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BRETHREN OF JESUS CHRIST
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
Hebrews 2:10-18
Luke 8:21
“My brethren are these which hear
the word of God, and do it.”
BRETHREN OF JESUS CHRIST
To be Jesus’ brethren, we must be born again to be children in God’s family. Would you like to be a brother of the Lord Jesus?
(a) Be Obedient: Obedience to God’s will and God’s word is the fruit of a truly born-again and submissive Christian (Matt 12:50, Luke 8:21). Our human nature is sinful, corrupt, and “enmity against God, not subject to the law of God neither indeed can be” (Rom 8:7). However, through our Lord we can overcome this sinful nature to do God’s will. Would you rather obey God and His Word than men and their ideas?
(b) Be Sanctified and Separated: To be sanctified means to be separated from sins, lusts, and worldliness, to be dedicated to the Lord for His own use and to be controlled by the Lord. A temple is holy only as it is separated from common use, dedicated to the Lord, and filled with God’s holy presence. In this world of sin and deception, we are to beware of false teachers, false prophets, and false brethren as well (2 Cor 11:26; Gal 2:4) and separate ourselves from them who may claim to be Jesus’ brethren but who live in sin (1 Cor 5:11) or walk “disorderly” not after God’s Word (2 Thess 3:6, 15).
(c) Loving and Caring Brethren: If we are truly born again, we will love God and the brethren who are born of Him (1 John 5:1). Paul, a Jew, preached the Gospel to the Gentiles, spent and was spent for them (2 Cor 12:15), and called them “brethren” (Rom 1:13)! In Christ, we will love and respect the brethren in the Lord without discrimination, prejudice or contempt!
THOUGHT: It is a great privilege to be a brother of Jesus!
PRAYER: Father, I thank Thee for not being ashamed to call me Thy brother.