By: Dale Weckbacher
Mark 3:33b-34
“Who are my mother and
my brothers?” 34 Looking at those sitting in a
circle around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
(CSB)
It is common in the church for members to refer to each
other as brothers and sisters. This
expression of love for each other has scriptural roots in Mark
3:31-35. However, those outside the
Church may view the referring of each other as brothers and sisters as some
form of cult or communal relationship between people. Unfortunately, this distorted view has its
roots in a distorted or even perverted view by the secular world of what love
is. Like all deceptions from Satan, this
distorted view of love prevents us from having a more loving and intimate
relationship with God our Father and others.
C.S. Lewis authored a book entitled the
Four Loves in which he explores the four words for love used in the New
Testament. Since Greek is the original
language of the New Testament, the study of these four words and their usage in
Scripture provide insight into discovery of defining love in the various levels
of relationships. Over the next four
Wednesday postings we will look at each of these four types of love as a means
for discovery about how they apply to having loving relationships with our
Father God, Our immediate family, and our
church family.
The theme of love is present throughout the Gospel (John
3:16; Matthew 22:34-40; John 15:13).
The Apostle Paul, however, provides perhaps the greatest definition of Christian
love in 1
Corinthians 13. Here is a link
to purchasing the C.S. Lewis book if you would like to purchase it for your
library. My prayer is that this
exploration of love will enable everyone reading this, and the one writing as
well, to have a greater understanding of our Heavenly Father’s love for us and
help us establish biblical loving relationships in our lives.
Please invite your friends and family to follow along and
may God bless everyone reading this.
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