The Covenant Family

"...Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 
And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother." Mat 12:48-50."And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. " Luk 8:21 
Through adoption(click for more on adoption),our status changed to Christ's.  His Father is now Our Father, who art in heaven.Our "new family/household" member is "whosoever" does The Father's will!
Neglecting this affects our entire life & resources(finance,time,attention,etc) for "...It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs." Mat 15:26

Anybody in your biological family that has not been  adopted  is a stranger.They are until they become adopted(i.e, born-again).

"And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life."Mat 19:29.

• No family member will stand and do nothing while his family is being ridiculed.
• No rightful member will you bring his family - father,mother,brethren to the public to be shamed or ridiculed by strangers.Never! We instead defend and support them.
• Secrets are kept and shared within the family and not with strangers.
• No true member will seek the hurt,betray,or cause the downfall of other members.

Our duty is to love God's family with our resources and unwavering dedication to it's welfare and expansion.The family is the strongest unit of any nation.
"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." Gen 1:28.