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Rev 2:12-17 "And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: 'The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. "'I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality. So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.'"
When Agape faith is replaced by Eros faith, when it becomes more important to have the gifts of Absolute Love than to have Absolute Love alone then our choice and need becomes foremost. "We cannot really love others until we learn to love ourselves" Which really means putting self first and foremost before loving God and before loving others.
Os Guinness writes; "The processes of pluralization are fascinating and the possibilities they open up kaleidoscopic. But don't miss the wood for the trees. Our true concern is only with consequences.
What happens when choice becomes a state of mind? Obligation melts into option, giveness into choice, form into freedom. Facts of life dissolve into fashions of the moment. But the consequences we care about most is this: The increase in choice and change leads to a decrease in commitment and continuity."
The Gravedigger File p 96 Intervarsity Press 1983
Absolutes diminish when we slip away from loving focus on the Absolute Love. Faith and love becomes a "do your own thing, whatever floats your boat" eros faith.
Rev 2:12-17 "And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: 'The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. "'I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality. So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.'"
When Agape faith is replaced by Eros faith, when it becomes more important to have the gifts of Absolute Love than to have Absolute Love alone then our choice and need becomes foremost. "We cannot really love others until we learn to love ourselves" Which really means putting self first and foremost before loving God and before loving others.
Os Guinness writes; "The processes of pluralization are fascinating and the possibilities they open up kaleidoscopic. But don't miss the wood for the trees. Our true concern is only with consequences.
What happens when choice becomes a state of mind? Obligation melts into option, giveness into choice, form into freedom. Facts of life dissolve into fashions of the moment. But the consequences we care about most is this: The increase in choice and change leads to a decrease in commitment and continuity."
The Gravedigger File p 96 Intervarsity Press 1983
Absolutes diminish when we slip away from loving focus on the Absolute Love. Faith and love becomes a "do your own thing, whatever floats your boat" eros faith.
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