A family affair

As he clinches his teaching on real hearing and true seeing, the Lord Christ presses home these spiritual realities.

He is in the midst of the crowd, and standing outside are his family, seemingly insistent on seeing him.

The claim is clear: the earthly family are assumed to have the priority.

The clarification is swift: the most intimate and lasting relationship with Christ is formed not by physical affinity but by spiritual affinity: by a fruitful hearing of the truth.

From this, we should consider the privilege, the priority and the proof of Christ's spiritual family.