Funeral ( Mother )

Mother

Matthew 8:14–15 LEB

And when Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down and suffering with a fever. And he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him.

I. Every Mother Has a Twofold Duty in Life

A. Submit to the Savior

1. Means accepting Him as Savior ( Mom’s Have a Unique Capacity )

2. Means obeying His commands

Proverbs 31:30 LEB

Charm is deceit and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.

B. Minister to her family members

1. Requires being alert and able

2. Requires being willing

II. A Mother’s Ministry Is Sometimes Interrupted

A. Death is always sad

1. Peter’s family was sad (text)

2. We are sad as we say farewell

a. The family mourns a loss

B. Things besides death can interrupt

(1. Rejecting or Suppressing the love that mom’s poured into us )

III. The Difference in the Text from Today

A. Peter’s mother-in-law got well

1. God chose to heal her

B. In our case, the mother didn’t get well—Isa. 55:8–9; Rom. 11:33

1. Why would God choose not to heal?

a. See Prov. 14:12–13

b. Perhaps He had something better for her—Rev. 19:4–9; 21:9–14; 22:1–5

2. Death is part of our inheritance—Ps. 127:2

3. Imagine what she saw when she crossed over to eternal life