What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? INTRODUCTION 1. By Jesus-Follower we are referring to those who are committed to Jesus & His Word. 2. You are encouraged to bring a friend who is still on the way to faith.

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? INTRODUCTION 3. Special invitation cards are available; opportunities to ask questions and discuss issues after the service...

What Do Jesus- Our sermon notes as well as a schedule of Followers topics is Believe on the Crossroads Fellowship about Church and website! Why? TOPICS 4 JOY 3 1 2 TRUTH EVIL 9 DEATH BELIEF 6 TRAGEDY 12 GOLF! 13 RESURRECTION 14 15 HEAVEN 16 SECURITY! MOTHERS

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS Preliminary Considerations: 1. The Bible has a lot to say about MOTHERS! Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living. (Gen. 3:20)

Making the decision to have a child it s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. (Elizabeth Stone)

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS Preliminary Considerations: 1. The Bible has a lot to say about MOTHERS! Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. (Ex. 20:12)

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS Preliminary Considerations: 1. The Bible has a lot to say about MOTHERS! That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. (Gen. 2:24)

The Bible says a man is to leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife.

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS Preliminary Considerations: 1. The Bible has a lot to say about MOTHERS! Anyone who attacks/or curses their father or mother is to be put to death. (Ex. 21:15; Lev. 20:9)

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS Preliminary Considerations: 1. The Bible has a lot to say about MOTHERS! Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me... (Mt. 10:37)

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS Preliminary Considerations: 1. The Bible has a lot to say about MOTHERS! Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me. (Ps. 27:10)

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS Preliminary Considerations: 1. The Bible has a lot to say about MOTHERS! For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-inlaw (Mt. 10:35)

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS Preliminary Considerations: 1. The Bible has a lot to say about MOTHERS! A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother/despises his mother. (Prov. 10:1; 15:20)

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS Preliminary Considerations: 1. The Bible has a lot to say about MOTHERS! The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures. (Prov. 30:17)

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS Preliminary Considerations: 1. The Bible has a lot to say about MOTHERS! Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: Like mother, like daughter. (Ezek. 16:44)

MOTHER/DAUGHTER BANQUET Like mother, like daughter! (Ezek. 16:44)

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS Preliminary Considerations: 2. But MOTHERS, like the rest of us, are fallen and need a Savior! And Mary said: My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior (Lk. 1:46-47)

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS One Key Text on Mothers

One Key Text on Mothers 20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21 When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, He is out of his mind. 22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.

One Key Text on Mothers 23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27 In fact, no one can enter a strong man s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man s house.

One Key Text on Mothers 20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21 When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, He is out of his mind. Jesus faces two charges in this chapter: I. His family thinks He is out of His mind (vv. 20-21) II. The teachers of the 22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons. law are convinced He is demonized (v. 22)

One Key Text on Mothers 28 Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin. 30 He said this because they were saying, He has an impure spirit. Let s look at the 2nd charge first: II. The teachers of the law are convinced He is demonized (v. 22) A. The charge is illogical! (vv. 23-27) B. The charge is unforgivable! (vv. 28-30)

One Key Text on Mothers 31 Then Jesus mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 33 Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God s will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mk. 3) Now let s look at the 1st charge: I. His family thinks He is out of His mind (vv. 20-21) A. Jesus asks a strange question (v. 33) B. Jesus answers His own question! (vv. 34-35)

One Key Text on Mothers 31 Then Jesus mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 33 Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God s will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mk. 3) What does it mean to do the will of God? John 7:17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

The idea of seeking or finding the will of God is in fact a notion that springs more from pagan misconceptions about a pantheon of gods than it does from the Word of the One, True God. Waltke argues that much of what many evangelicals use to try to find the will of God for their lives is really what the Bible calls divination, a process used by pagan idolaters to search into the secret counsels of their own capricious and mischievous deities.

Many Christians, he says, think along these lines: God has a plan, and therefore he intends that I find it. Waltke s very sound reply to that, though: That is a non-sequitur, a conclusion that cannot logically follow the premise. Simply because God has a plan does not mean that He necessarily has any intention of sharing it with you; as a matter of fact, the message of Job is in part that the Lord in His sovereignty may allow terrible things to happen to you, and you may never know why (15).

Waltke proposes a six-point program of following God s guidance. The six steps are: 1) read your Bible, memorize it, meditate on it, and obey it; 2) develop a heart for God so that your desires are in tune with His word; 3) seek wise counsel from other Christians; 4) look for God s providence in circumstances around you; 5) ask yourself if what you re doing makes logical sense; and 6) be prepared for, but do not expect, divine intervention.

The six steps to doing God s will: 1) read your Bible, memorize it, meditate on it, and obey it 2) develop a heart for God so that your desires are in tune with His word 3) seek wise counsel from other Christians 4) look for God s providence in circumstances around you 5) ask yourself if what you re doing makes logical sense 6) be prepared for, but do not expect, divine intervention.

One Key Text on Mothers 31 Then Jesus mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 33 Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God s will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mk. 3) What does it mean to do the will of God? John 7:17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

One Key Text on Mothers 31 Then Jesus mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 33 Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. What does it mean to do the will of God? Acts 20:27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God. 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God s will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mk. 3)

One Key Text on Mothers 31 Then Jesus mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 33 Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God s will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mk. 3) What does it mean to do the will of God? Romans 8:27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God s people in accordance with the will of God.

One Key Text on Mothers 31 Then Jesus mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 33 Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God s will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mk. 3) What does it mean to do the will of God? 2 Corinthians 8:5 And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.

One Key Text on Mothers 31 Then Jesus mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 33 Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God s will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mk. 3) What does it mean to do the will of God? Ephesians 6:6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

One Key Text on Mothers 31 Then Jesus mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 33 Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God s will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mk. 3) What does it mean to do the will of God? Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.

One Key Text on Mothers 31 Then Jesus mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 33 Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God s will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mk. 3) What does it mean to do the will of God? 1 Peter 2:15 For it is God s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.

One Key Text on Mothers 31 Then Jesus mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 33 Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God s will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mk. 3) What does it mean to do the will of God? 1 Peter 4:2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.

One Key Text on Mothers 31 Then Jesus mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 33 Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God s will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mk. 3) What does it mean to do the will of God? I Thes. 4:3 It is God s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality

One Key Text on Mothers 31 Then Jesus mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you. 33 Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. What does it mean to do the will of God? Paul, an apostle, by the will of God (I Cor. 1:1; 2 Cor. 1:1; Eph. 1:1; Col. 1:1) 34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God s will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mk. 3)

What Do Jesus- Followers Believe about and Why? MOTHERS Mothers are doing their job when they teach us to do the will of God above everything else in life!