It’s about individuals
Jesus said,
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10:11-15.
For Jesus it is all about people and not just people in general it’s about the individual. In Matthew’s gospel we read
"See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
"What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?
And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” Matthew 18:10-14.
C. S. Lewis speaking of Jesus wisely said,
"He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less." C.S. Lewis.
This is the important thing about Christianity. Jesus died for the individual. That’s how much love he had.
As Christians that’s what we need to remember.
Jesus did not see an individuals sin as such. He saw an individual in need of His saving grace. Thus he looked passed the persons beliefs, social status, and lifestyle offering them salvation.
This is the way we should be when we interact with others. We should be presenting family, friend and foe the message of eternal life through the saving grace of Christ Jesus.
Please think about it.
Jesus said,
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10:11-15.
For Jesus it is all about people and not just people in general it’s about the individual. In Matthew’s gospel we read
"See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
"What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?
And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” Matthew 18:10-14.
C. S. Lewis speaking of Jesus wisely said,
"He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less." C.S. Lewis.
This is the important thing about Christianity. Jesus died for the individual. That’s how much love he had.
As Christians that’s what we need to remember.
Jesus did not see an individuals sin as such. He saw an individual in need of His saving grace. Thus he looked passed the persons beliefs, social status, and lifestyle offering them salvation.
This is the way we should be when we interact with others. We should be presenting family, friend and foe the message of eternal life through the saving grace of Christ Jesus.
Please think about it.
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