There is not one person that Jesus does not care about. There never has been. There never will be.
That is the reason I titled this “Jesus cares Period”. I didn’t use the symbol for the ‘end of sentence’ purposely because we humans don’t always grasp the symbolic meaning when used instead of words. Period. That settles it. That is when we have come to that point in the writing where the statement is complete, finished.
God is. God is Love. 1 John 4:8 tells us that. That verse begins with saying that if we don’t love, we don’t know God. It’s clear that an indication of our knowledge of God is whether or not we are able to love. 1 Corinthians 13 gives the indicators of love. We can assess our love level by putting our name in the places it makes statements about love. For example, I can say “Sherry is kind” because the Word says “Love is Kind”. Now, if “Sherry is kind” is not a true statement, it is evidence that in some area, I do not know God’s heart at that moment and in that situation. Another example “Sherry is not provoked” tells me to see if I react to the words of others and allow offense to come into my heart toward someone. The “love” chapter is a good place to begin an inventory on whether our emotions rule us or God rules us, because we go back to the beginning…God is love.
So we can also use this chapter to determine how God will react. If we believe that God is love, then it stands to reason that we can interject the name “God” wherever the word “love” is in this Chapter. Let’s see what happens when we do. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7:
God suffers long and is kind; God does not envy; God does not parade (Him)self, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its (His) own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
What do we see about God here in regard to His reaction to our humanity when we are in loving relationship with Him?
God puts up with a lot and treats us with kindness.
God does not behave rudely. He seeks our good and is not just seeking for Himself to benefit. He does not turn away from us in our imperfections or when we don’t measure up to His plan for us.
God is not provoked by us and He does not think evil thoughts about us.
He doesn’t rejoice in our sin, but rejoices in the Truth (that Jesus bore our sin)
God bears with us in all things, He hopes all things, (Beloved, I wish above ALL things that you prosper and be in health as your soul prospers. 3 John 1:2) and He has both endured and continues to endure all things that we “put Him through”. Why?
Because God is love. Jesus was both our sacrifice for sin and our punishment for sin. God is love and God is not angry. God adores His children and He is not an angry, indifferent Father who withholds Himself from us. Even when we think we deserve that from Him.
God is love and Jesus came to demonstrate the heart, nature, and character of God.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God…” John 1:1. And verse 14: And the Word (God) was made flesh and walked among us, and we beheld His glory as of the only Begotten of the Father.
Jesus was God in a human body that came and brought God’s love and God’s power. God’s sacrifice. God’s punishment for sin, borne in Jesus’ own flesh. He came and did what He saw the Father do. To say what He heard the Father say. To every person on the earth. To your nation. To your hometown. To your home. To your mind, to your heart.
All you have to do is believe and accept the love of God by accepting Jesus as Savior and Lord.
Jesus cares. Period.
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