Family Matters
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While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”
And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Who do you want to please the most?
Who do you want to please the most?
There is no stronger opposition than family
There is no stronger opposition than family
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“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household.
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Jesus’ Family Did Not Understand Him
Jesus’ Family Did Not Understand Him
and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat.
And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”
A Common Bond Forges a Great Family
A Common Bond Forges a Great Family
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
Doing the will of God establishes the family of God
Doing the will of God establishes the family of God
Doing the will of God secures fellowship with God and His people
Doing the will of God secures fellowship with God and His people
Doing the will of God proves that a person has become a member of God’s family
Doing the will of God proves that a person has become a member of God’s family
Doing the will of God proves a unique fact: that God’s family does exist
Doing the will of God proves a unique fact: that God’s family does exist
Application
Application
Christ sets the supreme example of loyalty to God
Christ sets the supreme example of loyalty to God
A family and friends need to tread carefully as they respond to a person serving God
A family and friends need to tread carefully as they respond to a person serving God
Commitment to Christ doesn’t minimize the family, but gives God His rightful place
Commitment to Christ doesn’t minimize the family, but gives God His rightful place