Monday, January 9, 2023
Biology Does Not Make a Family
Biology does not make a family. Families are made up of people who love one another, care about the life of one another and take care of one another.
This description is the family of Christ who has the Holy Spirit dwelling in them. They possess the gifts of the Spirit, the first of the gifts being Love.
If someone does not act lovingly toward their brothers and sisters they are not true followers of Jesus Christ.
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
1 John 4:6-7 "6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception. 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.…"
We do not have to guess if someone loves us, we know by the respect they show us and the concern they have for us.
God loves this way, included in His love is kindness, gentleness, honesty, correction, rebuke and truth. It is not love to watch a Spiritual family member walk down a road that will bring them the discipline of God and isolation from his brothers and sisters.
What the world calls love is not love at all, it is selfishness and greed. The desire to see someone fall and refuse to admit they got up and began again in a better way is anathema to the one who loves as the world does.
Truth is hated by the world but loved by all those who follow Christ. Truth takes priority over everything all the time.
1 John 5:2-4 "…2 By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, 4 because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.…"
We cannot love our brothers and sisters if we do not first love God above all things and all other people. It is this love that helps our brothers and sisters to walk safely with Christ.
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