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Scott LaPierre Ministries episodes

  • What Is the Biblical Definition of Helpmeet in Genesis 2:18?

    Genesis 2:18 (ESV) says, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” The biblical idea behind “helpmeet” is a helper who corresponds to, complements, and is suited to her husband—not an inferior assistant.

    Read the full teaching: https://www.scottlapierre.org/biblical-definition-of-helpmeet/

    41 min
  • Hades in the Bible: Meaning, Sheol, and the Afterlife

    What does the Bible say about Hades (the Greek word hadēs), also known as Sheol (the Hebrew word šᵊ'ôl)? Hades in the Bible is the temporary abode of the dead (Acts 2:27). It consists of two compartments: a place of comfort (also called Abraham's bosom) and a place of torment that will be cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:14).

    Read the full teaching: https://www.scottlapierre.org/hades-in-the-bible/

    50 min
  • Biblical Characteristics of Agape Love in Marriage

    What are the characteristics of agape love (1 Corinthians 13)? What kind of love is agape? It is unconditional and sacrificial, like God's love for man (John 3:16).

    Read the full teaching: https://www.scottlapierre.org/biblical-characteristics-of-agape-love-in-marriage/

    20 min
  • What Are the Characteristics of Agape Love? ❤️ Unconditional & Sacrificial (John 3:16 & 1 Corinthians 13)
    What are the characteristics of agape love (1 Corinthians 13)? What kind of love is agape? It is unconditional and sacrificial, like God's love for man (John 3:16). Read or listen to this material from Your Marriage God’s Way to find out.
    https://youtu.be/N72bIGxpjfk
    What are the characteristics of agape love (1 Corinthians 13)? It is unconditional and sacrificial like God's love for man (John 3:16).
    Table of ContentsAgape Is UnconditionalHosea Pursuing GomerLove That ObeysA Modern-Day Hosea and GomerAgape Is SacrificialThe Good SamaritanThree Ways the Good Samaritan Demonstrated Sacrificial LoveMan's Love for Sin and God's Love for ManMan's Love for the WorldGod's Love for ManBecoming a Father Helped Me Understand God's Unconditional Love
    How does the world think about love? Cupid comes to mind. As popular culture states, he shoots people with arrows, and they fall in love. Society has also made it “normal” for people to fall out of love because, supposedly, love is an emotion over which we have no control. It’s as though people are walking along, they trip, and the next thing they know, they’ve developed feelings for someone.
    According to this understanding of love, a man could tell his wife he was at work and didn’t mean to develop feelings for his coworker. They kept running into each other in the hallway and the break room, and before he knew it, he “fell” in love with her. A man could also tell his wife, “I’m sorry, but I no longer love you. I don’t know how or when it happened, but I just fell out of love with you.” Feelings come and go, and because so many people today define love as a feeling, they assume that love comes and goes.
    The biggest problem with this incorrect understanding is that it completely contradicts how Scripture presents love (agape—click for the Greek). Agape is not a feeling or emotion. It's a choice, an act of the will. We choose whether we do or don’t love. God can command us to show this love because we control it. Two of agape’s characteristics make this clear.
    Agape Is Unconditional
    Phileo is conditional. Two friends might have phileo for each other because of qualities they share or circumstances that bring them together, but if those qualities or circumstances change, their phileo for each other might also change.
    In contrast, agape is unconditional. A person’s actions, looks, or possessions do not affect it. People might successfully create phileo for someone else by being a better friend, but agape cannot be earned or merited. Nothing can be done to increase or decrease agape. It can only be given. Agape does not demand reciprocation; it is independent of how it is treated in return. Agape loves even when rejected, mistreated, or scorned. That is what makes this form of love so unique and distinguishable.
    Hosea Pursuing Gomer
    The Old Testament provides a beautiful picture of agape’s unconditional nature. If a husband asked me, “Pastor, how far should I be willing to go in my love for my wife?” I would tell him to read the book of Hosea (chapters 1 and 3 specifically). The prophet Hosea’s story began when God told him to marry a woman named Gomer as an object lesson about God’s relationship with Israel: “The Lord said to Hosea: ‘Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry, for the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord’” (Hosea 1:2).
    We don’t know whether Gomer was already a harlot when Hosea married her, or she became one later, but at some point, Gomer left Hosea—either to resume her career as a harlot or to pursue adulterous relationships. Eventually, she found herself destitute, and she either sold herself or someone else sold her into slavery. We know this was sexual slavery, akin to human trafficking today, because God commanded Hosea, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery” (Hosea 3:1). Notice the present—versus past— tense of the verse.
    20 min
  • What Are the Characteristics of Agape Love? (John 3:16 and 1 Corinthians 13)

    What are the characteristics of agape love (1 Corinthians 13)? What kind of love is agape? It is unconditional and sacrificial like God's love for man (John 3:16). Read or listen to this chapter from Your Marriage God’s Way to find out.



    Table of Contents* Agape Is Unconditional* Hosea Pursuing Gomer* A Modern Day Hosea and Gomer* Agape Is Sacrificial* The Good Samaritan's Agape* Three Ways the Good Samaritan Demonstrated Agape* Agape Is Man's Love for Sin* Agape Love for the World* Agape Is God's Love for Man* Becoming a Father Helped Me Understand Agape






    https://youtu.be/N72bIGxpjfk
    What are the characteristics of agape love (1 Corinthians 13)? It is unconditional and sacrificial like God's love for man (John 3:16).



    How does the world think about love? Cupid comes to mind. As popular culture states, he shoots people with his arrows and they fall in love. Society has also made it “normal” for people to fall out of love because supposedly love is an emotion over which we have no control. It’s as though people are walking along, they trip, and the next thing they know, they’ve developed feelings for someone.



    According to this understanding of love, a man could tell his wife that he was at work and he didn’t mean to develop feelings for his coworker. They just kept running into each other in the hallway and the break room, and before he knew it, he “fell” in love with her. A man could also tell his wife, “I’m sorry, but I no longer love you. I don’t know how or when it happened, but I just fell out of love with you.” Feelings come and go, and because so many people today define love as a feeling, they assume that love comes and goes.



    The biggest problem with this incorrect understanding is that it completely contradicts the way Scripture presents love (agape - for the Greek). It’s not a feeling or emotion. Agape is a choice, an act of the will. We choose whether we do or don’t love. God can command us to show this kind of love because we do, in fact, have control over it. Two of agape’s characteristics make this clear.



    Agape Is Unconditional



    Phileo is conditional. Two friends might have phileo for each other because of qualities they share or circumstances that bring them together, but if those qualities or circumstances change, their phileo for each other might also change.



    In contrast, agape is unconditional. It is not affected by a person’s actions, looks, or possessions. People might successfully create phileo for someone else by being a better friend, but agape cannot be earned or merited. Nothing can be done to increase or decrease agape. It can only be given. Agape does not demand reciprocation and it is independent of how it is treated in return.
    20 min
  • The Mystery of Christ (Colossians 2:2 and Luke 16:16)

    Colossians 2:2 discusses the mystery of Christ. In the Bible, a mystery is something concealed until God reveals it. Jesus is called a mystery because He was concealed and then revealed. He was hidden in the Old Testament, but God provided two ways for people to look forward to Him in faith: prophecies and shadows.

    Read the full teaching: https://www.scottlapierre.org/the-mystery-of-christ/

    51 min

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Understand the Bible and apply God’s Word to your marriage, family, church, and everyday life. Pastor, author, and Christian speaker Scott LaPierre shares verse-by-verse sermons, biblical teaching,…