A Mothers Day Discovey

Introduction

Galatians 3:26–29 NKJV

26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

A mother is a person. Mothers are often viewed primarily according to their function as family members. But Mothers are persons — persons with feelings, rights, privileges.

This should not be such a revolutionary discovery.

Paul made the same observation a long time ago.

He was arguing for spiritual unity. The Greeks divided all people into two classes: Greeks and barbarians.

The Jews did the same thing as they divided the whole world into Jews and Gentiles.

Then there was the category of women.

A wife was the property of her husband.

Her status ranked with slaves and children.

In every respect a woman was inferior to a man. But Christ changed that.

Becoming a Christian, does not mean that one ceases to be a male or female.

It does mean, however, that gender does not alter one’s relationship to Christ in any way.

Each one of us, male or female, father or mother, boy or girl, stands in a relationship to Christ by faith, and we have a unity through our faith.

This discovery helps in preaching a mothers day sermon.

It is hard to be realistic in a Mother’s Day sermon.

If a preacher is not careful, it may sound as though he’s talking about Superwoman. Mothers leave discouraged because they know they are not like that.

But if we accept the exciting discovery that mothers are person, a Mother’s Day sermon need not be sentimental and idealistic.

The sermon can inspire rather than idealize. This is what this Mother’s Day sermon is designed to do.

Taking this exciting discovery for Mothers Day — that a mother is a person who functions in the family as a mother — notice some of the positive things a mother can do in her family.

I. A Mother Gives Affirmation

She can affirm each person as an individual.

Jesus showed this when he met the woman at the well in John 4.

Each person is unique and irreplaceable.

II. A Mother Gives Inspiration

She can inspire for spiritual development.

She can give inspiration for Christian service.

III. A Mother Can Give Expectations

A mother expects the best for her children.

Sometimes this is in material and social ways. But shouldn’t it also be in spiritual ways? A mother should expect the best for her family spiritually.

The greatest expectation is that each member of the family experiences the full Acts 2:38 experience.

Conclusion

A mother is a person who can find full personhood in Jesus.

As a person who has found new life and strength through faith in Christ, she can then

1. Affirm her family,

2. Inspire her family,

3. Expect the very best of Christian growth in them.