Being Family

I have found out many times you do not miss something until you do not have it, and all too often we just take it for granted. With the Corona virus pandemic wrecking or destroying lives and lifestyles, it is a terrible, terrible disaster. And there is so much uncertainty.

We are staying very close to home; no visitation of friends and little of family. That reminds me of something in the Bible. Christianity is all about relationships. First and most importantly is our relationship to God the father (Matthew 6:33). We receive that when we realize what Jesus did by the shedding of His blood on the cross and His resurrection from the grave (John 3:16-19; Romans 5:8; 1 Peter 3:18). When we confess-repent of our sins and ask God to forgive us and call upon Jesus Christ to be our Lord and Savior, it is then and only then do we enter into the right relationship with God the Father (Romans 3:23; 6:23;1 John 1:9&10).

This starts a whole new way of life and living. We enter a new family, not physical but spiritual (1 Timothy 3:15). The family of God, the Bride of Christ, the new Testament Church, (Ephesians 1:22). Everyone who has asked Jesus Christ to be their personal Lord and Savior becomes automatically a part of His Body, the Church (Colossians 1:24; Hebrews 12:22&23).

See you in Church when the doors are open again.