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Happy Mother’s Day. A Mother’s Faith (2 Ti. 1:4-5; 3:15). G.P.B.C. May 13, 2007. Context. Believing Jewish mother, unbelieving Gentile father (Acts 16:1) Appointed by Paul to oversee the church in Ephesus, the Lumen Asiae (1 Ti. 1:3). A Mother’s Faith (2 Ti. 1:4-5; 3:15).
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A Mother’s Faith(2 Ti. 1:4-5; 3:15) G.P.B.C. May 13, 2007
Context Believing Jewish mother, unbelieving Gentile father (Acts 16:1) Appointed by Paul to oversee the church in Ephesus, the Lumen Asiae (1 Ti. 1:3)
A Mother’s Faith(2 Ti. 1:4-5; 3:15) • Sincere Faith • Instructive Faith • Contagious Faith • Transcendent Faith
I. Sincere Faith “sincere” = unapocritou (unhypocritial) No disconnect between words & actions, between public & private life Gal. 2:13
Sincere Faith Prayer Guarding the tongue Forgiveness In the Word
“Judicious mothers will always keep in mind that they are the first book read and the last put aside, in every child’s library.”
II. Instructive Faith Literally, the sacred letters sacred = hallowed, extraordinary letters = correspondence from one person to another
III. Contagious Faith “the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice”
III. Contagious Faith Give them: … the doctrine of your faith … the defense of your faith … the delight of your faith
IV. Transcendent Faith • “reaching outside normal limits” “A chid is a statement one makes to a generation he will never see.”