LOVING LIKE JESUS LOVES ME
Jesus Christ accepts you completely. He loves you and accepts you. That doesn’t mean he approves of everything you do. No, he doesn’t do that. But he accepts you.
You can accept someone without approving of what they do. A good example is one day Jesus was walking down the street and some religious leaders who were trying to trap Jesus caught this woman in the act of adultery. It’s interesting they didn’t catch the guy. But it says they caught the woman in the act of adultery. They bring her before Jesus and throw her down before Jesus. This woman was caught cheating on her husband. What are you going to do about it, Jesus?
You know this famous story. Jesus looks at all of the accusers and says, “Ok, anybody who has never sinned, you get to throw the first stone.” And of course they all start going away.
What is Jesus doing here? He’s giving acceptance, not approval. He didn’t approve of what she was doing. The first thing that Jesus did was he defended her dignity. He said, I’m not going to let anybody treat a woman like that. I don’t care what she’s done. They all leave. He defends her dignity.
Then in the private one on one moment after everybody’s gone in a personal moment with Jesus, he looks at this woman and says, “Where are your attackers?” And she says, “They’re all gone, Lord.” He says, “Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.”
That’s it? That’s all he’s going to say? He says I don’t condemn you either just don’t do it any more.
JOHN 3:17 (NLT) GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN IT, BUT TO SAVE IT.
You know what I’ve discovered? You don’t have to make people feel guilty. That’s why it’s a waste any time trying to make people feel guilty. Why? Because we already do. I don’t measure up to my own standards, much less God’s.
So when you come to Jesus with all your sins and your mistakes and your faults and your failures he doesn’t go, You’re right. No, he defends your dignity and then he says, “You know better than that. You’re better than that. Don’t do that any more.” That’s it. LOVE DOESN’T RUB IT IN, LOVE RUBS IT OUT.
YOU NEED TO MAKE JESUS CHRIST THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN YOUR LIFE AND START FILLING YOUR MIND WITH WHAT HE SAYS. That is the starting point for love. You can’t love others until you know how much God loves you.
EPHESIANS 3:18 (NLT) “MAY YOU HAVE THE POWER TO UNDERSTAND, AS ALL GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD, HOW WIDE, HOW LONG, HOW HIGH, AND HOW DEEP GOD’S LOVE REALLY IS.”
You can accept someone without approving of what they do. A good example is one day Jesus was walking down the street and some religious leaders who were trying to trap Jesus caught this woman in the act of adultery. It’s interesting they didn’t catch the guy. But it says they caught the woman in the act of adultery. They bring her before Jesus and throw her down before Jesus. This woman was caught cheating on her husband. What are you going to do about it, Jesus?
You know this famous story. Jesus looks at all of the accusers and says, “Ok, anybody who has never sinned, you get to throw the first stone.” And of course they all start going away.
What is Jesus doing here? He’s giving acceptance, not approval. He didn’t approve of what she was doing. The first thing that Jesus did was he defended her dignity. He said, I’m not going to let anybody treat a woman like that. I don’t care what she’s done. They all leave. He defends her dignity.
Then in the private one on one moment after everybody’s gone in a personal moment with Jesus, he looks at this woman and says, “Where are your attackers?” And she says, “They’re all gone, Lord.” He says, “Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.”
That’s it? That’s all he’s going to say? He says I don’t condemn you either just don’t do it any more.
JOHN 3:17 (NLT) GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN IT, BUT TO SAVE IT.
You know what I’ve discovered? You don’t have to make people feel guilty. That’s why it’s a waste any time trying to make people feel guilty. Why? Because we already do. I don’t measure up to my own standards, much less God’s.
So when you come to Jesus with all your sins and your mistakes and your faults and your failures he doesn’t go, You’re right. No, he defends your dignity and then he says, “You know better than that. You’re better than that. Don’t do that any more.” That’s it. LOVE DOESN’T RUB IT IN, LOVE RUBS IT OUT.
YOU NEED TO MAKE JESUS CHRIST THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN YOUR LIFE AND START FILLING YOUR MIND WITH WHAT HE SAYS. That is the starting point for love. You can’t love others until you know how much God loves you.
EPHESIANS 3:18 (NLT) “MAY YOU HAVE THE POWER TO UNDERSTAND, AS ALL GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD, HOW WIDE, HOW LONG, HOW HIGH, AND HOW DEEP GOD’S LOVE REALLY IS.”
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