102 – How are you related to Jesus?

There are so many facets to your relationship with Jesus. Here a few obvious ones:

• Jesus is Lord and Savior: it's a Master-servant relationship
• Jesus is the Messiah, or Christ: it’s a relationship between prophecy and its fulfillment in our lives
• Jesus is our teacher: it's a teacher-student relationship
• He is the Great Physician: it’s a healer-patient relationship

Jesus is all these things and they are beyond value

But Jesus is not just all these high and holy things to us. He refers to God as his Father and our Father (see John 20:17). That makes Jesus our brother since we have the same Father.

And Jesus called his disciples his friends (see John 15:14, 15). That can certainly apply to you and me as well, as long as we actually follow Jesus in what we say and do.

When you think about it, it’s amazingly wonderful we can know Jesus as our Lord our teacher, our Great Physician, but for him to also be our friend and brother makes the relationship even more meaningful.
But there's one more aspect of our relationship to Jesus that most folks never really consider.

We can be Jesus' mother

Before you start thinking I'm crazy, check out what Jesus says when his mother, his brothers and sisters can't get through the crowd to talk to him. He asks the crowd, 

Matthew 12:48-50  ESV 
48  "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?"
49  And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! 
50  For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

Here’s another example of why you can’t take the whole Bible literally. Jesus did not mean we become his literal mother. We don't turn into Mary. Only she could fill that role.

It's easier to see how we can be Jesus' brothers and sisters. But his mother? Really? Yes, really.

When you hear God’s voice and do God’s will, you are, in effect, “giving birth” to Jesus in your heart and in your life. Every time you obey God's will, Christ appears more clearly in your life and to those around you.

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