The value of a person
How do we value other people? We usually value people who are kind, friendly, considerate, responsible, treat others with respect and have other similar characteristics. People like that are easy to love. On the other hand, we tend to avoid any kind of relationship with or reject those people who show characteristics contrary to these. Directly or indirectly, we don’t value this group of people the same way as the first group.
From the point of view of the kingdom of heaven, each and every one of us, without exception, deserves to be rejected:
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God – Romans 3:23
and consequently,
For the wages of sin is death – Romans 6:23a
Since Eden, we continue to believe the lie that we can “become like God“. In doing so, we effectively declare our independence from God, and as a result, we are eternally removed from His presence.
If we were valued by our own standards, God should reject us and avoid any kind of relationship with us. If anyone has justification to do that, it is God. Perhaps not all of us have committed “great” sins. But the truth is that we have all rejected him by putting ourselves in the place that only belongs to God. According to this, our future before God should be eternal destitution.
Fortunately, that is not the way God sees us. The love of God is not like ours. God values each one of his creatures so much that he gave himself, through Jesus, to give us the opportunity to enjoy his glory in eternity.
But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord – Romans 6: 23b
Rejoice! You are extremely valuable to God.
God has set a standard for us to imitate. But we will talk about this another time.
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