Over the past few months, my dad's sermon titles have consisted of
Jesus: The One Sent to Forgive, Jesus: The One Sent to Heal Sickness, Jesus: The One Who Broke the Mold, Jesus: The One Who Called the Apostles, Jesus: Crazy, Corrupt or King, and today was
Jesus: Who Is His Family? This question (who is Jesus' family?) puzzled people back in Jesus' day and continues to puzzle people here in our day and age. But Jesus answers this question as simply as pie in today's text - Mark 3:31-35.
"And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you." And he answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.'" (Mark 3:31-35)
The answer to today's question was simple.
If you do the will of God, then you're in Jesus' family. But what is the will of God?
It's what He wants you to do! It's first repenting of your sins and trusting in Him, and then doing what He wants and commands. For example ...
- Evangelizing to nonbelievers (Mark 16:15)
- Being kind to everyone (Ephesians 4:32)
- Loving each other (Leviticus 19:18)
- Making God first in our lives (Exodus 20:3)
- Giving the best of our everything to God (Exodus 34:26)
So are you in God's family?
