Love in God's Family - 3

Brothers in Unity is Beautiful

David describes the relationship between believers as a family relationship – brothers living together in harmony. He says that it is good and pleasant.

An interesting factor in sibling relationships is that there is a third party in the background that is the reason for the relationship; namely the parents. The common affection for our parents and the common life we have inherited from them is what makes brother and sister relationships unique. In God’s family it is even more crucial, because God our father and Jesus, our elder brother, stand behind the relationships we enjoy with our brother and sister Christians.

How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity.

It is good and pleasant because the relationship between Christians flows out of the relationship between the Father, Son and Spirit. The unity in the Church derives its meaning and pleasure from the unity of the Godhead. This is where its goodness and pleasure comes from.

John 14. ¹⁸I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. ¹⁹Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. ²⁰On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. ²¹Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." ²²Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?" ²³Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.