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LOVING LIKE JESUS LOVES ME
When you understand how Jesus loves you
it gets much easier to love others!
Today we will look at 4 ways Jesus loves you and that he wants you to love others.
1. ACCEPT OTHERS LIKE JESUS ACCEPTS ME
You may have accepted Christ…
But have you ever realized- Jesus has accepted YOU?
Many people feel unaccepted.
They may have not lived up to others standards.
They may not have looked like others said they should look.
They may have certain habits or conditions that keep people away.
So they have been unaccepted.
Shame is a huge problem.
We are ashamed when we do wrong.
We are ashamed when we don’t live up to others standards.
We feel shame when we are the victim of someone else’s wrongdoing.
We feel rejection.
We might not have been as smart or well behaved as our brother or sister.
We have been compared to them or that other person who seems so perfect.
We tried to be accepted.
We bought the clothes, owned the car, got the degree, gave our bodies to another person, drank or did drugs all to be accepted by someone important to us.
It doesn’t work!
Rarely are people accepted in this way.
One exception is the prodigal.
He had a lot of money.
As long as he had money, he had friends.
When the money dried up, so did the friends.
That is not acceptance, that is manipulation.
We feel the pain.
We feel the rejection.
I have felt rejection.
If I am a newcomer to a group, many groups of friends will cut me out of conversations and talk as if i am not there.
People will reject me because I am a pastor or a Christian.
People whose beliefs spring from their faith are not accepted in all corners of our community.
I have had people reject me because I am a male or caucasian.
I have been rejected because I didn’t fit into someone else’s theology.
Don’t be surprised at this.
Jesus was perfect- yet rejected!
How does Jesus love you?
Here is how it plays out.
The Bible identifies that we are all sinners.
If God is going to accept us based on how good we are, then we all will not be accepted because we all have sinned.
God has higher standards than we do.
We will downplay our sin, but God does not.
When we do wrong, we reject the purposes for which we were created.
We were created to be God’s image bearer and to live for him.
When we sin, we fall short of God’s image and his purpose.
If God does not accept us based on how well we preform, then what is the basis of our acceptance?
Why does God accept us?
God accepts us because we have a relationship with his Son, Jesus Christ.
Jesus died on the cross for our sin.
When we trust him and believe that his death clears the way for us to have a relationship with God, then we are saved, born again, brought into God’s family.
In other words, God is gracious to us.
By grace, God saves all who trust in his son.
Through Jesus, we are accepted.
Acceptance is different than approval.
The woman who was brought to Jesus left with his words in his ears.
“Neither do I condemn thee.
Go and sin no more.”
On earth- we are to do the same:
This is how God is glorified, when we give one another the same welcome that Jesus gives us.
As Jesus died to help us, so our love for others will focus on building them up, on pleasing them for their good;
How accepting are you of difficult people?
Loving like Jesus loves means accepting others as Jesus has accepted you.
Loving like Jesus loves me means…
VALUE OTHERS LIKE JESUS VALUES ME.
How much do you think you're worth?
Listen to what Jesus says.
What makes something valuable?
VALUE DEPENDS ON WHO MADE IT
This is why cleaning out your basement or garage is so hard.
You value things that your children will throw in a dumpster.
Why?
You value them because they are a connection with your mother, father, brother or sister.
You look at this ugly drawing and remember, “My little baby made this...” and it’s beautiful and has great value to you.
The creator often determines the value of common things!
Who created you?
That includes you.
When God created plants he said, “This is good.”
When God finished creating men and women he said, “This is very good.”
When we trusted Christ, he is not interested in a remodeling job.
He wants us to see ourselves as a new creation, created for good works.
God made us.
We have value because of who made us.
VALUE DEPENDS ON WHAT SOMEONE WILL PAY
If you have a 1909 S VDB penny in great condition in your house, that one penny is worth about 2000 dollars.
It has no more copper than any other penny, but so few were made that people will pay that much for one cent.
The value of something depends on what someone will pay.
That is why so many people like to watch Antiques Roadshow.
Junk bought for little money at a yard sale becomes worth thousands of dollars because someone is willing to pay thousands to have it in their possession.
Some of you struggle with how much you are worth.
You compare yourselves to others and you come up short.
You are not as smart as your sister, as strong as your brother, a good looking as your best friends, as talented as the person next door, and as good as you know you should be.
So you see little value in yourself and in your life.
God sees value in you.
Like the person who sells a picture at the yard and goes home and brags about the idiot that paid fifty dollars for that ugly painting, God is the one who buys that same painting for a lot more.
He sees value that others overlook.
How many people do you know that would die for you?
Some people who like you might put their life on the line.
If they didn’t know you or didn’t like you, you would be real unsure.
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