Jesus shocked his hometown by declaring that God's love extends beyond comfortable boundaries to include outsiders and marginalized people. Using Old Testament examples of God helping foreigners instead of his chosen people, Jesus challenged the cultural system that divided people into clean and unclean categories. He revealed that everyone is broken and everyone is loved, calling us to abandon our sense of moral superiority and reach across social, political, and economic divides. This transformative love flows not from trying harder to be good, but from experiencing God's unconditional grace that empowers us to see the humanity in those society has pushed to the margins.
