Instances in the New Testament make it clear that the meaning of Jesus on earth he empowered others to lay down their survival barriers, to step beyond tribe, language, fear-imposed levels of our security. We are called to step into a humanity that opens to all people the meaning of life and the meaning of God. This was Gods gift in sending Jesus.
The Gospels do not convey a message of rescuing sinners, saving the lost or patching up our insecurities. They call those who met Jesus to translate the full humanity they met in him into a new and inclusive life for themselves. To risk stepping outside defences, beyond fears and insecurities and to embrace a way not known before what it means to be human.
Jesus’ full humanity invited us in to this.
