2 Corinthians 5:16
So we have stopped evaluating others by what the world thinks about them. Once I mistakenly thought of Christ that way, as though he were merely a human being. How differently I think about him now!
The first part of this verse caught my attention. It’s a good reminder that we are called, by Christ, to stop judging people by the way others see them. Jesus loved people. He loved them whether they were good or bad, whether they were tax collectors (who were horribly hated) or adulterous women (a crime that carried a death penalty) or everyday citizens. The world judges people by what they look like or what they do or how they live. Even if we totally disagree with that part of their lives, Jesus still loves them. And we should to. We don’t have to love their actions or their lifestyle, but we should love them and accept them and try to be Jesus with skin on (showing them His love). Jesus never condemned people (except for the religious leaders – isn’t that ironic?). We shouldn’t either.
I can hear you now – but Jesus was God! He was super-human. It was easy for Him to do that.
Maybe. He was in a human body with human emotions. And even if he did have an easy time doing that, it’s His strength that He gives us that help us to be like Him. We’re not in this alone.
God loves us. We should love others.
The end.
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