Meeting Your Family's Needs

Meeting Your Family’s Needs—John 19:23-28

Jesus ensured that His mother had adequate provision.

We must provide for those under our watchcare.

How are we to meet our family’s needs?

Keys to Meeting Family Needs

26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, & the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"

27 Then He *said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her into his own household.”

1—Jesus met family needs from

A Responsibility Position

Explanation:

“When Jesus therefore saw His mother, & the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"”

1st born—Responsible for meeting His mother’s need.

Saw the need

Application:

?You Meeting Family Needs from a Responsibility Position?

2—Jesus met family needs from

An Accepted/Assumed Position

Explanation:

Assumed Personal Responsibility for His mother.

Being charged with responsibility won’t guarantee Acceptance of that responsibility!

Application:

?You Meeting Family Needs from an Accepted Position?

3—Jesus met family needs from

A Concerned Position

Explanation:

Joseph obviously dead

No other son was meeting her needs

Jesus had continued to meet her needs during His earthly ministry(He didn’t drop out of the world to meet them)

Physical— “the disciple took her into his own household”

Spiritual— “The disciple”—John the writer of John; 1-2-3 John; Revelation; “The disciple whom He[Jesus] loved”

Application:

?You Meeting Family Needs from a Concerned Position?

4—Jesus met family needs from

A Transferal Position

Explanation:Nurture/Ministry

“He *said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"”

“Then He said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!"”

“Son”—Blood kinship/Family ties doubled

“Disciple”—Follower of the Savior of mankind

Provided/Supplied a ‘like’ relationship—Love/Concern/Care

True Adequate Provision!

Argumentation:

?Why are nursing homes so difficult for families?

No relationship duplication!

Application:

?You Meeting Family Needs from a Transferral Position?

5—Jesus Met Family needs from

An Authority Position

Explanation:Authority to Meet Needs

“And from that hour the disciple took her into his own household.”

Authority to meet His mother’s need.

—Authority permitted/recognized by both Mary & John

If Authority is lacking, the need can’t be met.

If help isn’t accepted by either party then it can’t be fulfilled!

Application:

?You Meeting Family Needs from an Authroity Position?

?How are you using that Authority?

6—Jesus Met Family needs from

A Decisive Position

Explanation:(:26)

“When Jesus therefore saw His mother, & the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"”

Decided the Nature of His mother’s need.

Application:

?You Meeting Family Needs from a Decisive Position?

Jesus Met Family needs from

A Permissive Position

Explanation:

Allowed others to meet His mother’s need.

Admitted his current & future inability—Crucifixion/Death

Recognized availability & ability of another

Able to Let Others?

Application:

?You Meeting Family Needs from a Acceptance Position?

?You Permit Others to aid your Family Needs?

7—Jesus Met Family needs from

A Difficult Position

Explanation:(:27)Less than perfect/Unfavorable/Impossible/

“After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished,...”

Certain Death/Change/Life/Resurrection

Application:

?You Meeting Family Needs from a Difficult Position?

?You willing to...Grumbling?

8—Jesus Met Family needs from

A Completed Position

Explanation:(:28)

“After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished,...”

Meeting His family needs was His last order of business before

Forgave people—Saved people—Met family needs

Application:

?You Meeting Family Needs from a Completed Position?

Conclusion

?Are you meeting your family’s needs?

?Wondering how?

Allow Jesus to take His position in your life & He will show you how to go about it & give you strength to accomplish it.

Action:

Jesus Met Family needs from Positions of...

Responsibility

Accepted/Assumed

Concern

Transferal

Authority

Decisive

Permissive

Difficult

Completed

Presented 04/19/00 to:

Ministerial Association Holy Week Service at:

Midway Baptist Church

2389 Hwy. 93 S.

Cairo, Ga 31728