Here's Jesus, once again blowing holes in anyone's theory who would say that he was just a nice teacher who never claimed to be God. He clearly taught that his authority extended well beyond his group of apostles, well beyond the present time and place, and into eternity. The very Creator of the universe was giving him direct commands...
And those commands are to save. I think it's so important that the Christian church be rooted in this reality -- that God's goal is to save people. God wants to save people. God created people to be with God, and the reality of sin breaks the very heart of God, which is why God is willing to pay such a high price so that people might be saved and reunited with God. Jesus was willing to pay the price because Jesus shared this love.
If this is God's fundamental orientation, how should that guide our life?
It's so easy to overlook people, to get wrapped up in what we're doing and ignore the needs of the world around us. But that can't be out way of life if we're following Christ, because Christ's basic guiding principle is to save. We can't save people, but we can join with Christ in loving people, even at great cost to ourselves, because people, all people, are worth saving.
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