In my opinion the new testament tries to teach love for humanity and uses Jesus as an example how we should strive to act (ofc it's a pretty much unreachable target). "Loving" Jesus might make it easier to follow that through, but if it doesn't it's meaningless to love him imo (I mean, to everyone of us he is no more than a character in literature, it's like loving harry potter).
As you said, "loving" Jesus doesn't make somebody a christian, although it may or may not increase the chances of somebody acting like a christian is supposed to. The essence of christianity (how I was taught it) is the love and respect for every human being and people who fail to strive for that ,no matter how "seriously" they take the religion, are not what I'd call "genuine christians".
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