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Question: How did Jesus love?

Answer: With Humble and Sacrificial Love

How did Jesus love us? First, He gave up His glorious existence in Heaven to come down here, put on human flesh, and gave up His own life for our reconciliation with the Father. Boiling this down, He had a humble and sacrificial love. It was a total giving of Himself, out of love for the Father, with the ultimate goal of our conversion.

Paul describes a humble love in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

Jesus was all of these. Humility is important to God.

Romans 12:10 “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”

Matthew 23:12 “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

Jesus was indeed exalted after He humbled Himself.

His love was sacrificial.

Hebrews 7:26-27 “For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.”

He sacrificed Himself for our sins and our salvation.

1 John 3:16 “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.”

When you love others, is it ultimately for their salvation, or for some other motive?

Would you lay down your life for them?