Jesus didn't die for us so we could pretend to be something we're not.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.
There's an inclination to get on the inside of Jesus' psyche, and I think that's a deep mistake because it assumes that what you have here is someone analogous to us.
Pretending that we live doesn't make us alive.
The point of Jesus' existence wasn't to lessen or diminish our appreciation of each other, but to expand our appreciation of each other by reminding us what lies within all of us, because Jesus was an example of the pinnacle of human evolution.
Jesus was a human being who, while on Earth, completely self-actualized and fulfilled in all ways the potential glory that lies within us all.
The gospel announces that God doesn't relate to us based on our feats for Jesus, but Jesus' feats for us.
Jesus showed us how to be courageous and sacrificial while we die for our beliefs, not while we kill for them.
Christ died for me and you, and we embrace that or we don't.
Jesus paid a tremendous price for us so we could have abundant life. He willingly took all of our sin on Himself and gave His life on the cross so we could be forgiven and have new life in Him.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.