Are You A Nut?

Is your family much like fudge?  You know, a whole lot of sweet with more than a few nuts mixed in?  Well ...

Consider Mark 3:20 - 21 and 31 - 35

Are You A Nut?
Are you willing to be seen as crazy for  Jesus / God?
Jesus is being seen as being "out of his mind".
His mother, brothers and sisters are travel to meet with him - perhaps in hopes of straightening him out?
He is the oldest child, the head of the family if Joseph is now dead.  And as the eldest son, he is not a part of his family, not taking responsibility required of him!  Intervention is required!

I think it fair to say that his family was behaving with the norm culturally:

• They were concerned for Jesus personally
• The family image was probably under attack
• He was not acting responsibly
• No matter how he felt

Are You A Part of God's Family?
Blessing or Burden
Sweet or Nuts
You are a part of God's family.

But, Jesus rebuffed his physical family.  They probably came to take him home.
This was SCANDAL in the first century!

Can You Keep Perspective?
Like all things in life, your physical family, as well as, your spiritual family needs to be kept in perspective!
We are apart of something eternal.
This family is eternal, our physical families apparently not so much so.
This new family is bigger than us or our problems.
We are to be living for the KINGDOM together, physical and church family inclusively.
We are to be FAMILY.
That means we actually care for and about one another!

Would Jesus Have Called Your Family?
He knows each of us as an individual.
Our obedience is part of our relationship with Him.
Eternity is not dependent upon your relationship with your physical family, it is about your relationship with God!  And yet, we invest so heavily in our physical families to the point of ignoring we even have an eternal family!