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“Behold Your Mother”. John 19:27. MOTHERHOOD : No Higher Spiritual Service. Mary supported Jesus during His rejections, persecutions & death. Hannah molded Samuel’s heart into a great judge & prophet in Israel. MOTHERHOOD :. Manager of the home. Prov 31:27; 1 Tim 5:14.
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“Behold Your Mother” John 19:27
MOTHERHOOD: No Higher Spiritual Service • Marysupported Jesus during His rejections, persecutions & death. • Hannahmolded Samuel’s heart into a great judge & prophet in Israel.
MOTHERHOOD: • Managerof the home
Prov 31:27; 1 Tim 5:14 • She watches over the ways of her household, & does not eat the bread of idleness. • Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully. 15 For some have already turned aside after Satan.
MOTHERHOOD: • Manager of the home • Modelof obedience
James 4:6-7 • But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil & he will flee from you.
Titus 2:5 • Younger women: to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
1 Peter 3:1-5 • Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands...with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle & quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. 5 For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands
Luke 1:38 • Maryresponded to the angel, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word”
MOTHERHOOD: • Manager of the home • Model of obedience • Teacherof good things
Prov 14:1; 2 Tim 1:5 • Thewise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her hands. • When I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois & your mother Eunice, & I am persuaded is in you also.
Proverbs 6:20-23 • My son, keep your father’s command, & do not forsake the law of your mother. 21 Bind them continually upon your heart; tie them around your neck. 22 When you roam, they will lead you; when you sleep, they will keep you; & when you awake, they will speak with you. 23 For the command-ment is a lamp, & the law a light; reproofs of instruction are the way of life.
Proverbs 31:1-9 • Mother of King Lemuel: Do not give your strength to women…4 Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes intoxicating drink; 5 Lest they drink & forget the law, & pervert the justice of all the afflicted…8 Open your mouth for the speechless, in the cause of all who are appointed to die. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, & plead the cause of the poor & needy.
MOTHERHOOD: • Manager of the home • Model of obedience • Teacher of good things • Helperof the helpless
MOTHERHOOD: Helping the Helpless • Jochebedprotected Moses her son from an evil plot (Exo 2; Heb 11:23) • Rizpahprotected her two dead sons from birds & scavenging animals (1 Sam 21:10)
MOTHERHOOD: • Manager of the home • Model of obedience • Teacher of good things • Helper of the helpless • Honoredfor her life
Proverbs 31:28-31 • Her children rise up & call her blessed; her husband also, & he praises her: 29 “Many daughters have done well, But you excel them all.” 30 Charm is deceitful & beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised. 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands, & let her own works praise her in the gates.
Leviticus 19:3 • Every one of you shall revere his mother & his father, & keep My Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God • Eph 6:1-3 • Prov 23:24-25 • Prov 19:26 • Prov 20:20 • Prov 30:17 “Perilous times will come…” 2 Tim 3:2-3
Love Mom With Sincerity • “My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed & in truth” 1 John 3:18 Honor Mothers Who Are Mothers Indeed!