Blood is thicker than water is a saying with no short life-span. It means family before others. And many people take it very seriously.
But there is a category of people meant to mean more than individuals related to us by blood or water alone – it is people who are related by water and blood!
|Jesus calls his disciples to view each other as members of one another Mark 10:28-30. He desires a love that grows to the point of surpassing the love we have for family Matthew 10:34-38. The way we view our brothers and sisters in Christ has a huge effect on our relationship with Jesus Matthew 25:40, 45.
Being born again through God’s work, which is accomplished through the waters of baptism by the cleansing blood of Christ Colossians 2:12-13, we are added to the church, which is the body of Christ and the home of God’s people Acts 2:47, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Colossians 1:18, Ephesians 5:30, 1 Timothy 3:15.
Family and friends are important. There’s no arguing that! But we would all do well to remember the bond that God creates through the water and the blood Galatians 6:10.
“This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.” 1 John 5:6-8 NKJV
Eugene Adkins
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