The people Jesus loved were messy. The way that Jesus loved people seemed inconsistent,

unfair, and confusing. On the one hand, he could teach that God’s righteous moral standards for

our lives are even higher than we imagined they were. On the other hand, he ate with the tax

collectors and talked with the adulterers. As his church today, we still struggle to understand his

extraordinary love – but it all boils down to two key ingredients.