Some people feel that Jesus is cruel towards His own family, for He seems have no feeling or care about His mother and His brothers in this passage. That's a misunderstanding, for it is clear throughout the Bible that Jesus cares about His mother and His siblings. In this passage, Jesus was presenting an important truth: salvation is a personal matter. Salvation is about individual relationship with God, that when one receives Christ as personal Lord and Savior, His salvation comes upon us.
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Salvation is individualistic and there are no backdoors. A pastor once said, "God has many children but no grandchildren." Not only God has no grandchildren, He has neither son-in-law nor daughter-in-law. It is impossible for you to go to heaven because of your wife is a Christian. We cannot get saved corporately, for the grace of God come to us individually.
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That's why Jesus asked, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" His mother and brothers do not enter the kingdom of God by the biological relationships they have with Jesus. The condition of entering the kingdom of God is stated in verse 50, "For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother. In other words, one must do the will of God in order to enter the kingdom of God, and nothing else can bring him to God.
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Dear brothers and sisters, do you have a personal relationship with God? Do you truly know this God? Have you received Christ into your lives as your personal Lord and savior? If you have not, today is the best time to do so, open your hearts and welcome Jesus to work in your life, and then you will receive His salvation. Are you willing to do it?
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