Honor Thy Mother

2024.05.12.Sermon.Honor thy Mother.

William Akehurst, HSWC

Key Verse: 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8, Proverbs 31:1-31, Exodus 20:12, Deuteronomy 5:16, Ephesians 6:1-3, Psalms 90:10, 2 Timothy 1:5, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Proverbs 31:28, Proverbs 31:30

THE BIG IDEA: As a Mother Cares for her children, We must not only share and teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but also our lives. Living it, Showing it, Giving it for the help of others.

A woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 NKJV

7 But we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children. 8 So, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

Hi MOMs! Happy Mothers’ Day

Today we honor our mothers.

If you had a mother, put your hand up!

If you are a mother, put your hand up!

Today we honor you!

Exodus 20:12

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Deuteronomy 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

Ephesians 6:1-3

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

Honor your father and mother, It’s the first commandment with a promise!

How many of you here today are over 70 years old? 80? 90?

The bible says this about age:

Psalm 90:10a NLT

10 Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty.

You who have raise your hands and are 70 or older must have honored your Father and Mother!

Today being Mother's day, I want to take a peak at a mothers love and care for her young. To do so, let’s begin with the animals.

I didn't say you mothers were animals, I'm talking the other kind of animals.

How long do animal mothers care for their young.

Chimpanzee-4-5 years.

Lions-for about 3 years.

Polar bears-2-3 years.

Birds-Until they can fly, and perhaps longer a few weeks

Possum - mother opossum puts her young on her back and does not leave them for a moment.

Rabbits-Until the babies eyes are opened.

Spider-typically dies before the birth of her young.

What animals DO NOT CARE for their young?

Most Reptiles.

Snakes-never care for their young.

Turtles leave their eggs on the beach.

Fish-(When a group of children were asked which animals didn't care for their children, a little girl's response-Fish, 'cause my fish ate her babies)

Here's an interesting one, a bird, The Cuckoo, leave their eggs in another birds nest to make the other bird take care of their chicks. Sounds pretty cuckoo to me.

Human mothers typically care for their children…a whole life time.

By the time a child reaches 18, a mother has had to handle some extra 18,000 hours of child-generated work. In fact, women who never have children enjoy the equivalent of an extra three months a year in leisure time!

If you’re a mom, How many kids do you have in your care? Multiply that by 1000 hours a year and you will see how quickly caring for children becomes a full time job.

Lets take a look at some of our

BIBLICAL MOTHERS:

When we look through the bible at mothers, we see:

Jacobed. The mother of Moses: Cared so much for her son that she broke the law in order to teach him the faith of his people.

The Prostitute Mother(s) before King Solomon:

The sacrificial love of the mother who appeared before King Solomon and told him that she was willing to have her son taken away by another woman rather than see any harm come to him.

Salome. Mother of James and John: who loved her boys so much that she wanted them to sit by the Lord's side in the heavenly kingdom.

Mother of King Lemuel: who gave advice to her son about godly living and how to pick a good wife, in Proverbs 31.

Mary, Mother of Jesus: who cared for the Saviour of the world.

Proverbs 31

1 The words of King Lemuel, the utterance which his mother taught him:

2 What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?

3 Do not give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Nor for princes intoxicating drink;