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Son Of God
By Peace | July 4, 2008
Jesus began to move from place to place, speaking to people wherever they gathered. One day, his mother approached him along with some other members of his family. They wanted to speak with Jesus. A man in the crowd motioned toward them and said to Jesus,”Look, your mother and your family have come. They have something to say.”
“Who is my mother? And who my family?” Holding his hand out towards his disciples, Jesus then said,”Look! Here is my mother and my family! All those who come close to me are my family.”
Another time, when he was speaking to a crowd, Mary and others in the family again came close. They were standing at the doorway to the room in which he stood and someone came up to Jesus and told him.
“My mother and my brothers and sisters are these who hear the word of God and are moved by it.” With these words, Jesus made it very clear that he was the Son of God. He indicated by this that all ties to the past must be severed and having dedicated himself to those who openly received his teaching, he spoke with the authority of a man who was redesigning old ways of thinking so that God could be seen in a new light.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, had been called “blessed” by God. The great transformation that happened to her when Gabriel announced the conception of a child in her womb is unknown to us. In some sense she can be likened to an empty vessel who received the word of God with humility and graciousness. She allowed the Spirit of God to move through her and was a witness to the miracle of Christ that was created in her womb.
While she does not appear at all in the stories of Jesus’ short ministry in Galilee until his death in Jerusalem, we might suppose that Mary became a disciple or that she followed him wherever she could. If she was not actually present, then she certainly kept herself informed of everything that happened to him.
Jesus was as dear to Mary as any son is to his mother, but he was also a great teacher and his words probably held a profound meaning for her, for Mary’s heart had opened to Jesus as the Saviour long before he began to teach. Her humility and her deep love for God would have served her well in the difficult role she played and as she witnessed the events of his life.
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