Mother’s Day – Not Condemned

Mother’s Day – Not Condemned

Good Morning Friends – I am so honored to be back with you. Since the Last time I have been with you. Carrie and I have resigned our church and have been traveling with human Coalition (Largest Prolife group in America – Making Abortion unthinkable). Abby is married to great guy named Christian. Glori is attending Evangel University.

I want to open up with just a small video about what Carrie and I have speaking about as we travel. Carrie is still teaching and I still work for the sheriffs department

I have some prayer cards with me if you would like one as we travel to represent pro-life – we value a prayer covering as many friends as we can have.

Prayer…..

Mother’s Day – Not Condemned

Luke 10:38–42 ESV

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

I. Intro

A. In honor of Mother’s Day, I’ve got a few things for you, courtesy of the internet.

1. Little Billy's mom was rubbing moisturizing cream on her face as Billy walked in.

"Mommy, what are you doing?" he asked. "I'm putting cold cream on my face," she

replied. "Why, Mommy?" Billy asked. "To make my skin look beautiful," she said. When

she started wiping the cold cream off her face with a Kleenex, Billy said, "Gosh, Mom,

you're giving up already?"

2. Mother to daughter advice: Cook a man a fish and you feed him for a day. But teach a

man to fish and you get rid of him for the whole weekend.

3. A police recruit was asked during the exam, `What would you do if you had to arrest

your own mother?' He answered, `Call for backup.'

4. I’ve got something else from the Internet, but I’ll save that for a little later.

5. And, by the way, Happy Mothers Day!

B. Since this is a day we’re thinking about mothers and women I want us to look at a couple of women from the New Testament.

1. They’re actually sisters.

2. And they had really good connections.

3. Because they were friends with Jesus.

C. Here’s a little bit of their story.

1. Read Luke 10:38­42.

38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus[a] entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is necessary.[b] Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

II. So let’s take a look at this story.

A. Jesus comes to a little town called Bethany.

1. And He has some friends there.

2. There’s his friend Lazarus.

3. And there’s Lazarus’ sisters, Martha and Mary.

4. Lazarus is not mentioned here, but in just a few short verses, we find out a lot about his

sisters.

B. These sisters were about as opposite as you can get.

1. Martha is a doer.

2. She can’t sit still.

3. She’s got company so she’s got to be doing something.

4. She runs in the kitchen to get supper going.

5. She’s Type A.

C. Mary is the complete opposite of her sister, Martha.

1. Mary is just coasting along.

2. She is just happy to see Jesus.

3. She’s not concerned about what to fix for supper.

4. She’s not worried about the dust on the coffee table.

5. She’s just laid back and listening to Jesus.

D. Which camp do you fall in?

1. Both men and women have personalities like either Martha or Mary.

2. Some of you have to be doing something, all the time.

3. Somebody showing up puts you into a frenzy.

4. You got to keep you hands busy all the time.

5. You’re a Martha.

E. And some of you can just coast on along.

1. You wonder what all the fuss is about.

2. Just take a deep breath and chill.

3. Like me.

4. What’s the big deal?

F. In this situation, Jesus talks with Martha.

1. He basically says, “Don’t work yourself up.”

2. Don’t be so worried.

3. Don’t get upset.

4. Just spend some time with me.

G. Now Jesus didn’t say never to do anything.

1. Just find some time to spend with Him.

2. Make some time in all the hustle and bustle for Him.

3. He wasn’t fussing at Martha for what she was doing.

4. He was pointing out what was driving her to do it.

5. So, in this instance, maybe Mary had it right.

VI. Earlier I read you a few funnies I found on the Internet.

A. I told you I had something else for later.

1. So here it is.

B. Mother's, if you are in Christ Jesus, you ought to have no fear of condemnation because of

your standing of righteousness because of Christ's work on your behalf on the cross.

(From: http://discerningthetimes.blogspot.com/2010/05/mothers­day­sermonif­i­had­topreach.html)

1. Mothers, even though you may feel you are...

a. You are not condemned by messy homes.

b. You are not condemned by your personal sins.

c. You are not condemned by your miscarriages.

d. You are not condemned by your lack of desire to have more kids.

e. You are not condemned by your inability to cook.

f. You are not condemned by being divorced.

g. You are not condemned by your desire to be alone, away from the kids for a time.

h. You are not condemned by your body, which may not be what it once was.

i. You are not condemned by your failures as a mother.

j. You are not condemned by your rebellious children.

k. You are not condemned by the frustration of having to scrape mac & cheese off

the kitchen floor. Again.

l. You are not condemned by all the fears and tears which flirt with insanity and

take you to the precipice of despair.

m. You are not condemned by not being able to throw the party of the century for

your kids.

n. You are not condemned for not feeding your kids meals that could only be made

after a trip to Whole Foods.

o. You are not condemned by your need for a vacation.

p. You are not condemned for not living up to the standards of your Mother or

Mother­in­law.

q. You are not condemned by the stares of those who have no kids when your kids

erupt into volcanic screams in public places.

r. Mother's, though you may feel condemned, if you are in Christ, you are not

condemned. Fight with this knowledge of what is real reality.

s. You are not condemned, because if you are in Christ, your identity...your

righteousness is Christ alone. Therefore, enjoy the love and affection and

acceptance of being a daughter perfectly loved with an unwavering love that

flows from your Father in Heaven.

t.

C. You are not condemned because you are in Christ.

1. That means your identity is His identity.

2. Your righteousness is His righteousness.

D. You are loved.

1. You are loved whether your house is clean or not.

2. Jesus accepts you whether you can boil water or not.

3. Jesus has great affection for you whether your kids are good or bad.

E. There is no condemnation for those in Jesus.

1. Let that be your comfort today.

2. Claim that verse today.

3. Claim Jesus today.