Holy siblings
by Pastor Joshua Pfeiffer
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‘Therefore, brothers and sisters, holy partners in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus’ (Hebrews 3:1).
Who are you? What is your identity? What is your purpose? On what should you focus? These are deep questions that are central to most peoples’ lives. They are the sorts of questions consistently addressed in the Scriptures, and this one verse gives us some helpful insights.
Who are you as a Christian person? You are a brother or sister of Jesus himself (Hebrews 2:11) and so a member of the household of God. As with most imagery in the Bible, it’s not that God’s family is a little bit like our human families, but the comparison works the other way around. God’s family is the most real and truest thing, and human families faintly reflect that perfect community (Ephesians 3:15). Jesus is the true big brother, and our sibling relationships in this world are a distant shadow of that relationship. Because of all this, you are holy, sharing already in the life of God himself by virtue of your status in his family. That is your identity, anchored in what God has done for you in Christ Jesus.
So then, what is your purpose? You have a ‘heavenly calling’ even as you live your life on earth. Your Lord Jesus calls you beyond the cares and concerns of this world to the priorities of heaven. He draws you through the sufferings and trials of this life to the glories of the life to come. That doesn’t mean you give up on this world and the people in it. On the contrary, you are of more service to them because you know they, too, have been created for life with God eternally. As you live out this calling, there is one simple focus point: ‘consider Jesus’. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, on what he has done for you in his death and resurrection, and on how he calls you to live as his holy brother or sister.
Heavenly Father, thank you for sending your Son, our Lord Jesus, as the faithful Son over your household, and thank you for inviting us into this holy family. Please help us by your Spirit to hear and follow our heavenly calling. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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