“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8 NKJV)
The gospel offers a powerful and uniquely balanced vision of the individual’s worth. The Bible pulls no punches about our depravity and rebellion outside of Christ. We deserve judgment. Yet, Christ loved us to the point of dying for us while we were still His enemies. Jesus’ death and resurrection mean that we never need to see ourselves as worthless again.
But we need a third dimension to the concept of self-worth. We need to see ourselves more as people in community than as individuals. The fact is, the more we chase after a positive self-image, the more elusive it seems. Yet, when we cease focusing on feeling good about ourselves, and move towards recapturing the dignity of being a servant to others, then we actually discover a far deeper sense of personal worth and satisfaction.
-- Mark Strom in “The Symphony of Scripture: Making Sense of the Bible’s Many Themes”
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