Romantic Love is very important in a Marriage Relationship or Boyfriend exclusive Relationship
Posted : 27 Oct, 2024 12:46 PM
Why is there an entire book of the Bible dedicated to romantic love?
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Some people believe that the subject matter of the Song of Solomon—romantic love—is not a very noble theme. Some try to allegorize the book in order to provide it with a “higher” or more “spiritual” purpose. But what is “low” or “unspiritual” about the love between a husband and wife? The Song of Solomon is dedicated to the theme of romantic love. The Lord knows we need to see how love should look between a husband and wife.
Of course, Solomon had more than one wife. In fact, “he had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines” (1 Kings 11:3). While it is uncertain how old Solomon was when he composed his Song of Songs, his emphasis on one true love leads many scholars to suspect that Solomon was writing of his relationship with his first wife, before the sinful multiplication of wives occurred.
An overview of the contents of the Song of Solomon reveals many important aspects of romantic love. For example, there is a proper time and place for romantic love to begin to grow (Song 2:7). Romantic love involves a longing between a man and woman (1:2–4), mutual admiration (1:12—2:7), and a desire to be together (3:1–5). Also, romantic love includes sexual expression, and the appropriate context for sexual intimacy is within marriage (3:6—5:1).
After the wedding, couples face many different situations, and it is important for them to keep the romantic love alive. Couples will face occasional indifference to each other or time apart from each other (5:2–8), followed by renewed displays of love—a rekindling of the romance (5:9–16). Also important is communication within marriage. Chapter 7 focuses on improvement in this area, followed by an increase in intimacy (chapter 8).
Romantic love and intimacy in a God-honoring marriage is an important goal for all couples. God presents love as something to be desired: “Many waters cannot quench love; / rivers cannot sweep it away. / If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, / it would be utterly scorned” (Song of Solomon 8:7). True love endures. It overcomes adversity. Nothing is worth giving up on godly love. Love is priceless.
In today’s society marriage is often ridiculed or broken or redefined, but the principles found in the Song of Solomon offer a godly perspective on the importance of marriage, romantic love, communication between husband and wife, and the value of a marriage that endures.
Romantic Love is very important in a Marriage Relationship or Boyfriend exclusive Relationship
Posted : 22 Feb, 2025 06:04 AM
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Scriptures References
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What are the different types of love mentioned in the Bible?
There are at least four different Greek words that are used for “love,” but not all of them are found in the New Testament. (Actually there are more than four Greek words for “love,” but usually it is these four that come up in discussions.)
The first Greek word for “love” is eros, which refers to romantic or sexual love. From it we get the word erotic. This specific word is not used in the New Testament.
The second is storge, which refers to familial love like that of a mother for her baby or of a brother and sister for each other. It is not used in the New Testament; however, the negative term astorgoi (“unloving”) is found in 2 Timothy 3:3, and a similar term, astorgous (“no love” in the NIV and “without natural affection” in the KJV), is found in Romans 1:31.
The third Greek word for “love,” philia, refers to friendship and comradery. This word is often translated as “friend” (one who is loved) in the New Testament. Once, in Romans 12:10, the New Testament uses the compound word philostorgos, which is translated in the NIV as “devoted . . . in love.”
Finally, agape is used to speak of God’s love that He has for the world and that Christians are supposed to emulate. This is the word for “love” that is most commonly used in the New Testament. For a while it was thought that Christians must have coined the word agape to speak of a godly kind of love that the Greek world knew nothing of. But the word agape was in fact in use in the Roman Empire, and it was not coined by Christians to communicate God’s love.
While these four terms do express different nuances of the concept of love, they cannot be pressed in every situation. At one time, many people thought that the Greek language had an almost mathematical precision. However, as more and more ancient Greek manuscripts are discovered (and as more careful research is done), we find that Greek is no more precise than most other languages. Many times people use words in ways that are not technically correct, and strict definitions of words are not always honored.
The distinctions between the different kinds of love do not completely hold up within the New Testament itself. Jesus says in Luke 6:32, “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.” Here, the word translated “love” is agape throughout the verse. How can sinners show God’s love for each other? Jesus’ point is that the kind of love sinners show for each other is not the selfless, sacrificial love that Christians are called to display. In Luke 7:5, the centurion is described as one who loves the nation of Israel—once again agape is the love mentioned here.
Romantic Love is very important in a Marriage Relationship or Boyfriend exclusive Relationship
Posted : 22 Feb, 2025 07:17 AM
What you said: "You need to Read articles do you know how to serve God."
Right there is likely your main failing. I will refer to God's word over any "article". Articles are someone else's interpretation of "God's word" and may or may not be accurate. I have found that most "articles" are either partially or completely inaccurate. I know that because I defer to "Gods word" to test those "articles".
Your reliance on "articles" is at least part of the reason you lack enough good knowledge of "Gods word". You're relying on man's word and not "God's word". I suspect you do that on purpose. You seek out "articles" that agree with your inaccurate beliefs in order to justify them.
I don't believe you have any Godly men in your life as you claim because they would have surly attempted to straiten you out, and of course you would have turned on them and run them off. Just like you do on here. In fact I don't believe you have any men in your life because I believe you destroy any relationship you have because you're anti social and anybody who gets to know you is eventually run off. And of course they are always the one's at fault because it could never be you who's the problem.
Romantic Love is very important in a Marriage Relationship or Boyfriend exclusive Relationship
Posted : 22 Feb, 2025 10:18 AM
From you "I don't read it all anyways."
Of course you ignore most of what I and others write because you don't want to hear the truth. Truth can and does often hurt to hear. But it's necessary for many to hear it, especially you because you're so lost in your own inaccurate beliefs. I and others can only present you with the truth. After that it's up to you to accept it.
