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Saturday, April 21, 2007
Follow Me
I went to church today! And it was totally one of those times where you feel that the sermon's for you and you alone. Haha. I feel so... inspired that i just have to type it out because it's pretty cool. It's also something alot of people wouldn't know.
The gospel reading was that... one after Christ's death where the disciples are like moping around and stuff. Then they decide to go fishing, and Jesus appears on the shore, they catch lots of fish and they go back to shore to eat breakfast with him. Then during breakfast Jesus talks to Peter.
Jesus : Peter do you love me?
Peter : Yes Lord, I love you.
Jesus : Peter do you love me?
Peter : Yes Lord, I love you.
Jesus : Peter do you love me?
Peter : (now very hurt because Jesus asked him so many times) )= Lord you know everything you know I love you.
Jesus : Follow me.
(There's something about 'feeding my lambs' inbetween the conversation but it's not really relevant)
Note : the significance of him asking 3 times is to reflect Peter's triple denial of him earlier in the gospel
Anyway the point was that in the original Greek version, the conversation is somewhat different, translated literally, it went something like this :
Jesus : Peter do you have Agape love for me? (Where Agape love = love to the point of sacrificing one's own life)
Peter : (knowing that he can't say he does because he denied Christ 3 times) Yes Lord, i have filia love for you. (Where Phileo love = like and admire)(in a sense, he dodges the question here)
Jesus : Peter do you have Agape love for me?
Peter : Yes Lord, i have Phileo love for you.
Jesus : Okay fine. Peter do you have Phileo love for me?
Peter : Yes Lord, i have Phileo love for you.
Jesus : Follow me.
The moral of the story is I guess that Jesus accepted even Peter's imperfect love for him, as long as he was willing to follow. I don't think i can explain exactly how i feel it relates to my situation exactly, but it just sort of felt like it did. Haha.
Edit : See Rachel's definition's for the Greek words, though the meaning is still somewhat the same i guess.
Moca wrote @ 11:12 PM
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