Friday, December 21, 2007

What does it mean to love Jesus

One of the most potent pages in McKnight's The Jesus Creed is p.181. It's the prologue to his section on "Living the Jesus Creed." I think this is what it all boils down to.
A spiritually formed person loves God by following Jesus and loving others.
A spiritually formed person embraces the stories of others who love Jesus.
A spiritually formed person lives out kingdom values,
and
a spiritually formed person loves Jesus.

What does it mean to love Jesus?

It means to believe in him,
to abide in him,
to surrender to him,
to be restored in him,
to forgive others in him,
and
to reach out with the good news about him.

This is how a disciple of Jesus loves Jesus.

4 comments:

Tom said...

And here I thought it was going to boil down to being right justified.

MR said...

(rimshot)

JAH said...

I think this needs to be posted on our fridge - or maybe the bathroom mirror, and somewhere in each car and ....

dan said...

That's a right funny comment. :) But Jane is right too.