Close and
family-like relationships are created among members of the body of Christ. This
is a level of unity and community that goes well beyond just friendship, it is
brotherhood! Once we are saved, we recognise our common spiritual Father is the
Lord, and that we being filled with His Holy Spirit, each descend spiritually
from Him. This establishes the ‘family ties’ of our faith, and even if we had
no-one else to relate to, we are safely anchored to this wonderful and eternal
Progenitor! God’s family however includes many members and many opportunities
for familial intimacy. Apart from ‘siblings’ in Christ, that is brethren of
precious like faith, we can identify also with those older than ourselves in
the faith and with them we often find, ‘father-like’ and ‘mother-like’
relationships. When we consider those who were responsible for bringing us into
the message of salvation, or ‘raising us’ through years of patient training,
teaching, assistance and example, we can appreciate the blessing and privilege
of belonging to the Family of God. We see then the reality of Paul’s expression
towards Titus and his address of him as ‘mine own son’. Because of the common
spiritual ancestry and due to the spiritual relationship which members of God’s
Church develop, like Paul, we too are blessed and can relate to others in the
faith, as precious family!
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