Date written: May 12th, 2007
Scripture ref: Deuteronomy 5:16<\/p>\n
SUBJECT: Mother’s Day<\/p>\n
TITLE: Why Do We Need Mother’s Day?<\/p>\n
PROPOSITION: We need mother’s day to 1) Celebrate Life, 2) Remember Death, 3) Reinforce Holiness.<\/p>\n
Objectives: That each would reflect upon what we do on mother’s day and how doing this can support our ability to be faithful to the Lord.<\/p>\n
INTRODUCTION:<\/p>\n
1. Read: Deuteronomy 5:16 “Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.”<\/p>\n
2. About the Text:<\/p>\n
1) The Bible teaches plainly that we are to honor our father and mother.<\/p>\n
2) To honor our father and mother means both to obey them while we are young and to provide for them when they become old.<\/p>\n
3) Nevertheless we have set aside one day out of the year to specifically honor and remember our mothers.<\/p>\n
4) We may certainly honor our mothers any other day of the year and I hope we do.<\/p>\n
5) However, perhaps we can reflect for a moment on the question, “Why do we need mother’s day?”<\/p>\n
3. Ref. to S, T, P, O, and A.<\/p>\n
DISCUSSION: We need mother’s day to…<\/p>\n
I. Celebrate Life<\/p>\n
1. Life began with God in the miracle of creation.<\/p>\n
1) Genesis 2:7 says, “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”<\/p>\n
2) Man was thus made in the image of God. Genesis 1:27 “And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”<\/p>\n
3) Life is a gift from God that we ought not to take for granted.<\/p>\n
2. It is through mothers that God chose to perpetuate life through the natural process of procreation.<\/p>\n
1) Genesis 3:20 says, “And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.”<\/p>\n
2) Men certainly have their role in procreation, but the mother bears a special role.<\/p>\n
3) 1 Timothy 2:15 says that women “… shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.”<\/p>\n
4) What a blessing to know that God has given women the special role of mother to impart the blessing of life upon their children.<\/p>\n
3. We celebrate and cherish life through our mothers, but we recognize that there is a life beyond this life.<\/p>\n
1) In John 10:10 Jesus said, “I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.”<\/p>\n
2) John 3:16 tells us that if we believe on Him we may have eternal life.<\/p>\n
3) The truly special mother not only will be concerned about physical life, but spiritual as well.<\/p>\n
II. Remember Death<\/p>\n
1. As much as we value life, we are all appointed to the day of death as well.<\/p>\n
1) Hebrews 9:27 states, “…it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;”<\/p>\n
2) God told Adam in Genesis 3:19 “…in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”<\/p>\n
2. While the Lord tarries, our mothers do not escape this end.<\/p>\n
1) There are many here today whose mothers have passed from this life to the next.<\/p>\n
2) Mother’s day may remind us of sad, but sober times.<\/p>\n
3) There are also, however, the happy times that we experienced with them and their life is complete.<\/p>\n
3. We ought not to let these thoughts discourage us, but for us to give appropriate thought to our own end.<\/p>\n
1) Psalm 90:10 states, “The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.”<\/p>\n
2) Psalm 90:12 exhorts, ” So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.”<\/p>\n
3) We also call to remembrance Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 “It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.”<\/p>\n
III. Reinforce Holiness<\/p>\n
1. The Bible gives us examples of good mothers.<\/p>\n
1) Sarah was a good mother (Genesis 17:15-16).<\/p>\n
2) Hannah – 1 Samuel 1 & 2-was a good mother.<\/p>\n
3) Elizabeth, John the Baptizer’s mother, was a good mother according to Luke 1:6.<\/p>\n
4) Mary, Jesus’ mother was also a good mother.<\/p>\n
5) These good mothers provide in the scriptures good examples for us today.<\/p>\n
2. There is a need in our society to understand what is a good mother.<\/p>\n
1) When we allow the sit-coms to define for us what is a good mother, we have lost our way.<\/p>\n
2) Certainly the feminist movement is not going to define for us what is a good mother.<\/p>\n
3) Neither is the government going to be able to tell us what a good mother is.<\/p>\n
3. The good mother is described for us in the scriptures.<\/p>\n
1) Consider Proverbs 31:10-31.<\/p>\n
a. She is industrious.<\/p>\n
b. She is charitable.<\/p>\n
c. She takes care of her husband and children.<\/p>\n
d. She even supplements the home’s income.<\/p>\n
2) Paul instructs older women (Titus 2:4-5) “that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:”<\/p>\n
3) The good mother practices holiness and honors God in her life.<\/p>\n
CONCLUSION:<\/p>\n
1. Why do we need mother’s day?<\/p>\n
1) To Celebrate Life<\/p>\n
2) To Remember Death<\/p>\n
3) To Reinforce Holiness<\/p>\n
2. Mother’s day helps us to do all of these things.<\/p>\n
1) Let us live each day honoring our mothers.<\/p>\n
2) Let us live each day with these principles in mind.<\/p>\n
3. Invitation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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