Acts 2:41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. When one accepts the gospel of Jesus Christ, the fact that you are a sinner separated from God and that only through Christ can you be reconciled. When one is immersed into His name for the forgiveness of sins (Act 2:38) then one is added to God’s family. This familial relationship is something of the nature of God, and we, too, as believers have become part of this family. As children of God, we are “members of God’s household” (Ephesians 2:19) and there is a way we are to conduct ourselves in God’s household (1 Timothy 3:15). We are to “do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers” (Galatians 6:10). We are to “follow God’s example as His dearly loved children” (Ephesians 5:1). We are to love God and those within His family, our family, our “spiritual family”.
This week’s lesson will focus on The Family of God: what it means, what are some excuses people use to not be a part of that family, and the benefits associated with being a part of God’s family; specifically the local family of believers.
Praying everyone has a blessed week,
In Christ,
Gary T.