Peter Barnes | Matthew 12:46-50
SERMON NOTES
THE FAMILY OF GOD
Psalm 27; Matthew 12:46-50
– Jesus’ half-brothers and sisters in Matt.13:55-56
1. Natural families point to a greater spiritual family.
– 12:46-50; the ESV omits v.47 but perhaps without good reason
– Mark 3:20-21; John 7:5
– the natural family is not being downgraded (Ps.68:6; 1 Tim.5:8)
– But there is a greater family (Heb.2:11; John 20:17)
2. We are adopted into God’s family through faith in Christ.
– John 1:12
– Rom.8:15-16; Gal.4:4-7
3. The evidence of adoption is doing the Father’s will.
– 12:50; this is not how to become a member of God’s family but a description of those members
– Matt.21:28-32; 7:21-23