Because of Our Mother's Love for Us, We Made It.
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16 Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him. 17 And one woman said, “O my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house. 18 Then it happened, the third day after I had given birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were together; no one was with us in the house, except the two of us in the house. 19 And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him. 20 So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to nurse my son, there he was, dead. But when I had examined him in the morning, indeed, he was not my son whom I had borne.”
22 Then the other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.”
And the first woman said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.”
Thus they spoke before the king.
23 And the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son, who lives, and your son is the dead one’; and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’ ” 24 Then the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.”
26 Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said, “O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!”
But the other said, “Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.”
27 So the king answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother.”
28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
Because of Our Mother's Love for Us, We Made It. .......Personalize it.
BECAUSE OF MY MOTHER'S LOVE FOR ME, I MADE IT
AS WE HONOR OUR MOTHERS IT’S RESPECTABLE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY REALLY DO FOR US.
AND LET ME JUST THROW THIS IN FROM THE START, BEING A MOTHER IS NOT AN EASY TASK. IT IS SAID THAT WHEN A CHILD HAS REACHES THE AGE OF 18, A MOTHER HAS PUT IN ABOUT 18,000 HOURS OF CHILD-GENERATED WORK, SO BEING A MOTHER IS NOT AN EASY TASK AND FOR THAT ALONG WE SAY THANK YOU.
OUR TEXT TODAY HAS TO DO WITH TWO MOTHERS, THE WISDOM OF ONE MOTHER AND THE LOVE OF A TRUE MOTHER. AND IF WE WERE TO LOOK CLOSELY WE WILL SEE THAT THE THREE NEEDS TO GO HAND-IN-HAND.
THE RECORD IS THAT GOD APPEARS TO KING SOLOMON IN A DREAM IN 1ST KINGS 3:5
At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask what I should give you.”
AND IN THIS DREAM GOD GIVES SOLOMON SOMETHING THAT HE DOESN’T GIVE MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE CAN’T HANDLE THE STUFF THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
GOD GIVES SOLOMON A BLANK CHECK.
AND OUT OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT SOLOMON COULD HAVE ASKED FOR LIKE A NEW CAR, A BIGGER HOUSE, A BETTER BANK ACCOUNT, SOME NEW LIEN, DIAMOND, GOLD, OR EVEN PEARLS. NONE OF THESE THINGS THAT DID SOLOMON ASK FOR.
BUT INSTEAD THE ONE THING SOLOMON DID ASK FOR, HE SAID GIVE THEREFORE THY SERVANT AN UNDERSTANDING HEART TO JUDGE THY PEOPLE, THAT I MAY DISCERN BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD: FOR WHO IS ABLE TO JUDGE THIS THY SO GREAT A PEOPLE?
THE GREEK WORD FOR UNDERSTANDING IS SHA-MAW WHICH MEANS TO DISCERN, DISTINGUISH, DIFFERENTIATE OR TO HAVE WISDOM AND I BELIEVE THAT HE KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO NEED WISDOM AS A KING TO HELP DEAL WITH GOD’S PEOPLE.
AFTER ENDORSING THE BLANK CHECK, GOD THEN CASHED SOLOMON’S CHECK AND GRANTED HIM HIS REQUEST, BECAUSE AGAIN, HE COULD’VE ASKED FOR RICHES AND LONG LIFE.
HE COULD’VE ASKED FOR VICTORY OVER HIS ENEMIES. BUT BECAUSE GOD SEEN HIS HEART, GOD GAVE HIM THOSE THINGS AS WELL AND MUCH MORE, BECAUSE WE SERVE A GOD THAT WILL SUPPLY ALL OF YOUR NEEDS AND SOME OF YOUR WANTS.
NOW IT’S A GOOD THING THAT HE ASK FOR WISDOM BECAUSE SOLOMON’S NEED FOR DIVINE WISDOM IS ABOUT TO BE PUT TO THE TEST, AND WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE ABOUT IS IN THESE VERSES IS SOLOMON NEED FOR SOME WISDOM?
WE SEE A TALE OF TWO TYPES OF MOTHERS IN OUR TEXT THIS MORNING
WE FIND ONE MOTHER WHO WAS SELFISH, CRUEL AND HEARTLESS.
IT IS SAID THAT DURING THE NIGHT, SHE HAD LAID ON HER NEWBORN CHILD, AND IT DIED.
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT SHE NOTICED THAT HER CHILD WAS NOT MOVING SO SHE TOOK HER DEAD CHILD…… THEN REPLACED HER CHILD WITH HER ROOM-MATE’S LIVING CHILD HOPING SHE WOULDN‘T NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE.
THIS WAS A THOUGHTLESS, CRUEL, AND IT WAS A SELFISH THING TO DO.
THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTHER WHO I BELIEVE HAS A SACRIFICIAL LOVE FOR HER CHILD…THAT WE WILL SEE MORE ABOUT LATER…
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS….
THE ONE THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT A MOTHER IS, YOU CAN’T FOOL A MOTHER ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN.
MOTHERS KNOW WHEN THEIR CHILDREN ARE LYING, AND THEY KNOW WHEN THEY ARE TELLING THE TRUTH.
THEY MAY NOT EVER ADDRESS THE ISSUE BUT A MOTHER KNOWS.
MOTHER’S KNOW WHEN THEIR CHILDREN ARE BAD AND WHEN THEY ARE BEING GOOD, WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO BE SNEAKY AND SLY.
AND NO MATTER HOW BAD THEIR CHILD IS A MOTHER LOVES THAT CHILD TO THE BITTER END.
A MOTHER WILL STAND BEHIND HER CHILD, LOVE AND DEFEND HER CHILD EVEN WHEN THEY KNOW THEIR CHILD IS IN THE WRONG….
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THAT THEIR CHILD HAS ACTED UP IN SCHOOL, THAT’S STILL HER BABY.
AND IF I CAN BE REAL WITH YOU THIS MORNING FOR A MOMENT…A MOTHER STANDING BEHIND HER CHILD CAN BE A GOOD THING, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT CAN ALSO BE A BAD THING….TOO MANY MOTHERS TODAY ARE TAKING THEIR CHILDS SIDE WHEN IT COMES TO HOW THEIR CHILD BEHAVES IN SCHOOL…AND INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THE ISSUE AND DISCIPLINING THEIR CHILD…THEY ARGUE AND FIGHT WITH THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
I KNOW THAT I HAVE SOME TEACHERS IN HERE THAT KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT….
THEY KNOW WHEN THE POLICE HAS CAUGHT THEM STEALING AT THE CORNER STORE AND THEY GO DOWN TO BAIL THEM OUT OF JAIL, YEAH THEY MIGHT BE MAD FOR THE MOMENT BUT THAT’S STILL HER BABY.
YES MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ….A MOTHER WILL LOVE HER BABY…EVEN WHEN THEY’VE DONE WRONG…
THERE IS A SAYING …THAT GOES….IF YOU SPOIL YOUR CHILD, YOU WILL, RAISE YOUR GRANDCHILDREN…BUT IF YOU RAISE YOUR CHILD YOU WILL SPOIL YOUR GRANDCHILDREN\
I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME TRUTH TO THAT….
SPARE THE ROD ….SPOIL THE CHILD….
REASON BEING IS BECAUSE AFTER ALL OF THE LABOR PAIN, AFTER ALL OF THE MORNING SICKNESS, THE SWELLING AND FEET, BACK PAIN, CHEST PAIN, FOOD CRAVING, HURTING THROUGH THE NIGHT…
AFTER ALL OF THE DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS …BEING POKED AND PRODDED ….THEY REMEMBER THE BOND THAT WAS FORMED WHILE THEY WERE IN THE WOMB, A MOTHER KNOWS HER CHILD.
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPEN. IN THE LATE HOURS OF THE NIGHT THE MOTHER WHO LAID ON HER CHILD AND SMOTHERED HER CHILD DECIDED THAT SHE WOULD SWITCH THE BABIES AND SHE THOUGHT THAT THE MOTHER WOULDN’T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
BUT WHEN THE OTHER MOMMA WOKE UP AND WHEN SHE EXAMINED THE CHILD, SHE IMMEDIATELY KNEW IT WASN’T HERS.
YOU CAN’T FOOL A MOTHER.
IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE TOUCH, IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE SMELL, IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE EXAMINATION OF THIS CHILD THAT THE MOTHER RECOGNIZED, IDENTIFIED, AND DISTINGUISHED THAT THIS IS NOT MY CHILD.
MOTHERS HAVE A 6TH SENSE, AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS, (THANK YOU LORD) IT’S A SPECIAL GIFT FROM GOD.
IT IS A GIFT THAT GOD HIMSELF PLACED DOWN ON THE INSIDE OF THEM CALLED INTUITION.
WHAT IS INTUITION? INTUITION IS THE ABILITY TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT RECOURSE TO CONSCIOUS REASONING.
INTUITION IS A DIRECT ACCESS TO UNCONSCIOUS KNOWLEDGE; UNCONSCIOUS COGNITION; INNER SENSING; INNER INSIGHT TO UNCONSCIOUS PATTERN-RECOGNITION;
AND THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING INSTINCTIVELY, WITHOUT ANY NEED FOR CONSCIOUS REASONING,
MOTHER’S HAVE THIS GOD GIVEN GIFT.
THIS WOMAN’S CHILD WAS ONLY A FEW DAYS OLD, BUT SHE KNEW HER CHILD.
ALTHOUGH THE CHILD HAD ONLY BEEN HERE A FEW DAYS ON EARTH, THERE WAS A SPECIAL BOND BETWEEN THE MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN OVER THE COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT.
THE BIBLE SAID THAT SHE ROSE UP EARLY TO NURSE HER CHILD BEFORE DAYLIGHT AND REALIZED THAT NOT ONLY WAS THE BABY NOT ALIVE
…. BUT WHEN SHE LOOKED AT THE BABY SHE NOTICED THAT IT WASN’T HERS.
SO, IT IS SAID THAT THESE TWO MOTHERS ARGUED ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND FINALLY THEY AGREED TO TAKE THE MATTER BEFORE THE KING.
THE ONE MOTHER WHO THE CHILD BELONGED TO SAID THE KING, THAT THIS IS MY CHILD AND THIS WOMEN STOLE MY CHILD IN THE NIGHT HOURS, I KNOW IT WAS HER BECAUSE THERE WERE NO STRANGERS IN THE HOUSE EXCEPT US.
THE ONE WHO STOLE THE CHILD SAID NO MY LORD THIS IS MY CHILD AND SHE JUST WANT TO TAKE CLAIM ON MY BABY.
WELL, AFTER THE KING HAD HEARD BOTH ARGUMENTS HE SAID I’LL TELL YOU WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO….. SINCE I CAN’T TELL WHO’S CHILD IT IS BRING ME A SWORD AND I’LL CUT THE CHILD IN HALF AND THE BOTH OF YOU WILL HAVE HALF.
THE MOTHER WHO HAD STOLEN THE CHILD THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SPLIT THE CHILD IN HALF, BUT THE REAL MOTHER OF THE BABY WAS WILLING TO STAND UP AND SACRIFICE HER MOTHERHOOD FOR THE LIFE OF HER CHILD.
SOLOMON, IN ALL HIS WISDOM, KNEW FROM THE ACTION OF THIS TRUE MOTHER WHO WAS WILLING TO SACRIFICE HER MOTHERHOOD FOR THE LIFE OF THE CHILD DETERMINED THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD FROM THE MOTHER’S SACRIFICIAL LOVE.
A REAL MOTHER WILL SACRIFICE FOR THE GOOD OF HER CHILD AND SHE MADE A SPLIT DECISION.
HOW DO YOU KNOW PASTOR NEAL…... I KNOW BECAUSE A REAL MOTHER WILL BUY THEM THINGS THAT THEY CAN’T AFFORD.
MOTHERS HAVE TAKE OFF THEIR JOBS TO TAKE CARE OF US WHEN WE ARE SICK.
MOTHERS WILL ENCOURAGE YOU WHEN OTHERS LET YOU DOWN.
BUT I NEED TO REMIND ALL OF THE CHILDREN OF A FEW POINTS AND I’LL BE THROUGH.
I BELIEVE THAT MOTHER’S AND JESUS GO HAND AND HAND.
LET ME TELL YOU WHY I SAY THAT.
BECAUSE LOOK AT WHAT MOTHERS DO AND HOW JESUS EMBELLISHES IT.
A MOTHER GIVES US LIFE, AND HE EXTENDED IT.
A MOTHER CAN SAVE YOU FROM THE COLD, AND HE SAVES FROM SIN.
A MOTHER YOU TEACHES YOU HOPE, AND JESUS IS OUR HOPE
FROM A MOTHER WE WERE ONCE WAS BORN, BUT FROM JESUS WE ARE BORN AGAIN.
SO, MOTHERS I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A SPECIAL BLESSING IN OUR LIVES.
AND THAT REMINDS ME, WHEN GOD SET THE WORLD IN PLACE,WHEN HE HUNG THE STARS UP IN SPACE,
WHEN HE MADE THE LAND AND THE SEA, THEN HE MADE YOU AND ME.
HE SAT BACK AND SAW ALL THAT WAS GOOD, HE SAW THINGS TO BE AS THEY SHOULD.
HE HAD ANOTHER BLESSING HE HAD IN STORE; HE CREATED A MOTHER, BUT WHATEVER FOR?
HE KNEW A MOTHER WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE, TO SHINE HIS REFLECTION ON HER CHILD’S FACE.
BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT A MOTHER WILL WALK THE EXTRA MILE, JUST TO SEE HER CHILDREN SMILE.
SHE WOULD WORK HER FINGERS TO THE BONE, TO MAKE A HOUSE INTO A HOME.
HE MADE A MOTHER TO TEACH AND GUIDE, BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT A MOTHER WILL STAY RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE.
SHE’LL BE THERE THROUGH YOUR PAIN AND STRIFE, SHE’LL STAY CONSTANT IN YOUR LIFE.
A MOTHER WILL LEND A HELPING HAND, UNTIL YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH TO STAND.
SHE’LL PICK YOU UP WHEN YOU ARE DOWN, WHEN YOU NEED A FRIEND SHE’LL STICK AROUND.
A MOTHER IS ONE WHO LISTENS WELL, WILL KEEP HER WORD; AND WILL NEVER TELL.
SO, THANK YOU GOD FOR MOTHERS, THANK YOU LORD FOR MY MOMMA.
AND BEFORE I GO SOMEBODY OUGHT TO THANK GOD FOR THEIR MOMMA.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE MY MOTHER’S DECISION SAVED MY LIFE.
MY MOTHER DIDN’T LEAVE ME.
SHE DIDN’T FORSAKE ME.
SHE DIDN’T ABORT ME.
BUT INSTEAD, SHE TOOK CARE OF ME.