Bloodlines & the Body of Christ

Mark 3:31-35

There are a lot of "hard" sayings from the mouth of Christ. For his family, this had to be one of the hardest. Christ rejects bloodlines as the most important, and instead, reaches to the relationships formed by obedience to the Word of God. It is harsh, but also true. The fellowship Christians enjoy with one another, and with Christ, is significantly closer than what is enjoyed simply by siblings. I don't know this first hand, and all of my siblings have a relationship with Christ, but I know several people who have made more significant connections with their church family than their biological one. As we grow closer to God, secular reasoning, even if it is inherited and nurtured early in life, becomes more and more foreign to us. This makes it difficult to really connect with people that don't have a similar mindset. On the other hand, people that are focused on glorifying become fast friends because of their similar goals.