A Super Bowl ad made waves this year depicting Christians washing the feet of horrible people, trying to show that Jesus loves everyone. While that’s true and biblically-based, it’s not the full truth. Christ didn’t wash the feet of Pilate or the tax collector or the woman at the well. He washed the feet of his Disciples—his believers. Yes, he even washed the feet of the one who would betray him, but he kept it to his Disciples. We cannot assume that was for no reason.

Yes, Christ loves unconditionally, but most people today think that love means acceptance, which is a bastardization at best.

Many talk about how open and loving Jesus was but forget that He simultaneously rejected their evil lifestyles. At the stoning of the woman, after Jesus said He didn’t condemn the lady, he didn’t say, “See ya later. Keep on doin’ whatcha doin’!” Rather, He said, “Go and sin no more.” We are absolutely called to love gay and transgender people but we are by no means required to accept their identity. Quite the contrary. We’re supposed to tell them it’s not right. Loving someone doesn’t mean unconditionally accepting their sins. It means the direct opposite of that.

One of the popular platitudes people think of as Christian is “Be your true self.” Christ never said that. Instead, He said the opposite: “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” (Matthew 16:24)

Of course, Christ “gets you”. That’s not the point. The point is that you’re supposed to “get Him.”