Everyone Has Value
It’s very obvious with everything Jesus said and did that He made everyone of equal value. That’s why we see him elevating women, outcasts, and even sinners. He demonstrated the Kingdom of Heaven’s system rather than the world’s system which divides, separates, and creates classes of humans that are less than.
When we look at the miracles of Jesus, we see instances where He actually went out of his way to those who were considered unclean, like the Samaritan woman at the well, the demon-possessed man of Gadara. He honored the “unclean” woman with the issue of blood who broke their law by being in public and touching Jesus. In a culture where the sick and poor were considered less than equal, Jesus healed, restored value and honored them all.
In Jesus we see no partiality. He healed both male and female, young and old, rich and poor, Jewish and Roman, educated and not educated, even friend and “enemy”.
Our common Christianity has become so focused on the individual afterlife salvation that we’ve missed the purpose of God’s Kingdom here and now. Ultimately we are going to receive the Father’s heart and vision of no separation because in Christ, all of us have value and all of us are One.
What Christ offers is a worldview where all of humanity are God’s beloved treasure rather than a world full of enemies to defeat. I believe He came to heal the hearts of humanity and I say, “Let it start with me.” He came to bring love into hearts kidnapped by fear and I say, “Let that begin with me.”
There is a beautiful heavenly wisdom that we can embrace. It comes straight from the Father’s heart. It looks nothing like the world’s wisdom, which is earthly and sensual. God’s way is a new and living way. The scriptures invite us to walk into it. As we do, the world can be healed, one heart at a time. And love will reign over all.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. (James 3:17-18)