael.

“In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action,

is dead James 2:17.

You can not have hope and not have faith or faith with

out hope all of it is dead

with out each other. The two go hand in hand.

They compliment each other.

I Corinthians 13:13 “And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three;

but the greatest of these is love.
There are no overshadows in “love”.

These are all stepping stones that equal an act of unconditional love.

Church and religion without Agape is nothing.

In my own personal experience I have taken

Ephesians Chapter 1:15-20 “That by the hope of my calling and the faith

that comes by hearing of the word; takes me to a higher ground.

Takes me to obedience to break down the barriers that led me to selfishness,

conditioned love,

unacceptance of others,

being critical of others in my mind because I would never voice it.

Overshadowing:
I can see where hope and faith can overshadow love if that’s all you have?

Hope to believe that God will provide every need and faith

to believe that God will do it for you.

You don’t need Eros, Phileo, Storgos or Agape

to have hope and faith.

We are all given a measured of faith.

Eros/ Erotic: Man and woman relationship

Dr. Perason...
It refers to a purely carnal or physical type of love.

Eros comes from God and it enhances romance, sexual arousal and attraction.

It can start a relationship but can not sustain one,

because it is based completely on conditions.

Phileo
Dr. Pearson...
I don’t need to know you personally to apply Phileo love! This goes without saying!

This is why Dr. Pearson has written this book to reconcile

his differences in his own human nature

of taking it to another level, that’s indescribable.

By loving my brother I must tear down the veil in my own temple,

so that my unconditional love may reach my brother.
I tear down the veil and my praises go up to love God unconditionally.

Storgos/Astorgos-Family Love:"Natural Affection"

Dr. Pearson...
Dr. Pearson, thank you for sharing your personal life

with us about your sister. We are all subject to sibling rivalry.

The bond of family blood is strong but not unconditional.

On a personal note:
My grandmother raised 5 grandchildren. We are debted to her.
She did the best she could with what she had and made a home for us.
We didn’t have much, we might have gone a day or two without eating;
but we were always cleaned, washed up, with pressed clothes
and always in church on Sunday morning and Sunday night,
Tuesday prayer night, Wednesday for week-day service,
and Thursday I don’t even remember.
Let’s not forget the rallies once a month!

Nothing would seperate us from the love of God, neither death,

nor life, nor angels,nor principalities, nor powers,

nor things present, nor things to come. Nor heights,

nor depts, nor any other creature,

shall be able to seperate us from the love of God,

which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37

We had hope, faith but the greatest of these was “Agape”.

There was always a song to sing, an instrument to play,

a bus to bus us to church.

We were happy with a roof over our heads

and Jesus was on our main line.

This experience was for God to show us in his special way,

that we would bring all of this into perspective

and time was on our side.

We would reflect back to those times

and know that He was still in control.

We didn’t have much, but we had each other

and we had the love God?

Oh woman with hope and faith and great love,

God would use you to bring us through

a time when Agape was needed to bring

a dysfunctional family together through a time of crisis!

Dottie Rambo wrote this beautiful chorus:
“If that isn’t love”
If that isn’t love,The ocean is dry,
There's no stars in the sky,
And the sparrow can't fly. If that isn't love;
then heaven's a myth,
There's no feeling like this,
If that isn't love!

“If” is a condition. He didn’t have to create

in the beginning, but He did.

He didn’t have to send his Son

to die at the cross, but He did!

He didn’t have to send the Holy Spirit to empower,

but he did!
If that isn’t love than all of this is a myth!

Conclusion:
This is all much deeper than anything I could have imagine.
We must thank our heroes of the hope and faith.

They walked, they talked, they studied

to learn to love God and set those examples

for the upcoming new “Father’s of the Faith”.

Thank you grandma for enduring in a time

when we were destined to fail as a family.

John 15:13: Greater love hath no man than this,

that a man lay down his life for his friend (family in my case).

May God have mercy on our souls.

*Bible/King James Version © 1988,
* Gil Ybarra Message © 2008,
*Quotes from Dr. Rodney Pearson © 2008
Agape Doctrine Class taught at GIBInstitute,
*Dottie Rambo © “If that isn’t love”

Rev. Gil Ybarra
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