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Brethren of Christ
"Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers!" Hebrews 2:11
Too often, afflicted believers are neglected. This is especially true if they are poor, as well as afflicted. Many people even act as if they were ashamed of them. They never visit them, write to them, or show love for them in any other way.
But Jesus is not ashamed to call such people, His brethren — however poor or despised they may be by their fellow men. Why? Because they are a part of the same family as Himself. His Father is their Father, His God is their God, His Heaven is their home! He acknowledges them now before His Father and the holy angels; and He will acknowledge them by and by before the whole world.
Suffering believer, Jesus is your brother! He feels for you with all of a brother's love! He takes a brother's interest in you. He will perform a brother's part toward you. He is the Friend who loves at all times. He is the brother born for adversity! Proverbs 17:17.
Jesus acted a brother's part toward you by paying your ransom with His blood, and redeeming your soul from sin. He acts a brother's part toward you by interceding for you with His Father, by giving His angels charge over you, and by sending to you all that He sees is necessary for your good.
Oh, how sweet it is to realize that Jesus is our brother, and to know that as our brother — He ever loves and cares for us! This thought will cheer and comfort us in our lonely hours — when no Christian friend comes to visit us; and in our secret sufferings — when we have no one near to sympathize with us.
Lord Jesus, I thank You for being a brother who is ever present at my side — present to soothe and comfort me with a brother's love.
"For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven — is my brother and sister and mother." Matthew 12:50