All in the Family

Old Testament Scripture Reading: (Genesis 1:26 – 28 NASB)
Gen 1:26  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Gen 1:27  God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Gen 1:28  God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Mat 12:46  While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
Mat 12:47  Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
Mat 12:48  But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
Mat 12:49  And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
Mat 12:50  For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Transforming Power Statements:

1) It is obvious that the Almighty God Who made everything and placed it all under the control and use of man, whom He had made in “His Image & His Likeness” has displayed His love for us in the way that He gave, and by what He gave to invest in human progress, success, and happiness.

2) According to the standard set by our Creator, of giving us dominion over His entire creation it is also obvious that He has done everything so well for us to show us all that it is His desire to have us “All in the Family” however, due to the corruption of SIN, there has been developed every form of selfishness, lust, greed, covetousness, hatred, animosity, envy, and every other manifestation of the fall of man to disrupt the possibility of us all being in one family being harmonious with the Almighty.

3) When the first Advent of Messiah, Jesus the Christ, was in progress His “natural family” feared for His life due to the impact of the truth which He proclaimed, which seemed to militate against the status quo, the teaching of religious leadership, and was bringing threats of hostility out into the streets, which was making His own mother, brothers and sisters afraid for Him; but He then stated the fact that the true division of “true family” members was  with the people who hear the Word of God and keep it.