Jesus, More Than a Man (Jesus, The Savior)
Jesus, More Than a Man
Jesus, The Savior
Main Text: Philippians 2:6-7, 9-11, Matthew 1:18-25, 1 John 4:14
- “He washed Judas feet.” - Yes He did, but Judas also still went to hell.
Jesus was murdered. Why? Because people hated what He taught.
One preacher said that all this commercial did was encourage people to go to hell with clean feet.
I understand the context that the commercial is trying to communicate, but we living a culture where hyper grace has been preach for far to longer in hopes of reaching people with the message of love.
All it has done it brought people to the church without bringing them to Christ. People feel good about their sin, but never change.
When Jesus healed or forgave someone, He said, “go and sin no more.”
Jesus takes us as we are, but He doesn’t leave us as we are.
An article on christianpost.com this week said this,
“They claim they’re encouraging unity, but their ads tell a different story. They’re
promoting compromise, not unity. He Gets Us is a cunning campaign that subtly depicts
Christian ethics as divisive and hateful. This is why their website says:
“How did the story of Jesus, the world’s greatest love story, get twisted into a tool to
judge, harm, and divide? How do we remind people that the story of Jesus belongs to
everyone? These questions are the beating heart of He Gets Us.”
One of the images in their “Foot Washing” ad is a woman washing the feet of a
(presumably abortion-minded) girl at an abortion center, while the pro-life activists are
holding anti-abortion signs. The image portrays a popular pro-abortion (and AND
Campaign) narrative that pro-life people care about protecting pre-born babies but
ignore the mother.
In other words, unlike conservative Christians or pro-life people, the woman washing
the girl’s feet isn’t judgemental, divisive, or hateful—she’s just a compassionate,
humble, woman who loves her neighbor.
But Jesus didn’t ignore his disciples’ sins when He washed their feet. That is actually
why He washed their feet. He didn’t wash their feet as a symbol of tolerance for sin, Hewashed their feet to symbolize their spiritual cleansing from sin. This is why He said,
“Unless I wash you, you have no part with me” (John 13:8).
That doesn’t sound like “unity” at all costs, does it? Remember, Jesus washed the feet of
His disciples — His followers. He didn’t wash everyone’s feet. He didn’t wash the feet of
the people who were blaspheming God at the temple. Instead, He made a whip of cords,
rebuked them, and drove them out (Matthew 21:12-13).
So the Christ-like thing to do at an abortion center isn’t to wash an abortion-minded
girl’s feet while ignoring their murderous intentions. The Christ-like thing to do is to
call them to repentance. That’s what pro-life Christians do.”
God does hate sinners!
“You are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers” (Psalm 5:4–5).
“The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence” (Psalm 11:5).
So, it is just not biblically sound to say that God doesn’t hate sinners by saying he loves the sinner and hates the sin.
He does hate sinners.
His wrath is real.
It is not something He pours out on people He approves of.
I wonder what people who make that misleading statement believe about hell because He is not punishing sin in hell — he is punishing sinners in hell.
Hate and love both have two meanings each.
Hate can be intense loathing of a quality, or hate can be beyond that — the intense intentionality to destroy.
Love can be an intense delighting in a quality, and it can be an intense intentionality to bless even in spite of the presence of some unsavory quality.
God comes to us, not in our attractiveness, like “Oh, I really love this person and just hate their sin.”
No, He finds me reprehensible because of my rebellion, just like we find certain wicked people reprehensible because of their sin. And He is coming to us, and He sent Jesus to die for us, in order that He might make us new creations.
So God can love us with the intent to save us even while He is hating the rebellion in us.
And then when He saves us, He transforms us to walk in communion forever.
We can’t separate truth from love. - Ephesians 4:11-15
Truth - “Aletheia” actually means “unforgetting.” Not just remembering, but un-forgetting (“a – lethe”), the daily act of holding a promise present in your mind and heart, of letting that promise drive all that you do. Literally un-forgetting it. Implied in the word is the idea that we are naturally in lethe (forgetting).
You can’t forget that those that do not make Jesus Lord of their life will spend eternity in a
devil’s hell.
Love - affection.
BACKGROUND
Savior - deliverer
Mark 8:36
People are dying trying to save their stuff, their status, their relationships.
We want Jesus to save us without dealing with our stuff.
Help me prosper don’t deal with my stuff.
He’s more than just a Man.
He’s a Savior, a Deliverer.
We couldn’t save ourselves.
We stand in need of a Deliverer.
- “He washed Judas feet.” - Yes He did, but Judas also still went to hell.
Jesus was murdered. Why? Because people hated what He taught.
One preacher said that all this commercial did was encourage people to go to hell with clean feet.
I understand the context that the commercial is trying to communicate, but we living a culture where hyper grace has been preach for far to longer in hopes of reaching people with the message of love.
All it has done it brought people to the church without bringing them to Christ. People feel good about their sin, but never change.
When Jesus healed or forgave someone, He said, “go and sin no more.”
Jesus takes us as we are, but He doesn’t leave us as we are.
An article on christianpost.com this week said this,
“They claim they’re encouraging unity, but their ads tell a different story. They’re
promoting compromise, not unity. He Gets Us is a cunning campaign that subtly depicts
Christian ethics as divisive and hateful. This is why their website says:
“How did the story of Jesus, the world’s greatest love story, get twisted into a tool to
judge, harm, and divide? How do we remind people that the story of Jesus belongs to
everyone? These questions are the beating heart of He Gets Us.”
One of the images in their “Foot Washing” ad is a woman washing the feet of a
(presumably abortion-minded) girl at an abortion center, while the pro-life activists are
holding anti-abortion signs. The image portrays a popular pro-abortion (and AND
Campaign) narrative that pro-life people care about protecting pre-born babies but
ignore the mother.
In other words, unlike conservative Christians or pro-life people, the woman washing
the girl’s feet isn’t judgemental, divisive, or hateful—she’s just a compassionate,
humble, woman who loves her neighbor.
But Jesus didn’t ignore his disciples’ sins when He washed their feet. That is actually
why He washed their feet. He didn’t wash their feet as a symbol of tolerance for sin, Hewashed their feet to symbolize their spiritual cleansing from sin. This is why He said,
“Unless I wash you, you have no part with me” (John 13:8).
That doesn’t sound like “unity” at all costs, does it? Remember, Jesus washed the feet of
His disciples — His followers. He didn’t wash everyone’s feet. He didn’t wash the feet of
the people who were blaspheming God at the temple. Instead, He made a whip of cords,
rebuked them, and drove them out (Matthew 21:12-13).
So the Christ-like thing to do at an abortion center isn’t to wash an abortion-minded
girl’s feet while ignoring their murderous intentions. The Christ-like thing to do is to
call them to repentance. That’s what pro-life Christians do.”
God does hate sinners!
“You are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers” (Psalm 5:4–5).
“The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence” (Psalm 11:5).
So, it is just not biblically sound to say that God doesn’t hate sinners by saying he loves the sinner and hates the sin.
He does hate sinners.
His wrath is real.
It is not something He pours out on people He approves of.
I wonder what people who make that misleading statement believe about hell because He is not punishing sin in hell — he is punishing sinners in hell.
Hate and love both have two meanings each.
Hate can be intense loathing of a quality, or hate can be beyond that — the intense intentionality to destroy.
Love can be an intense delighting in a quality, and it can be an intense intentionality to bless even in spite of the presence of some unsavory quality.
God comes to us, not in our attractiveness, like “Oh, I really love this person and just hate their sin.”
No, He finds me reprehensible because of my rebellion, just like we find certain wicked people reprehensible because of their sin. And He is coming to us, and He sent Jesus to die for us, in order that He might make us new creations.
So God can love us with the intent to save us even while He is hating the rebellion in us.
And then when He saves us, He transforms us to walk in communion forever.
We can’t separate truth from love. - Ephesians 4:11-15
Truth - “Aletheia” actually means “unforgetting.” Not just remembering, but un-forgetting (“a – lethe”), the daily act of holding a promise present in your mind and heart, of letting that promise drive all that you do. Literally un-forgetting it. Implied in the word is the idea that we are naturally in lethe (forgetting).
You can’t forget that those that do not make Jesus Lord of their life will spend eternity in a
devil’s hell.
Love - affection.
BACKGROUND
Savior - deliverer
Mark 8:36
People are dying trying to save their stuff, their status, their relationships.
We want Jesus to save us without dealing with our stuff.
Help me prosper don’t deal with my stuff.
He’s more than just a Man.
He’s a Savior, a Deliverer.
We couldn’t save ourselves.
We stand in need of a Deliverer.
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