“Jesus Loves You”

Do you believe that Jesus loves you? Seriously, do you really believe it? Jesus tells us:

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:9-13

I have met many Christians over the years who struggle to believe that Jesus loves them. They will believe that they are sinners. They will even believe that they are forgiven by Jesus. But when it comes to believing that they are loved by Jesus, they’re not so sure.

Some have a hard time believing they are loved because they are convinced they are unlovable. They have internalized this message during a lifetime of being judged, shamed, and rejected by others.

Others have a hard time believing they are loved because they think they must earn the love of another. Good grades, good jobs, and good pay checks were needed in life in order for them to be loved.  

And yet, Jesus loves us. We don’t have to be lovable. We don’t have to deserve His love. We don’t have to earn His love. Jesus loves because of who He is.

“If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” I John 4:15-16

Jesus loves us because He is God and God is love. Jesus loves us - this is who He is, and He will never change.

In Christ,

Pastor David

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