These days, it's not said as much, but people at church use the term…

In recent years, we don't say it as much anymore, but... at church, we used to call each other "Brother/Sister [Name]".
...
The church, in other words, is "God's family".

That's why... we call each other brothers and sisters at church.

...It's "God's family" through faith.

And our citizenship is in heaven.

We live in this world, but we don't belong to this world.
...We are given citizenship in heaven and can enter heaven.
...That's why Jesus... gave up His life for us who were enemies of God... 😓
He reconciled God and us through the cross ✝️ 😢
...And,
We who live in the same love of Christ... have been made "God's family"❗️.
...Being made part of God's family... means that... our nature will gradually... become more like Jesus❗️.

Let us grow more and more like Jesus...
Let us grow through the Spirit (Holy Spirit).
Shalom 😃

This page archives a Morning Word message shared by Pastor Peter Sunagawa on LINE. The English prose is a translation of the Japanese source message. For Scripture wording, use the BSB link above.