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He is not ashamed to call us brethren
Hebrews 2:11, “For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren.”
“He that sanctifieth” is Christ. “They who are sanctified” are all those He has set apart and made holy by His blood. The verse says they are “all of one,” and because of that, He is not ashamed to call them His brethren.
That is hard to take in.
He is God the Son. Eternal. Sinless. Holy. We are sinners pulled out of a mess. Yet, once He saves us, He is not ashamed to call us family.
Romans 8:29 says He is the “firstborn among many brethren.”
1 John 3:1 says we are called “the sons of God.”
When you are saved, you are not just a servant of His. You are brought into His household.
Christ has a stronger bond with His own. He saw all our sin before He ever went to the cross. He knew every failure we would have after salvation. Yet He still tasted death for us, still rose, still called us, still sanctified us, and now stands in heaven as our Captain and our Brother.
When you walk into church with a heavy heart, maybe feeling like a failure, this verse help us. The devil will whisper, “You are a fake. God is tired of you. You do not belong with these people.” Hebrews 2:11 says the opposite. Christ is not ashamed to call you His brother or sister. Your acceptance is in Him, not in who you were before Him.
That does not make sin light. It makes grace heavy. When you remember that your Captain calls you family, it gives you both comfort and a reason to live clean.
Jesus is not a distant figure from a children’s lesson.
He tasted death for every man.
He was made the Captain of our salvation.
He is not ashamed to call us brethren.
If you are saved, that is your Captain. That is your Brother. That is your place in the family. Live like someone He died for, someone He is leading, and someone He is glad to call His kin.
