The Promise of a New Family
I spent half my week working on an exegetical paper for Mark 3:31-35. 31 And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers [and your sisters] are outside, seeking you.” 33 And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 And looking about at those who sat around him, he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.” We were asked to look into four different aspects of this section but there is one that stood out to me most: the theology and truth Christ spoke into my heart through studying this passage. Jesus introduces this radical new idea of family. The blood family unit is no longer the core foundation for what it means to be family. Jesus experiences aliena...