Value

 What makes a person valuable?

Do people judge others so that they can say they are more valuable than others?

Do any of these make a person more valuable?

• Past crimes
• Stealing
• Killing
• Wealth
• Hardships endured
• Skin color
• Sexual preferences 
• Great works
• Love of others
• Love of money
• Beliefs like ours
• Opinions like ours
• Love of God
• Great faith
• Height
• Strength
• Speed
• Service to others
• Legalistic views
• Loved by God
• Old age
• Experience
• Birth
• Self importance
• High positions
• Memories
• Ancestry
• Nationality
• Member of a group
• Job
• Grace
• Martyrdom

Can the value of a person be linked to any of the following characteristics

• Integrity
• Courageousness
• Sense of Humor
• Intelligence, Education and Common Sense
• Emotionally Open
• Kindness
• Self-Confidence
• Discipline
• Generosity
• Self-Awareness
• Humility
• The ability to learn
• Responsibility
• Resilience
• Compassion for others
• Respect for others
• Big vision
• Inspiring others
• Self improvement
• Music talent 
• Art talent
• Math talent
• Dance talent
• Sports talent

Do all people have something valuable to add to our human existence?

On a scale from 0 to perfection is anybody anywhere near perfection?

On a scale from 0 to perfection is anybody an absolute zero?

Does being loved by God give us value?

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Galatians 2:16

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9