"We are so accustomed to calling one another brother and sister, we easily forget this is really figurative language. The natural family is a figure for the association to which we have been called in Christ. And in this association, we, though many, are spoken of as all belonging to the same family. The Lord emphasizes the point that there are not several divine families, there is only one. Christ died that 'he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad' (John 11:52). And, again, the apostle prays, 'unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named' (Eph. 3:14-15). The Father, the Son, the angels and the saints are all spoken of as being included in the one family name. The point again is clear: many separate individuals united into one."