Eros Love
Song of Songs 8:6-7
Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm;
for love is strong as death,
passion fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
a raging flame.
Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If one offered for love
all the wealth of one’s house,
it would be utterly scorned.
Is love an innate characteristic to us as humans or is it learned?
Physical attraction plays a big part in our relationships with people.
A common theme of our culture is that sex = love. Do you think this is true? Why or why not?
How does the world around us play a part in how we learn to express love and what we perceive to be love?
Talk about the differences:
Physical response vs. emotional vs. psychological vs. spiritual
Eros vs. storge vs. agape vs. phileo
How can you improve your ability to love?
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Gal. 5: 22, 23a
What happens if you try to focus on only one of these characteristics?