This Woman's Work (Shirley's Stubborn Faith)

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Because we know there is a resurrection of the dead, we ought me firm in our faith

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2 Corinthians 1:3–4 ESV
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
1 Corinthians 15:58 ESV
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Introduction- Kate Bush’s “This Woman’s Work”

Pray God you can cope I'll stand outside This woman's worth This woman's world Oh it's hard on a man Now his part is over Now starts the craft of the father I know you've got a little life in you left I know you've got a lotta strength left I know you've got a little life in you left I know you've got a lotta strength left I should be cryin' but I just can't let it show I should be hopin' but I can't stop thinkin' All the things we should've said that are never said All the things we should've done that we never did All the things we should've given, but I didn't Oh darlin', make it go Make it go away Give me these moments Give them back to me Give me your little kiss
The lyric of "This Woman's Work" is about being forced to confront an unexpected and frightening crisis during the normal event of childbirth. Written for the movie “She's Having a Baby” in 1988 (covered by Maxell in 2001), director John Hughes used the song during the film's dramatic climax, when Jake (Kevin Bacon) learns that the lives of his wife, Kristy (Elizabeth McGovern), and their unborn child are in danger. As the song plays, a montage sequence of flashbacks is displayed, showing the couple in happier times, intercut with shots of him waiting for news of Kristy and their baby's condition.
Regarding the reality of having to face the death of a love one...

Transition To Body- Good Sound Funeral Theology

On days such as this is we need to know that there is a resurrection of the dead in Christ
Holding Fast To The Preached Gospel
1 Corinthians 15:2 ESV
2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
By The Grace of God I am what I am
1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
Preaching & Faith Is Not Vain Work
1 Corinthians 15:14 ESV
14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

Body

1 Corinthians 15:58 ESV
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Be Steadfast- the debate is settled

stand firm, sitting, seated, settled, or be solidly in place
Being firmly established in one’s position or opinions
Unwavering
1 Corinthians 15:1 ESV
1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,

Be Immovable- no body or strange teaching can move me off my faith

firm, unshaken, steady
1 Corinthians 15:2 ESV
2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

Be Abounding (in the work of the LORD)

abounding= to be in abundance
being considerably more than what would be expected
Being very much occupied with the work of the LORD
Work= that which one normally does

Transition To Close- Jesus life and work was not in vain

1 Corinthians 15:58 ESV
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Knowing=to possess information about, Be acquainted with
Labor= hard work with difficulties and trouble

to engage in hard work, implying difficulties and trouble—‘hard work, toil, to work hard, to toil, to labor.’

Vain= without purpose i.e. do not live without purpose

pertaining to being totally without purpose—‘in vain, for no purpose.’

Jesus Was About His Father’s Business

Luke 2:49 ESV
49 And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

Jesus Accomplished The Father’s Work

John 4:34 ESV
34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

Jesus Did God The Father’s Will

John 6:38 ESV
38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Jesus Glorified The Father Having Accomplished The Work

John 17:4–6 ESV
4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. 6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

Close- Jesus is the resurrection and the life

Jesus Is The Resurrection And The Life

John 11:25–26 ESV
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled

John 14:1–3 ESV
1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

Jesus Is The Way, and the Truth, and The Life

John 14:6–7 ESV
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

The Christian’s Citizenship Is In Heaven

Philippians 3:20–21 ESV
20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Because Jesus Christ was raised from the dead we have hope of resurrection for our dead lives too
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