all right so like I was saying that's a very long chapter Luke chapter 1 and
there's a lot of things we could look at you know for today being Mother's Day
happy Mother's Day to everyone who is a mother has a mother we all have a mother
so therefore if you haven't already wish your mother's happy Mother's Day and
sisters anyone that has children let's go ahead and make sure we don't forget
to give our mothers honor and glory because you know the job of a mother is
could be seen by the world and others as an insignificant job or a job that
doesn't get a lot of limelight okay so the world wants to extol women in a
certain way the world wants to extol women in and going out and starting a
job going on starting career going out and becoming a CEO or an actress or a
musician but you know not too much nowadays do you see women who are
mothers being praised and honored for their glory and I believe you know the
Bible being a very big book and a lot to be read and taught doesn't
necessarily emphasize motherhood a lot but we do understand that the Bible has
all the answers to all the questions in life so in life we have mothers and
mothers need instruction on how to raise children and obviously you David you
can't speak on motherhood you're not a mother you how can you speak on
motherhood you know the apostle Paul wrote epistles to churches about not
only to husbands he wasn't a husband not only to wives on how to be wives but
also to fathers and mothers and children he didn't have kids but we have the Word
of God to direct us in all our ways to be able to fill fulfill our roles in
life and Luke chapter 1 is one of those chapters that we see two mothers and the
title of this message is mothers to look to because like I said the Bible is not
necessarily emphasizing a lot of mothers you know we have a lot of the prophets
being praised we have a lot of the Apostles being praised Jesus Christ the
Son of God and we have all these men in the Bible that are getting a lot of
chapters and writings but you know what there are women in the Bible that are
getting praised for their motherhood and this is a chapter that we see the Gospel
of Luke the very first chapter starting us into it it explains to us two ladies
who one was known as barren and was able to have a son and the other was the
mother of our Savior Jesus Christ and let's first point out the good
attributes of these ladies so number one look down at your Bible and notice what
it says in chapter 1 verse 27 this is in reference to Mary it says to a virgin
espoused to a man whose name was Joseph of the house of David and the Virgin
name was Mary and the angel came in under her and said hail thou that art
highly favored the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women's the
angels clearly starting off with speaking with Mary that you have favor
with God God is pleased with you and married we don't know a lot of her
personal life about like how she composed herself up into this point how
she was raised or even a lot of like her rearing of Jesus Christ we do see an
example of that we are gonna go into that but we don't see a lot of like
Mary actually doing the mothering but nevertheless we start off by the angel
Gabriel telling the world that she was favored in the sight of God so the first
thing I want us to understand was that she was favored before she was a mother
every mother first needs to be a good wife that's the first thing I want to
get into because some ladies may think that they get married enemy in the
famous nursery rhyme right first comes love then comes marriage then comes the
baby with the baby carriage but you know it's simply this you know the Bible
teaches very clearly and whatsoever state we are therein to be content
because we all have different walks of life whether we're you know you're a
young lady whether you're married woman whether your mom a grandmother you know
we all have different stages that we are in life and for you ladies you need to
find contentment with where you currently are and do the best in your
current position you know because let's say there's a lady who's married and
doesn't have kids you know we see Elizabeth was a lady who was well
stricken in age she was in her later years what some would say is not the
time for a lady to have a mother and we see example more examples of that in the
Bible but Elizabeth is our New Testament example and Mary was well favored why I
believe it because she was a very good wife first because we all know the
famous story right she was a virgin that was with child now let's turn if we were
to Matthew chapter 1 the Gospel of Matthew we start this is the first
thought in the New Testament but the Lord wants us to know notice what it
says in Matthew chapter 1 verse 18 now the birth of Jesus Christ is on this
wise when as his mother Mary was a spouse to Joseph before they came
together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost so this is just emphasizing
her virginity that her purity she was a lady in the open the in the Bible when a
marriage was consummated not only did you you know propose to a woman or
proposed to them but then you had a marriage and the consummation of that
was the coming together aspect of a man and wife the attributes that God said
are what is our purpose here on earth the very first commandment given to
mankind be fruitful and multiply like I said the famous nursery rhyme first
comes love then comes marriage then comes a baby in the baby's carriage but
you could see if you keep reading you know Joseph was I mean can we really
argue that Joseph was not necessarily too stoked to hear that information you
know that his spouse wife was with a child you know that's not there is a
way that the law tells us that there's only one exception to put away your wife
and that is if it be for the fornication if a woman was found with child and you
married her you know there's a vow made between husband and wife saying
basically that I'm gonna be to you and you're gonna be to me and nothing in
between so the Bible taught that they give them a bill of divorce meant why if
the woman was found not to be faithful so basically Joseph was trying to do the
right thing and follow the dude the law and Deuteronomy and was going to put her
away privately notice what it says being a just man so the Bible saying right
here that he was doing the right thing being a just man and not willing to make
her a public example was minded to put her away privately look down at verse 24
then Joseph being raised from his sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden
him and took unto him his wife and then it says in you are not till he had
brought forth her firstborn son and he called his name Jesus so the Bibles is
clearly emphasizing that Mary was a good wife she was not unfaithful she was
faithful to Joseph a miraculous event of God fighting favor on Mary was the
reason before the world was ever created the Bible teaches that Jesus
Christ is the land slain from the foundation of the world the very first
prophetic promise of the Messiah of Jesus Christ to come is found in Genesis
chapter 3 and it says the woman will bring forth a son and that son will
bruise the head of the serpent and the serpent will bruise his heel that's a
prophecy of Mary having Jesus Christ bringing in Jesus Christ into the world
the miracle of Jesus Christ coming into the world so turn if you would to
Proverbs 31 you've gone to church a lot in your life if you've heard a lot of
preaching we've all occurred of the Proverbs 31 woman this is a woman that
the Bible emphasizes for ladies to look to in their life to have as an example
of what it means to be a good wife and potentially a good mother and notice the
first words in the prophecy because a lot of people may know I'm sorry the
teaching of Proverbs 31 a lot of people know the virtuous woman a lot of people
know the attributes she curbs her arms and strength she you know keeps her
house warm and all this different things but a lot of people don't know that this
is actually a letter from a mother to her son notice what it says in Proverbs
31 verse 1 the words of King Alemuel the prophecy that his mother taught him
what my son and what the son of my womb and what the son of my vows give not
thy strength unto women nor thy ways to that which destroy a king it is not for
Kings o Alemuel it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for Prince's strong drink
lest thou drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the
afflicted give strong drink of the hand that is ready to perish and wine into
those that be of heavy heart let him drink and forget his poverty and
remember his misery no more open my mouth for the dumb in the cause of all
such as are appointed to destruction open my mouth judge righteously there's
the famous you know a lot of people always tell us as Christians judge not
lest you be judged we can't judge with another the prophecy of Alemuel's mother
to the king is saying judge righteously and plead the cause of the poor and
needy who can find a virtuous woman for her price is far above rupees the heart
of her husband does safely trust in her so that he shall have no need of spoil
spoil there is like excess of income you know he doesn't need a he doesn't need
to try to make more money because she is a good steward the income that he brings
in he doesn't need extra you know you think of spoils of war the extras that
you get after the war she will do him good and not evil all the days of her
life she seeketh wool and flax and worked it willingly with her hands she
is like the merchants yes she bringeth her food from afar she rises also while
it is yet night and giveth me to her household and a portion to her maidens
I'm not gonna go into the rest of the attributes of the Proverbs 31 what I'm
trying to point out what the Bible is emphasizing has that in the sight of God
Mary was well favored before she was ever a mother she was well favored
because she was a good wife to Joseph she was faithful to him she was I
believe this Proverbs 31 woman she was a woman that is highly to be praised as it
says at the very end in verse 30 he says favor is deceitful and beauty is gain for the woman that
fearth the Lord I mean that's not to say that you know we don't look to women
for their beauty but the attributes of beauty a wife understands is of second
nature what's most important that she fears the Lord and if men are looking for
a wife in their life they should be looking for the Proverbs 31 woman now
understand this she is rarer than Rudy she is a very hard thing to find it's not
necessarily like there's a Proverbs 31 woman walking around everywhere so for
men you want to look for a woman that follows these attributes but matter that
you think when I married my wife she just was a Proverbs 31 woman right off the
bat this is things that you can grow into as wives but we're not necessarily
just talking about wives today I'm just pausing us there to move into the
thought of first comes love and comes marriage then comes the baby and the
baby carriage go back to Luke chapter 1 because I'm just trying to point out
this thing first that these women were in the sight of God seen as good godly women
I'm going to briefly explain how we know that of Elizabeth because like I said it's a very long chapter but it says of Elizabeth in verse 6 and they were both righteous before God
walking in the commandment and ordinances of the Lord blameless that doesn't mean they were without sin they were walking in the ordinances of the Lord as considered blameless
meaning that a normal person couldn't look at them and see a glaring problem
over their life you know the Bible talks about that if you want to be a pastor or a deacon or an evangelist you need to be considered blameless
meaning you don't have a glaring sin over your life or you are able to be looked at as someone who follows the commandment
you're trying in all those ways to strive for the commandments of God as we see both Elizabeth and Zacharias the parents of John the Baptist
so that's the first thing I want to emphasize these women the title of this message women to look to in the Bible let's look to Mary she was a great godly woman
favored over the Lord she was I believe a Proverbs 31 woman and Elizabeth was as well they were in the sight of God blameless that means they're sinless
there is none righteous no not one as it is written for all of sin to come short of the glory of God if you say we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us
nevertheless you can still be seen favorable in the sight of God I believe Mary was saved before the angel came I mean why would God use an unsaved woman to bring the Messiah into the world
I believe she was a saved believer in the Lord obviously the name Jesus had not been dished out yet but they believed in Jehovah they believed in the Lord and because of that God looked down and chose what I believe to be the virtuous woman Mary
but understand this like I said they are sinners they weren't perfect and I could show you an example of that and turn if you would to Luke 11 just a couple of chapters over to Luke 11 and while you go to Luke 11 I'm just going to show you an example
even Mary the great godly wife mother that she was was not without fault or problem an example is found in John 2 3 through 4 you don't need to turn to go to Luke 11 it says and when they wanted wine the mother of Jesus saith unto him they have no wine Jesus saith unto her woman what do I have to do with thee mine hour is not yet come
so some may say like whoa Jesus you just called your mother woman like woman what do I have to do with thee obviously this is the very first miracle we see in the Bible that Jesus Christ performed and understand this wine here does not mean alcoholic beverage because back in the day when they're a wedding feast you would bring out juice juice was a commodity not a commodity it was a there was a rarity back in the ancient world to squeeze fruits together into for a wedding give everyone a juice was not necessarily
always possible to do so they looked around and saw that the juice was gone and basically
Mary goes to Jesus and said hey they need more wine he goes women what do I have to do with thee
mine hour is not yet come see once again he's just emphasizing that like you don't tell me what to do
I'm going to go ahead and do what I see fit best and not only that do the things that the father tells me to do
but another example that we see of Mary not being perfect is found in Luke 2 you stay in
Luke 11 I'm going to read the story of Mary rearing Jesus Christ the son of God because
you know I meant this that if you ask any mother that you're going to make mistakes and raising
your kids there's no way you're going to always do that which is perfect and the funny joke I always
hear is you make your mistakes with your first one and the rest get the better treatment because
you know it's just like you got to make sure you understand the principles of what is right and
wrong and so on and so forth so Mary we see right here loses the son of God okay like you have one
job Mary protect this child raise this child bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord
and she lost Jesus Christ it says that right here in Luke 2 chapter 2 verse 40 sorry 43 it reads
when they had fulfilled the days and they returned the child tarried behind in Jerusalem and Joseph
and his mother knew not of it but they supposed him to have been in the company went a day's
journey and they sought him among his their kin folks and acquaintances and when they found him
not they turned back again to Jerusalem seeking him and it came to pass that after three days
they found him in the temple sitting in the midst of the doctors both hearing them and asking them
questions and all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers and when they
saw him they were amazed and his mother said unto him son why has thou thus dealt with us
behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing so this is the second mistake not only does she
lose Jesus Christ but now she's going to Jesus Christ and saying your father in reference to
Joseph and I sought you sorrowing is Joseph Jesus Christ's father no God the father is Jesus Christ
the father she was actually making a wrong claim she made a second mistake and what was Jesus
respond teenage Jesus Christ said this and he said unto them how is it that you sought me with
she not that I must be about my father's business he was in the temple expounding on the things of
the kingdom the doctors and the people of the temple are looking at him like whoa this kid
knows a lot about the bible why because he is the word of God manifested in the flesh
and when Mary said my your father and I sought you sorrowing he says wait was she not that I must be
about my father's business obviously she made a mistake and he corrected her now children that
does not give you blatant carte blanche to go and correct your parents your mother says something
to you you need to respect and honor that but we're just seeing you know teenagers they all
think they know this but listen to what it goes on to say and they understood not to say which
he spake unto them and he went down with them Jesus Christ and came to Nazareth and was subject
unto them but his mother never made a mistake but nevertheless mothers you can understand
that though we make mistakes though you you can be perfect in everything there is
directions on how you can raise good godly children but before I go into that basically
I want to point out this that unfortunately and actually you're in uh Luke 11 let's take a look
at that Luke 11 chapter 27 it reads and it came to pass as he spake these things a certain woman
of the company lifted up her voice and said unto him blessed is the womb that bear thee in the
path which thou has sucked but he said this is Jesus Christ if you have read letters this is
the words of Jesus Christ yea rather blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it
so basically this woman comes up to Mary and says you're blessed of women hear this really great you
know blessed is the path which she has sucked and Jesus Christ says yea rather blessed is the man
that heareth the word of God and doeth it because that was what Mary's intent was if you look back
at the story Luke chapter one it actually shows her making that claim it says in Luke chapter one
in verse 38 Mary said behold the handmaid of the lord beat unto me according to thy word and the
angels departed from her and Mary rose in those days and went into the hill country into a city
and entered into the house of Zechariah and saluted Elizabeth and it came to pass that when
Elizabeth birthed the salutation of Mary the babe leaves in her womb and Elizabeth's filled with the
holy ghost now this is Elizabeth filled with the holy ghost this third member of the goddess filled
Elizabeth to say these things and this is what we mean when someone is full of the holy ghost it's
not necessarily the actions in which they do but it'll be the words that come out of their mouth
because Jesus Christ says these words that I speak unto you they are spirit and they are life the
words of God holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy ghost and let's see the words
of Elizabeth she says and entered into the house of Zechariah and saluted Elizabeth and it came to
pass and when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary the babe leaves in the room and Elizabeth
filled with the holy ghost and she spake out with a loud voice and said blessed art thou among women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb and whence is this to me that the mother of my lord should
come to me for lo as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded mine ears the babe leaped in
my womb for joy and blessed is she that but deliver thee for there shall be a performance
of those things which were told her from the lord so in luke 11 we see another lady saying the exact
same thing what was mary's response and mary said my soul that magnified the lord so just like jesus
christ say yea rather blessed is the man that heareth the word of god and doeth it mary
acknowledged that and understood that though she is the mother of jesus christ she was the chosen
vessel to bring jesus christ in the world she understood she must decrease and he must increase
mothers you know sometimes in your life you're not getting the accolades you want you're not getting
the praises that you deserve as mothers you deserve to be given breakfast in bed you deserve
to be you know taking away the dishes from time to time you deserve to be you know taken out to
eat and things like that but nevertheless we need to deny ourselves pick up our cross and follow him
and love one another as we love ourselves so basically mary being this great woman elizabeth
being this great woman great wives became great mothers they were not perfect they've done wrong
and unfortunately this is where some people will take good doctrine and take it too far and it
becomes bad doctrine like the catholic church the catholic church will worship mary the catholic
church now i'm not saying like exonerates her and respects her they actually bow down to a statue
of the virgin mary they call her the mediate tricks the bible says that there's one mediator
between god and men the man christ jesus that we as born-again believers don't need to go to a priest
we don't need to go to someone to speak on our behalf to god we can come boldly into the throne
of grace because we are children of god and just like a child i mean think of it like this jamie if
you were in your office in the room that you know we were sleeping in the guest room at one time
and serena doesn't ask doesn't do anything but just barges in says hey how you doing how's it going
she could get away with that because she's your daughter but if some random person getting kicking
in the door like hey what's up jamie it's like whoa knock ask as children of god we are able to
come boldly into the throne of god so basically just like serena could come into your office at
any time we as children of god can come to the father at any time you don't need mary you women
don't need mary to ask god of a favor you ladies can come boldly she is not the mediate tricks
for the catholic church thinks that as a woman you need to address mary to address god on your
behalf that's not what the bible taught at all jesus christ said clearly woman what do i have
to do with this nevertheless he loves his mother and he and he did great and this is like i mean
where a good doctrine goes bad they call mary the mother of god incorrect not right she is the
mother of jesus christ that is a fact that is the truth but he she is not the mother of god there
is no mother of god the bible clearly teaches that there's one god and that one god is composed
of three people the father son and holy ghost and the bible clearly emphasized that this one god is
a male in the beginning god created he them created he him after his own image jesus christ
is under the image of god was he a girl he was a man so obviously god is a masculine man jesus
christ was the son of god god the father there is no female entity has the jewish or so jewish faith
teaches of what's known as a shekinah glory the feminine attributes of god there is no feminine
attributes of god but this is what i'm saying this isn't unique a lot of people take a good doctrine
like mary being the mother of jesus and taking it too far like oh he's the mother of jesus she
must be the mother of god wrong and actually they teach not only that i mean i don't have enough
time to get into it but if you look into jeremiah 47 it talks about how there were in the time of
israel chill uh the children of israel were worshiping the queen of heaven and god saying
because of this i'm going to destroy you because there is no queen of heaven and then it goes on
and you know the catholic church not only believes her to be this mediatrix this this deity figure
but they also believe that she was continually a virgin all the way to her death now that's not
what the bible teaches very clearly just like we saw a moment ago in luke 2 it says your father and
i have sought you sorrowing or uh look for you sorrowing right but notice what else it said it
says and it came to pass after three days that they found him it says actually a couple verses
back but they supposed him to have been in the company when a day's journey they sought him
amongst their kinsfolk and acquaintances the bible also teaches in matthew i'm going to go
ahead and read it because i don't have enough time but it says in matthew 13
in reference to jesus christ's half siblings jesus christ was not a single child mary had
other kids remember what it said in matthew he knew not his wife till she brought forth her
firstborn son that means they did come together and sanctify that marriage and they were fruitful
and they multiplied and they had other kids it says that in matthew 13 verse 54 it reads and
when he was come into his own country he taught them in their synagogues in so much that they
were astonished and said whence has this man this wisdom and these mighty works is not just
the carpenter's son in his is not his mother called mary and his brethren james and joseph
and simon and judas and his sisters or at least two are they not all with us winston have this
man all these things so the bible is saying that mary had other kids she was not always a virgin
for the rest of her life and this is what i'm saying that like we need to make sure that the
bible is our final authority for all faith and practice so i'm not going to sit here and rip on
the catholic church i'm here to exonerate and extol new mothers because number one we understand that
we have mothers that we can look to in the bible elizabeth mary you know being a good wife first
and then because of that have children but here's the thing the bible teaches that having a lot of
children is actually a blessing from god for some weird odd reason there's this new philosophy in
our world today that says us four no more one boy one girl that's it i'm not gonna have any more
kids i just want enough to be able to live in a comfortable middle middle high wage uh uh
lifestyle but rather the bible saying that having a lot of children is actually a blessing
from god turn if you listen genesis chapter one the very first commandment given to mankind is
found in genesis chapter one verse 28 it reads and god blessed them and god said unto them
be fruitful and multiply punish the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish and
over the sea and over the fowls of the air and over every creeping for every living thing that
moveth upon the earth so the first thing it says that god blessed them and said be fruitful and
multiply you don't need to go there i'm going to read them for sake of time and it says in genesis
nine one it says in genesis nine one can god bless noah and his sons and send them to them
be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth it says in genesis 29 i do want to kind of point
this one out really quickly because this is a an interesting one it says genesis 24 verse
59 it reads and they sent away rebecca their sister and her nurse and abraham's servant and
his men and they blessed rebecca and said unto her thou art our sister be thou the mother of
thousands of millions and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate me how would that sound
to you young ladies to be the mother of thousands of millions doesn't that sound like a pleasing
life doesn't that sound like a life of fun and joy no lady in here in their natural state is
thinking i want to have thousands and millions of kids you know some of us men are looking at that
as a horror story but honestly the bible is teaching us that having multiple children is a
blessing from god you know not every person has children now some people as we see in the bible
were barren though the bible does teach that every barren woman was able to have a kid because they
trusted in god but not only that if you don't end up with kids you know you got to see women
who do have kids that these are blessings from god whether he provides you with one two seven
twenty whatever the number is these are god's blessings onto you women as a token of being a
faithful wife to your husband and being fruitful and multiplying but after you you know lived this
good life as a as a young lady as a married lady started having kids and you have multiple kids
now you got to start rearing those children the bible teaches the foolishness is found in the
heart of a child and the rod of correction will drive it far from him you know mothers unfortunately
this is not a subject which every mom likes to hear but we need to discipline our kids
and i mean like physically discipline our kids the bible teaches it says turn if you enter proverbs
29 proverbs 29 a lot of what i'm going to mention right now is found in proverbs why because proverbs
is the book of wisdom how to live wisely and how we can apply a lot of this to our lives it says
in proverbs 29 verse 15 the rod and reproof give wisdom but a child left to himself bringeth
his mother to shame a child left to himself bringeth his mother not his father his mother
to shame the rod of reproof gives wisdom so women this is your job to not just put it on your
husband to beat your kids it's not like oh you you deal with the kids you do the discipline no
if you choose not to discipline them it says
the water of reproof gives wisdom but a child left to himself bringeth his mother's shame if
a child is left to his own devices you know we i've always heard it said before that an
idle mind is the devil's workshop you as mothers need to keep your kids busy you need to you know
give them chores educate them school them give them hobbies make them busy and then when they
do wrong correct them in their wrongdoing because you love them and the bible actually teaches that
it says train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it the
bible also says withhold not correction from the child for if thou beatest him with the rod
you shall not die thou shalt beat him with the rod and shall deliver his soul from hell it
says thou shalt beat him with the rod this is a this is a commandment this is not a suggestion
it says beat him with the rod and you will spare his soul from hell because
if he's left to himself he will bring you shame children because foolishness is bound in their
hearts will do all sorts of stupid things and it is your responsibility women and honor to raise
children it's not just you know the bible teaches very clearly unto whom much is given like one
child like two child like six children like however many children you have unto whom much
is given of him should much be required you know you are held to a higher standard if you are
responsible for six souls eight souls one soul no i mean either way we need to make sure that
we are following god's teaching on child rearing and i'm not saying you ladies don't do that i'm
just saying don't forsake the old past wearing is the good way i don't care what the world is
teaching about discipline i don't care if they say take away the television take away the snacks
take away this make sure you still on top of that you can add that to your plethora of discipline
but don't forsake forsake capital punishment basically children it is your responsibility
to honor your mother it when the bible commands that you honor your father and mother in the lord
which is one of the ten commandments kids this is your responsibility it's their responsibility
to rear you and to guide you into the nurture and admonition of the lord but it is your
responsibility to honor and respect your parents your parents have sacrificed more than you could
probably ever imagine you know i mean for crying out loud some women die in childbirth you know
some women get all sorts of physical complications and there's so much stress to the body and there's
so much even stress to the mind you don't think mothers stay up hours and weeks and years and
months just worrying about what their kids are doing because you know obviously you could sit
there and think to yourself like oh i'm fine i'm in a place like hawaii there's no gun violence
and gang violence look anything can happen to you can slip on a rock bunk your head and be down and
you know i'm just telling you kids to honor your father and mother does not mean just do what they
say but being a cheerful giver loving them and doing what it is they command of you not ask not
suggest your parents say do the dishes yes mom and dad of course i mean the bible clearly teaches and
i'm going to have you uh turn there really quick to proverbs uh one and this is for you kids who
think you know better you know jesus christ the 12 year old listened to his mother remember what
it says that he grew in stature and wisdom and in favor with god and men he respected and listened
not only to mary but also to joseph even though joseph was not his biological father he looked to
joseph as a spiritual leader to guide him that was his responsibility that god gave to joseph
god said joseph keep your wife raise this child and here's the thing kids if you think you know
better here's something i really want you to understand found in proverbs 1 verse 7 fear the
fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge but fools despise wisdom and instruction my son
hear the instruction of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother not the suggestion
her commandment and it's it could be an extra commandment that's not in this book there's only
so many things that god tells us to do right your mom may have a rule in her house that has
nothing to do with the bible but guess what that's the law of your mother if your mom says put on
socks when it's cold outside because she doesn't want you to get a cold then you put on socks
because that's what she commanded of you if your mom says to take your vitamins in the morning
because she wants you to stay healthy then you take your vitamins the word of the bible that
said women make sure your kids take their vitamins or women make sure their kids wear their socks
when it's wet outside but that's the law of your mother your mother is trying to guide you in a way
that is going to help you and benefit you and it goes on to read and it says my son
hear the instruction of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother for they shall be an
ornament of grace into thy head and chains about thy neck my son of sinners entice thee
consent thou not if they say come with us let us lay wait for blood let us
let us lurk privately for the innocent without cause let us swallow them up alive as the grave
and the whole as they as those that go down into the pit we shall find all precious substance we
shall fill our houses with spoil cast in thy lot among us let us all have our purse my son
walk not thou in the way with them refrain thy foot from their path for their feet run to evil
and they taste to shed blood i'm not going to go into the rest of the cursings that will fall on
you for not listening to your father or your mother because you know there is a pit trap for
friends and and acquaintances to lead you astray your father and your mother are people in your
lives that are trying to guide you in a good path and you need to honor and respect them so we get
it david be good ladies be good wives be good mothers discipline our kids kids listen to your
parents but here's the last thing i want you to understand is that mothers no matter how hard you
try no matter how much you do no matter how much you sacrifice no matter how much you encourage
influence we all have free will and god knows your children even better than you see the bible
teaches that when people are born again or they believe on the lord jesus christ they become
brothers and sisters in christ so when a woman has a child understand this and i'm sure
all you ladies would nod your head in approval you're not a kid forever you live the majority
of your life as an adult than you do as a child if a man lives the average lifespan of 70 years
you know 60 years of that or 55 years 59 years of that is you as an adult but this first 19 years
are you as a child in the sight of god in the sight of your parents so when you invest in your
kids you bring them up in the nurtured admonition you beat them with the rods and you spare their
soul from hell no matter what you do in the end that you i mean the famous saying you could lead
the horse to water but it is up to them to drink you need to find yourself in your life praying
for your kids understanding that if you bring up them in the way they should go when they're old
they won't depart from it this is why influence on a child's life in their adolescent years
is most important and i'm sure there are mothers in here that could look into some of their kids
lives or one child's life and say oh man i failed here i messed up here or whatever no
matter how many times you try to beat yourself up and try to say like i failed here look mary
messed up the mother of jesus christ yet jesus never did the wrong thing obviously he's the son
of god that's a you know he's perfect he's without sin but john the baptist jesus christ said there's
no greater man on the earth than john the baptist who is filled with the holy ghost from his birth
and this is a sub point that i wanted to make before this think of it like this uh if you've
heard the story of samuel's mother it's very similar to the story of elizabeth samuel's mother
was not able to have a kid she was barren and she goes to the temple and prays to god that she's
able to have a kid and samuel and then she says before samuel prays with her if you give me a man
child i will dedicate him to the lord you know ladies before you even have kids have it in your
mind that whatever the lord decides to bless you with you're going to dedicate that child to god
not to you not to your husband but to god because here's the thing that child will grow up get
married and move on and do their own things in their life your closest relationship to be you
ladies is to your husbands you need to love your kids and i you know once again understand that
you guys have a bond that is unique to you ladies with your children but nevertheless
they have their own walk with god and when hannah samuel's mother prayed to god and says if you give
me a man child i'll dedicate him to the lord he then provided her with a kid and not only that
the samuel became one of the greatest prophets in the old testament he led a whole entire nation
from wicked idolatry back to serving the god and anointed two kings saul and david so obviously
if you pray for your kids and you raise them in the nurtured admonition they will be in going and
serving the lord but jeremiah one i'm just going to go ahead and read these for you because you
know i don't want to take too much time but basically it says in jeremiah one four through
five the word of the lord came unto me this is in reference to jeremiah saying before i formed thee
in the belly i knew thee and before thou came his fourth out of the womb i sanctify thee and i are
daily a prophet into the nations god knows the beginning from the end god knows who you are who
you're going to be god knows that he's outside of time so before jeremiah was even born he says i
know you i know who you are what you're going to do you're going to be a prophet into the nations
he told john the baptist you're going to be the voice crying aloud in the wilderness making
straight the way of the lord i know who you are god knows your children better than you ladies
and it can and it also says that in ecclesiastes 11 5 has thou knowest not what is in the way of
the spirit nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is a child even so thou knowest not
the works of god who maketh all you can do everything right and still the kids do something
bad and horrible and and live a bad life and and all this stuff but your responsibility and your
honor is to try to teach them and grow them into that and when you do so the bible says you get
honor and glory because remember the very beginning of the sermon i said mothers don't
necessarily get a lot of honor and glory on this earth it's not like time magazine or people
magazine or just saying the mother of the year you know this lady who mothered five kids 20 kids you
know it's it's usually like jennifer lopez or someone stupid that is not doing anything of real
value but if you don't get accolades in your daily life if no one's walking up to you and
saying what a great mother you are look at your children they're so obedient and so wise so smart
and all this stuff know this god will reward you for your good works in heaven and if your works
are being seen of men you know you may not get a great reward in heaven you think i mean the bible
teaches very clearly mary is the mother of jesus christ the same mary is honored in heaven mary is
probably a very highly esteemed person in heaven very respected and honored and gloried but she
didn't get a lot of praise on this earth as a matter of fact she got called out a lot for doing
a lot of wrong things to help educate other mothers how to do the right thing and with that
being said i want to leave you on one last thought it's found in psalms 127 psalms 127
127 psalms verse 3 says lo children are inherited to the lord and the fruit of the
womb is his reward as arrows are in the hand of a mighty man so are children of thy youth
happy as the man or the woman that hath his quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed they
but they shall speak with the enemies in the game and i brought this up to my mother a couple months
like a month ago and it's kind of fascinating to her because and i thought i always thought this
from a brother in christ how you know we've all heard of the armor of god there's the sword of
the spirit or the sword the word of god we have the shield of faith we have the helmet of
salvation the breastplate of righteousness our feet shine with the preparation of the gospel
we're given the spiritual armor to be able to fight the lord's battle and things like that
but here's the thing arrows are a long distance weapon arrows are something that you're trying
to shoot at a far away place so this is what the bible is saying that happy is the man or woman
whose quiver is full of them because if you sharpen that blade that arrowhead you aim that
thing in the right direction and you let that thing go the works that your children the works
that your grandchildren the works of your great great grandchildren that they will do in the
future you will get a reward for because of your upbringing of that child that child or children
because we only have a short period of time on this earth like we mentioned last week you know
the concept of you know time management what are we investing in our time is is is your career more
important or is your child's future more important them becoming great spiritual filled children
to then have them have spiritual children and a grandparent and i'm sure grandmothers
can look at a grandchild who is reading his bible preaching the gospel and doing these things is
only going to bring them joy they're not going to be sitting there like man i shouldn't have i
should have done less investing in that my son to raise a good child or my daughter to raise a good
child you know once again because i don't have grandkids doesn't mean i can't speak on this
matter the bible gives us all the answers and basically i want you to know this mother is that
you may not get your rewards here on this earth you have one day a year where you get honored and
praised mother's day hopefully they also do it on your birthday too and hopefully just because they
love you and they want you to know how happy they are that you raised them but nevertheless
if you invest in your kids you will have future glories and future honor and and the lord knows
your words and what you've done and he'll look down and have favor on you as you did with mary
and we can rest assured women that if you don't ever get praised by your son your daughter
husband and grandchildren god sees what you are doing and understands that
your investment in the lord will never be in vain some mothers i just want you to know
that bring up a child and the way you should go when he's old he's not departed children honor
your parents in the lord and if not don't be surprised if your life gets destroyed because
your mother's trying to guide you into the paths of righteousness and i'm super happy to know that
we all you know and some people and i'll leave it you on this spot some people like and i'm just
gonna be blunt my siblings i have demonized my mother my siblings are always like my problems
in my life are because my mother my mother failed here my mother failed there and blah blah blah
and all this stuff but here's the thing your mother must have done something right there's
something kids you can look to through your mother and say well thank god she told me this taught me
this explained to me this even just giving birth to you for crying out loud should be enough
that you exist because your mother and it's just that like i you need to know kids that
your mother loves you more than you could probably ever imagine and you need to honor
and respect them let's give them let's extol them on this day of all days let's give our parents
honor you know make them breakfast do something that they want to do and uh with that being said
mothers just understand that the lord sees your works there's gonna reward for our heads and uh
have a word of prayer the heavenly father thank you so much for this uh day thank you so much
that you gave us mothers that cared and loved us and helping mothers to know how much you care and
love them and you know help them to understand that um you're always with them and that they
if don't think they're being seen for their good works you see what they're doing
and you know from time to time help the kids to you know make sure they remind their mothers
how thankful they are for everything they've done in Jesus name christ name we pray amen