Agape... do you 'love' me?

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The agape being taught in Church with its meaning of 'unconditional' love, is pretty 'wrong'.


There was a Church sermon of 'agape' and Peter and Christ and how Christ asked Peter, 'do you 'agape' me'? Peter replies, 'Lord, you know I 'phileo' you'....

In other words, Christ asks Peter, according to Church teaching, 'Do you unconditionally love me'? Peter responds, 'You know I'm [down] with you, I'm hip with you'.

However... take a look yourself.


(J)ohn 21:16

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25. agapaó

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Strong's Concordance agapaó: to love​ Original Word: ἀγαπάω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: agapaó Phonetic Spelling: (ag-ap-ah'-o) Definition: to love Usage: I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.

Cognate: 25 agapáō – properly, to prefer, to love; for the believer, preferring to "live through Christ" (1 Jn 4:9,10), i.e. embracing God's will (choosing His choices) and obeying them through His power. 25 (agapáō) preeminently refers to what God prefers as He "is love" (1 Jn 4:8,16). See 26 (agapē).




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5368. phileó

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Strong's Concordance phileó: to love​ Original Word: φιλέω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phileó Phonetic Spelling: (fil-eh'-o) Definition: to love Usage: I love (of friendship), regard with affection, cherish; I kiss.

So basically, Christ was asking Peter, 'Peter, do you prefer me; do you choose me more than you do to these others'?

Peter responded, 'Lord, You know that I have deep affection and regard towards You'.



Do you 'agapao'? Do you 'love'? Do you 'love' enough to 'do' rather than just 'hear'?

(J)ames 1:22 "But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."


Mother Teresa once said, 'How can you say that you love God Whom you do not see when you do not love your neighbor whom you do see'?


In other words, 'do you love, (agapao), your mom and dad more than just being 'hearers' of what 'love' IS'?


Ephesians 6:2 "Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise; )"

Ephesians 6:3 "That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth."

 

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The speed at which Windows 10 operates online is as a 10 year old trying to finish up his/her homework..

And when persons are earning double digit, triple digit millions per year for making such OS-es to be used by the majority of the populace, if not the totality of the populace, then it makes one think why the Business 'watchdogs', the FTC being an example, are not pulling up their sleeves to jump into the Anti Trust 'battle' between company and civilians.

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Here is a simple question.


Are you willing to let go of your life's learning experiences for an operating system which does not keep up with your stride? Are you willing to admit defeat to such an Operating System?


Microsoft aimed to have Windows 10 installed on over a billion devices within three years of its release;[15] this goal was ultimately reached in March 2020.[18] By July 2020, an estimated 73.34%[19] of traditional PCs running Windows are running Windows 10 (and almost all of the rest of Windows users run unsupported versions), and thus 57% of all traditional PCs use it.[20][19] Across all platforms (PC, mobile, tablet and console), 37% of devices run some kind of Windows, Windows 10 or older.[21] By mid-2020, Windows 10 is the most used Windows version in virtually all countries, including China.

Windows 10 - Wikipedia

 

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I don't agape your second message in this thread.