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Who are our relatives? Or biological relations?, What the Bible says about relatives.
My father or Mother, Brother, Sister ,cousins, Uncle, Anty, brother or sister in law, all these are worldly terms to identify the biological relationship with you of your relatives.
The Bible says when Jesus was preaching to people and his mother and brothers came to meet him and his disciples told him, Lord your mother and brother are there to meet you, what Jesus replied to them Mark 3:33-35 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
And he looked round about on them, which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
In present days also we can see that there are churches or Denominations who follow this,their brother and sisters who are in fellowship, they considered them as their relatives,because they don't believe in worldly relationship, rather believe in God's words.
In today's life we people are more concerned about our worldly relatives,we immediately give our helping hand if any of our relative is in trouble, but opposite to that we hold back our hand when we hear that our fellow brother or sister from our church is in great trouble.
This is not what Jesus taught, then why we just ignore his teaching.
Jesus says in Luke 21:16,"And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death, (King James Bible)
Why Jesus said that if anybody who do the will of god is my relative because if we look into the OT scriptures the Word of God says in Deuteronomy 13:6,“If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;”(King James Bible).
It's natural and a part of human behavior that we tend to trust more on our closed relatives and think that whatever they advise us is correct, at that time we don't even think what the word of God says and ignore the God's advise.
What Micah 7:6, For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house,(King James Bible).
Jesus said the same thing in Matthew 10:36,“And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.",(King James Bible).
Whenever there is an occasion in the family, we first call our Relatives or the closed ones, what Jesus said about this, we can see in Luke 14:13-14, But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just., (King James Bible).
A more descriptive way of Apostle Paul can be seen in Colossians 3:18-21, Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged, (King James Bible).
Where our one and foremost relationship is With God, Christ is the Head of the Family and the responsibilities of a Christian have for his family based on his identity in Christ.
Christ is the Head of the Church, he is the Groom, and the church is his bride, he will be coming soon to take his bride.
Today what matter to us is that our earthly relations more important to us rather than a relationship with God, because if I say our earthly relatives is not important then I am wrong on what the Bible says in (1 Timothy 5:8).
We need to remember that Christ came to reconcile our relationship with God, and according to him, whoever does according the will of God is Christ’s Relative.
In today's world we are more of self lover and Relatives or Relations doesn't have any place or value in our lives, we are not relatives to our worldly relations neither we are relative to Christ,Jesus knows that we only care for ourselves we don't bother for others,we love or care for one and that is SELF.
My Life experiences gave me the knowledge and understanding about what relative means actually.
While I was going through the crucial time of my life where I was not having a job through which I was also facing a hard time of financial problems, though I was trying for the job, but also urged my relatives to get me a job,also went to church and asked my pastor to pray for me and explained my problems to him,but none of them came forward to help me,at that time when I lost everything,my house sold out, I cried out to the lord.
There were Two Psalms I remember which encouraged me in that crucial time that not to lose hope and those are Psalm 142:4, I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul, (King James Bible).
Psalm 31:22, For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee, (King James Bible).
And I have found that there is no relative or relationship is greater than God, whether it’s your brother, or mother, or the Church (Which is called a fellowship of Brothers), when no one respond God Responds.
I don’t have any kind of displeasure that my relatives or the Fellow brothers of my Church weren't came to help me, but eventually realized that in your distress or affliction ,there is only One divine figure will be on your side and that is God your immediate Relative or Supporter.
Today also when I don't have a job and most of my relatives who are in good positions in companies and having good businesses, know my situation but none have come up to offer me a job and the same goes to my church fellow brothers, my point here is not to prove my situation as Helpless,but want to prove that God is only one who will stand for you ,whatever situations you are going through.
But sorry to say that I haven’t seen in Christianity or in other religion where Jesus taught us that we need to help our fellow brothers but we overlooked it.
I have seen this in one religion in India that is “Sikhisam" who actually follows Jesus Teachings where if any of their community or fellow brother is in trouble, the whole community comes for their help and start making him to stand among them,whereas in our Religion that is Christianity,neither from family nor relatives or Fellow brothers come for help, then how can we say we follow Christ’s teachings.
Then why Jesus said that whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
In todays world are self lover and Relatives or Relations doesn't have any place in our lives, we are not relatives to our worldly relations neither we are relative to Christ, Jesus knows that we only care for ourselves we don't bother for others, we love or care for one person and that is SELF.
The parable of the Good Samaritan is a parable told by Jesus in Luke 10:25–37, It is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First a priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveler and cared about him.
So who is the actual relative or neighbor in this parable of this traveler who stripped.
The one who does the will of God.
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