Part Three
Theology Proper: 18 THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
Theology Proper: 18 THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
Agape,
unlike phileo, does not express tender affection, but
rather indicates the exercise of the divine will in deliberate choice. Cremer
points out that agape is not found in the secular writers and that it
was apparently coined by the Septuagint. It is to be distinguished from phileo,
which means to manifest affection. While phileo is used of God’s love
for the Son (John 5:20)
and for the believer (John 16:27),
it is never used as a command for men to love God, or as an act of the will.
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