Have you experienced times when family relationships presented more problems than solutions? Most of us have. There's a lengthy list to deal with—parents, children, husband, wife, brothers, sisters, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, stepparents, stepchildren—and the list begins all over again with the in-laws.
If these relationships involve dilemmas, the source of the trouble lies in the belief that man is a material entity separated from God, a personal creator both wielding and subject to the will of the flesh. Generally, family relationships cannot be worked out successfully on a piecemeal basis. We must start from the basis of one Father-Mother God, and one family, man.
The Gospel of John describes the man of God's creating as "born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."John 1:13; The negative elements denied in this passage all seem to be part of the mortal picture of family relationships. From the outset, human will and personal sense, or sensualism, underlies problems of family relationship. These concepts continue to claim power, and are so prevalent in mortal consciousness that sometimes their influence is not recognized.
