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Intro
Do you see the standard the Lord has for his people?
Jesus clearly believes that there are good things happening out there in the world.
People are loving their neighbors—their literal neighbors and people they work with.
People are taking care of their families.
People are taking care of those in their close communities.
And Jesus says, that’s all well and good, but there’s nothing special to it.
Everyone does that.
Everyone takes care of their own.
And from the get go, we have a point of reflection.
As I began writing this I had to wrestle with this idea.
Look around.
We can see Jesus is right.
My literal neighbors get up and go to work every day to take care of their families.
Their kids are dressed well and I see Moms walking their kids to the bus stop to keep them safe.
I see neighbors congregating in the homes of fellow neighbors.
There’s love in my neighborhood.
Intro
Do you see the standard the Lord has for his people?
So, I had to ask, ‘Am I even loving the people in my life as good as the world does?’
Let’s not get into Jesus’ standard for love yet.
Am I even loving other people as well as the world around me?
As a Christian, does my love for my neighbors (my literal neighbors, my family, and anyone else in my life) does my love match up to those in our community that are not even Christians?
Jesus clearly believes that there are good things happening out there in the world.
People are loving their neighbors—their literal neighbors, their families, and people they work with, go to school with and so on.
People are taking care of their families.
People are taking care of those in their close communities.
And Jesus says, that’s all well and good, but there’s nothing special about it.
Everyone does that.
Everyone takes care of their own.
Maybe, maybe not.
It doesn’t matter, because Jesus doesn’t stop there.
He wants us to love better than the world around us.
So, he says,
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People are taking care of their families.
People are taking care of those in their close communities.
And Jesus says, that’s all well and good, but there’s nothing special about it.
Everyone does that.
Everyone takes care of their own.
You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
(, ESV)
And from the get go, we have a point of reflection.
As I began writing this, I had to wrestle with this idea.
Look around.
We can see Jesus is right.
My literal neighbors get up and go to work every day to take care of their families.
Their kids are dressed well, and I see Moms walking their kids to the bus stop to keep them safe.
I see neighbors congregating in the homes of fellow neighbors.
There’s love in my neighborhood.
So, I had to ask, ‘Am I even loving the people in my life as good as the world does?’
Let’s not get into Jesus’ standard for love yet.
Am I even loving other people as well as the world around me?
As a Christian, does my love for my neighbors (my literal neighbors, my family, and anyone else in my life) does my love match up to those in our community that are not even Christians?
It’s not enough to say, ‘Look what good I have done;’ Jesus calls us to do good in all things.
Maybe, maybe not.
It really doesn’t matter because Jesus doesn’t stop there.
Jesus’s point is that he wants us to love better than the world around us.
Jesus wants his people to be so loving that we are countercultural.
We tend to blend into the culture around us, but Jesus wants us to stick out in the crowd—not as the weirdos, but as those who love beyond the basic love that humans have for other humans.
You know, we say things like, ‘He’s a really good guy.’
Or, ‘She did a lot of good things in life.’
‘They’re just such good people.’
Maybe you’ve said, ‘I think there’s a little good in everyone.’
So, he says,
And that can be hard, because we live in a humanistic society, where we have tons of non-Christian organizations really trying to love people in fantastic ways.
We’re supposed to top that.
So, Jesus says,
You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
(, ESV)
Well, Jesus would agree, I think.
But, are people actually good?
And if people are good, then where do bad people come from?
And how good does someone have to be, to be considered a good person?
It’s not enough to say, ‘Look what good I have done!’
Jesus calls us to do good in all things.
Well, Jesus seems to say pretty clearly that there is no such thing as good enough.
He says we ‘must be perfect.’
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Are you a good person?
You know, we say things like, ‘He’s a really good guy.’
Or, ‘She did a lot of good things in life.’
‘They’re just such good people.’
Maybe you’ve said, ‘I think there’s a little good in everyone.’
Well, Jesus would agree, I think.
It’s part of being human to want other humans to do well.
But, are people actually good?
And if people are good, then where do bad people come from?
And how good does someone have to be, to be considered a good person?
Yeah, I think I’m a pretty good person.
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