1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,900 I want to invite your attention as I have on the screen to the 2 00:00:02,900 --> 00:00:05,700 book of 1st. Samuel chapter 1, we want to 3 00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:09,500 begin reading there in verse 24 first, Samuel chapter 1 4 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:14,600 beginning in verse 24. Now when she had weaned him, she 5 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:19,500 took him up with her with three Bulls won, Eva a flower and a 6 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:24,200 skin of wine and brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:28,300 and the child was young and they slaughtered a bull and brought 8 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:32,200 the child to Eli. And she said, oh my Lord, as 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,000 your soul lives, my Lord, I am the woman who stood by you, here 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,400 praying to the Lord for this child, I prayed and the Lord has 11 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,100 granted me my petition which Which I asked of him. 12 00:00:44,500 --> 00:00:49,000 Therefore, I also have led him to the Lord as long as he lives. 13 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,200 He shall be lent to the Lord. So they Worship the Lord there, 14 00:00:53,900 --> 00:00:56,600 for a little while this morning, I want to talk to you on the 15 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:01,600 subject of mothers in the Bible that made a tremendous 16 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,300 difference. You know? 17 00:01:03,300 --> 00:01:08,100 I realize today is a day that we honor our world honors mothers 18 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,800 and that's a wonderful thing to honor mothers to set aside some 19 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,500 time to talk about Those precious mothers and great 20 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:17,600 influences in our life, it's something though that we need to 21 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,300 appreciate not only on one day of the year, but every day for 22 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:25,200 they do so much and we can learn so much from the scriptures both 23 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,000 in the Old Testament and the New Testament we're going to do that 24 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,900 today as we looked at Two Old Testament characters and to New 25 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:35,700 Testament characters, and we're going to find some mothers that 26 00:01:35,700 --> 00:01:40,500 made a tremendous difference. On the day like today. 27 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:44,900 When we honor mothers, it's good for us to think about how much 28 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:48,300 they really do. Being a mother, certainly isn't 29 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:51,000 easy. It's her most difficult job. 30 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,800 Most difficult task. It is a job that only she can 31 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,100 do. In fact, giving birth. 32 00:01:57,100 --> 00:02:00,500 Does not make someone make a woman, a mother. 33 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,600 It takes a special kind to be a mother. 34 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,500 One man said, one time that a mother is a person who is 35 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:11,100 willing to take the responsibility of investing her 36 00:02:11,100 --> 00:02:15,200 life into the into the life of another human being, that is 37 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:20,400 totally dependent upon her to do so, did you know that by the 38 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:24,800 time a child reaches the age of 18, a mother has had to handle 39 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:30,400 some extra 18,000 hours of child generated work. 40 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,500 In fact, women that never have children I'm told Enjoy the 41 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:39,900 equivalent of an extra three months a year of Leisure Time. 42 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,100 Wouldn't that be great? But you know there are some 43 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:47,000 great portraits of motherhood in the scriptures like for example, 44 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,400 we could picture the mother of Moses who cared so much for her 45 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,900 son that she broke the law in order to teach him the faith of 46 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:57,200 his people. We can talk about the 47 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,600 sacrificial. Love of a mother that appeared 48 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,500 before King Solomon in the long ago and told him that she was 49 00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:07,300 willing to have her Her son taken away from her and given to 50 00:03:07,300 --> 00:03:10,500 another woman. Just so she would not, he would 51 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:15,200 not be harmed in any way. Mother's make a great difference 52 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:20,100 in the lives of their children. Many times these things that 53 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:23,500 mothers do seem to go unnoticed and you know, some of the 54 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:26,800 greatest deeds and some of the greatest acts that a mother does 55 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,200 is when she would do. So at a time that she would get 56 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,500 no credit. You know, my dad used to tell me 57 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 years ago when I was a kid. He used to say here's the thing 58 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,600 about doing good for others. Would you do that? 59 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,900 Good for others when nobody is watching and you don't get any 60 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:49,100 credit some of the greatest things that we do in service to 61 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:52,000 others, we do behind the scene and let me just say this about 62 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,100 the Lord's church. I know some great women that do 63 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:58,700 things behind the scene that most people don't know, we've 64 00:03:58,700 --> 00:04:02,800 just call come to expect the end result which is very good in the 65 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:05,400 Fit of that. But they're working behind the 66 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,900 scenes and nobody is watching. You know, that's true with 67 00:04:09,900 --> 00:04:13,700 mothers. The poet, Mary Read ashoke wrote 68 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:16,700 this entitled when you thought. I wasn't looking. 69 00:04:17,899 --> 00:04:19,800 When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you. 70 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,600 Hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to 71 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,700 paint another one. When you thought I wasn't 72 00:04:26,700 --> 00:04:29,900 looking. I saw you feed a stray cat and I 73 00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:33,500 thought it was good to be kind to animals when you thought I 74 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:35,900 wasn't looking. I saw you make my favorite cake 75 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:38,800 for me. And I knew that little things 76 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,800 are special. When you thought, I wasn't 77 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,800 looking, I heard you say a prayer and I believed that there 78 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,900 was a God to talk to. I felt you kissed me, good night 79 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:52,600 and I felt loved when you thought I wasn't looking, when 80 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,900 you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes 81 00:04:55,900 --> 00:05:01,600 and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's okay to 82 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,500 cry. When you thought I wasn't 83 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:08,200 looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything 84 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,100 that I could be. When you thought I wasn't 85 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:14,800 looking. I looked, and I wanted to say, 86 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:20,000 thanks for all the things that I saw when you thought I wasn't 87 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:26,300 looking, I want to notice with you some examples of mothers 88 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:28,700 that made a tremendous difference. 89 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,200 The first mother that I want to talk about and really these are 90 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,200 characters that we all know. But the first mother that I want 91 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,400 to talk about is Giacobbe and the mother of Moses. 92 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,500 Now there are some things about this story. 93 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:44,800 We all know the story about what Giacobbe it did for her son 94 00:05:45,100 --> 00:05:47,600 Moses. But when we go to Exodus chapter 95 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,700 20 and verses 1 through 4, we find that the king of Egypt says 96 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:55,900 this the head guy he says what you're going to do is to The 97 00:05:55,900 --> 00:05:59,400 Midwives is you're going to. We find also in Exodus chapter, 98 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:03,900 One, The Midwives were instructed that when the Hebrew 99 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:07,300 women would come with child and they would go to give birth and 100 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:09,500 they would come to the birth stools. 101 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:14,000 The Bible says, and the new King James that the decree was this, 102 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:18,100 that when a male child was born, the male child would be 103 00:06:18,100 --> 00:06:20,900 executed. And if it was a female child, if 104 00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:25,100 it was a little girl that she would live, and the Bible says, 105 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:28,700 though, that the Hebrew midwives did not do that. 106 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:31,300 And the next thing is, Chapter 1, we find something very 107 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:34,300 interesting about that, but I want to back up, please just for 108 00:06:34,300 --> 00:06:38,200 a minute. There was a reason that Egypt 109 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:43,900 decided that they wanted to kill all the male children, you know, 110 00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:46,200 I think that there's a lesson here about power. 111 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:48,600 Do you remember in school? They used to teach us power 112 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,700 corrupts and absolute power corrupts. 113 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:55,500 Absolutely, you know, we have a history fill that history, books 114 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:59,500 are filled with men that were corrupt leaders. 115 00:06:59,700 --> 00:07:02,600 In search of power. Now the reason that they wanted 116 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,400 all of these innocent little boys, baby boys to die is 117 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,200 because Egypt wanted absolute power. 118 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:13,400 And they thought they thought that Hebrews who were enslaved 119 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:17,000 to them if they could control the male population by 120 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,000 destroying those little boys, then it would deplete the 121 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,000 children of Israel and therefore, could Reign Over them 122 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:31,500 for years and years to come. This is great cruelty and it 123 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:37,200 didn't end in Exodus chapter 1 and verses 18 through 22, we 124 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:42,000 find that the Hebrew women were bringing those into this world, 125 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:46,500 in the he and The Midwives of those women did not destroy. 126 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:50,600 Those babies. In fact, an Exodus chapter 1 127 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,700 verses 18 through 22. The king of Egypt said, I gave 128 00:07:54,700 --> 00:08:01,200 my decree to destroy the men or the boy babies, and you did not 129 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,100 do it. Have you ever stopped to 130 00:08:03,100 --> 00:08:06,000 consider what they said? And what really happened? 131 00:08:07,100 --> 00:08:10,900 You know, the Bible says they said to the king of Egypt, the 132 00:08:10,900 --> 00:08:14,900 Hebrew. Women are not like Egyptian 133 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:17,100 women. Now that's an interesting 134 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:20,800 statement and then he says, they are Lively. 135 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,500 And by the time we get there, they don't even need our help. 136 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:27,300 In fact, these boys are being born and other words, it 137 00:08:27,300 --> 00:08:29,300 happened before we ever got there. 138 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:34,200 That is not a true statement. I'm trying to wrap my mind 139 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,000 around the very idea that what they were telling was they were 140 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,600 telling an untruth. That's not what happened. 141 00:08:40,700 --> 00:08:43,700 In fact, God praise our God, took care of the Hebrew 142 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:46,100 midwives, because they feared God. 143 00:08:46,100 --> 00:08:49,900 And that's the reason that they did not take the lives of these 144 00:08:49,900 --> 00:08:52,600 boy babies. They feared God. 145 00:08:52,700 --> 00:08:56,900 And the Bible says that those Hebrew midwives found favor in 146 00:08:56,900 --> 00:09:00,500 the eyes of the great God of heaven and Israel. 147 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,400 Flourished. Now. 148 00:09:05,900 --> 00:09:08,000 The king of Egypt. We know the story. 149 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,900 The king of Egypt is enraged by this and he said well this is 150 00:09:12,900 --> 00:09:16,300 what's going to happen. Now when everyone is born if 151 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:17,600 it's a girl they're going to live. 152 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,400 If it's a boy, they shall be cast into the river. 153 00:09:23,100 --> 00:09:28,000 I want to talk about a very special Mother, Jaffa bed, jakka 154 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,300 bed. The Bible says protected him and 155 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:34,300 put him in a basket and kept him in a basket until she could no 156 00:09:34,300 --> 00:09:37,600 longer do so. And the Bible says, she put him 157 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,800 in the Nile. Now about that time you could 158 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,700 just imagine when the princess the daughter of the king comes 159 00:09:45,700 --> 00:09:51,000 on the scene and this princess hears, the cries of a young 160 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,600 baby, you know, I read a Scholar what time, you know. 161 00:09:53,608 --> 00:09:56,700 He said he said, it's interesting but God used the 162 00:09:56,700 --> 00:10:02,200 tears and the cries of Moses to save him. 163 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:06,400 The Bible says that that princess shows up and she finds 164 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,200 him and there was a very special person watching on. 165 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,100 It was Miriam. It was the sister of Moses. 166 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:16,400 She watched the whole thing now. Here it is jock appeared to 167 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,400 protect Moses. Put him in this situation. 168 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:24,200 Miriam is watching from a distance and is Is this princess 169 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,600 gets ahold of Moses? Here Comes Miriam and Miriam 170 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:32,000 says this. Shall I secure a Hebrew nurse to 171 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:39,500 nurse the child for you? And the princess says go. 172 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:45,300 And the Bible says that they secured or Miriam went and 173 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:50,200 brought Giacobbe had the mother of Moses to do the task and paid 174 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:54,100 her to do it. You know, there's been a lot of 175 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:59,000 wicked people in the world. There's been a lot of wicked 176 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,000 people in the Bible. There's been a lot of stories 177 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,400 that we can read about about people in the Bible that did 178 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,500 Wicked things. This Man cast out a decree that 179 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:11,000 these babies are going to die. Let me just ask you this. 180 00:11:11,100 --> 00:11:14,500 Who do you think is in total control of the whole thing? 181 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,900 Moses had a purpose. He was to be a deliverer and he 182 00:11:18,900 --> 00:11:22,300 would be a type of the greatest deliver of all, and that is 183 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:25,800 Jesus Christ. God was going to use Moses. 184 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,500 And the king of Egypt was not going to stand in the way and 185 00:11:29,500 --> 00:11:33,000 the Bible says here, he comes the princess finds. 186 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,600 Moses Miriam goes and gets jokke bed and Giacobbe and nurses, the 187 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:44,800 child and gets paid for it. What an amazing thing God was 188 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:49,500 totally in control. Now, the Bible says that Moses 189 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:53,900 was with jakka bed until Moses was weaned. 190 00:11:54,900 --> 00:12:00,100 Now I don't know how you would translate that today but I did 191 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:03,100 some reading about this and one scholar said this and 192 00:12:03,100 --> 00:12:05,900 insignificant especially we talk about another mother in just a 193 00:12:05,900 --> 00:12:08,400 minute. When the Bible talks about the 194 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,900 fact that jokke paid kept Moses until he was weaned. 195 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,400 If it's talking about literal weaning is talking about the 196 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,200 time that he would be nurse and it could have been two or three 197 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,600 years but if it's talking in a figurative way, it could have 198 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,700 been as much as Twelve years that she had influence over her 199 00:12:27,700 --> 00:12:28,900 child. Moses. 200 00:12:29,100 --> 00:12:34,500 Getting paid the whole time. Before he would leave. 201 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:40,400 God was totally in control. You know, mothers protect us in 202 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:44,300 so many ways. They protect us physically and 203 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:48,000 they keep us from danger mother's protect us morally by 204 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,800 teaching us right from wrong and many times, they protected us, 205 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:55,100 emotionally, by keeping us from the things that they knew would 206 00:12:55,100 --> 00:12:58,600 hurt us. In fact, sometimes mothers view 207 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,500 their children, different than fathers, There's no way in the 208 00:13:02,500 --> 00:13:06,500 world that somebody could say that Tina loves our kids more 209 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:09,500 than I love our kids. That's not my point but 210 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:12,800 sometimes a mother with motherly instincts protects their 211 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,500 children and looks at things differently. 212 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:18,800 Maybe and fathers do let me illustrate it like this. 213 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:25,500 Back in about 1980 six or seven one night. 214 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:30,300 I went to Nipomo and we knew my dad and I we knew don't ever 215 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:33,800 tell Mom, if I get hurt, don't ever tell Mom now, I'm in 216 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:37,700 college now, and we went to Nepal Mo and we rode Bulls at 217 00:13:37,700 --> 00:13:40,800 night and some of you that make a sheen on the coast know where 218 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,200 Nipomo is, who and what to Gary. The fuse place that bull riding 219 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,300 jackpot, one night I got bucked off and I fractured my pelvis 220 00:13:48,900 --> 00:13:52,500 and it hurt in fact we got in a car and drove all the way back 221 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:54,900 to the two. French hospital in San Luis. 222 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:59,600 Obispo it's 2:00 in the morning. And I'm getting x-rayed and I 223 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,700 got to tell my dad, so I called my dad, you know, my dad was 224 00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:04,200 always with the phone, right by his ear. 225 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,400 He would answer the phone like he'd been up and I know he was 226 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,300 sound asleep. He's just happy to talk to me. 227 00:14:08,900 --> 00:14:11,700 So at 2:00 in the morning, I called home, he picks up the 228 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:14,500 phone and I said data, just got to tell you something. 229 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:17,300 Don't tell Mom, I said, I just been down in a boat ride in 230 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:20,300 Jackpot and they just x-rayed, me and said, I fractured my 231 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:23,700 pillows. So, my mother is startled is 232 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:27,200 2:00 in the morning. And my mother says what's wrong. 233 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,600 Bob, what's wrong, what happened? 234 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,400 Bob what's the matter with Frankie, what's the matter with 235 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,500 Frankie? And he said, oh, don't worry, 236 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,900 it's okay. He just went in for a little 237 00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:37,800 checkup and he's going to be just fine. 238 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,000 Now, Taste of my mother was going mobile but she wasn't that 239 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,600 gullible and she said, she let my father having she said you 240 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,200 made a tell me at 2:00 in the morning, he went in for a 241 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,300 checkup. Oh yeah, everything's fine, just 242 00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:53,800 get a little quick. Checkup, Mothers. 243 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,200 Look at things differently than do father's. 244 00:14:56,300 --> 00:14:59,600 That's the truth. The mothers have a protective 245 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:04,800 Instinct that is common to them and not common to men. 246 00:15:06,100 --> 00:15:08,800 When a mother can protect us though from the evils of this 247 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,800 world get this though and bring us up to love and serve the 248 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,200 Lord. It she has fulfilled her 249 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:20,600 greatest role that is the greatest role that a mother has 250 00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:25,100 to love and serve God. Well, secondly, though, today, 251 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:28,800 you know, we cannot talk about mothers without talking about 252 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,900 the supportive mother, Hannah the mother of Samuel. 253 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:35,100 Now, if you remember one year ago today that was our whole 254 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:40,100 sermon was on the entire family of Hannah and her husband and 255 00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:42,800 the other wife. And I'm not going to talk about 256 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:44,500 all that, but I do have to mention a few things. 257 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:46,900 Have some less, as we glean from this great mother. 258 00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:51,000 We're talking about the supportive mother of Samuel, one 259 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,900 of the greatest men that ever lived. 260 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,200 Lived. Hey, you remember that when they 261 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,700 were in Shiloh one day for the purpose of worship and they went 262 00:15:58,700 --> 00:16:03,400 there once a year in Shiloh. The Bible says, as one of those 263 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:07,400 wives by the name of Pnina, she was kind of a kind of picture 264 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:12,100 like this hoarding over and lording over Hannah, because 265 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:15,900 Hannah could not have children, and she could, they were both 266 00:16:15,900 --> 00:16:20,900 married to elkanah one man. And you remember that? 267 00:16:20,900 --> 00:16:22,700 She was weeping and they were in Shiloh. 268 00:16:22,700 --> 00:16:25,300 She was crying. Remember what the husband said, 269 00:16:25,300 --> 00:16:29,500 the husband comes to Hannah and he says, why are you crying? 270 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:37,500 Aren't I better get this? Are I better than ten Sons to 271 00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:41,600 you. There's something about wanting 272 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:46,000 to be a mother. That causes a woman to want to 273 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,700 be a mother that's natural. That is normal. 274 00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:54,900 And when you want to be a mother and you can't, it surely is a 275 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:56,900 tragedy. It's a sad thing. 276 00:16:57,900 --> 00:17:01,600 The Bible says that Hannah do departs from the crown and she 277 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:05,400 goes and praise Eli. The priest is sitting in the 278 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,300 doorpost of the temple. And the Bible says he's 279 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:12,300 listening on, and all he sees is her mouth, is moving, and he, 280 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:15,200 accuses, her of being drunk. He said she said, no, I'm not 281 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,300 drunk. I'm praying to God, that I could 282 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:20,400 have a son. And this is what she said. 283 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,700 Please get this. This is the great lesson. 284 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:29,000 She said, if you would only give me a son, I will lend him to the 285 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,600 Lord. Meaning he will always be my 286 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:35,500 child but I will lend him to the Lord all the days of his life 287 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,000 and as a sign. No razor shall ever touch his 288 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,900 head on Nazarite vow, and he will go. 289 00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:46,500 The whole life is entire life without cutting his hair and he 290 00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:49,600 will serve God all the days of his life. 291 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,100 May I ask you something? Be very honest within yourself. 292 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,100 Have you ever made a promise to God? 293 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,800 I'll just admit to you. I have there were times when I 294 00:18:04,808 --> 00:18:09,100 have made promises to God. There have been times. 295 00:18:09,100 --> 00:18:11,500 When I have said, I put everything in God's hand and 296 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:14,400 says, if you can help me in that, I will do this. 297 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,800 I will do this better than I've ever done before I would do my 298 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,100 best. I will serve you better. 299 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,400 You ever made a promise to God and then not kept it. 300 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:29,400 Do you know when you obey the gospel you are making a promise 301 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:32,700 to God and you are entering into a covenant relationship with 302 00:18:32,700 --> 00:18:34,700 God. In fact you what the Bible says 303 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:38,200 you enter into a covenant relationship for what it says, 304 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,700 for obedience, another words when you are washed in the blood 305 00:18:42,700 --> 00:18:46,100 of the lamb at baptism and rise to walk in newness of life, 306 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:48,200 you're making a deal with the Lord. 307 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,500 You're saying because my sins are washed away, I will serve 308 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:56,000 you all the days of my life, that's what you're saying. 309 00:18:57,700 --> 00:19:00,800 It is serious business to break a promise to the Lord. 310 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:05,400 I know sometimes we break promises to people and sometimes 311 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,200 we don't even mean to but let it never be that. 312 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,500 We break a promise to the Lord. She said if you would just give 313 00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:17,300 me a son, I will give him back to you and he will serve you all 314 00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:20,500 the days of his life. Now about a Nazarite vow. 315 00:19:22,100 --> 00:19:26,400 You know, a Nazarite vow was taken in those times for 316 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,000 different reasons. And sometimes somebody would 317 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,900 have a Nazarite vow, and no razor would come to their head. 318 00:19:31,900 --> 00:19:35,100 And there were other specific things about a Nazarite vow and 319 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:38,400 there was always a timeframe. For example, somebody could have 320 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:43,700 a Nazarite vow for a period of time for a specific purpose. 321 00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:48,500 But then we find that there were others that had a Nazarite vow 322 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:53,000 and it was for life, one of which was Samuel another you 323 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:57,000 remember was Samson, another one was John, the Baptist there was 324 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:02,800 a time when some had a Nazarite vow all of their life. 325 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:05,900 That's exactly what had happened. 326 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:09,200 Was Samuel. In fact, the Bible says that God 327 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:15,000 heard her prayer and she bore a son and she kept him until he 328 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:21,600 was weaned now. remember when I said about waned, this is not 329 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:26,700 the two to three years. This is the 12 years. 330 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,600 Now let me ask you this. Do you remember the time that 331 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:36,400 you bonded with your child? Bonding with your child is 332 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:40,600 immediate. I remember when Taylor was born, 333 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,100 like, it was yesterday and I remember the great emotions and 334 00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:47,000 all of the things that we were worried about because Tyler had 335 00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:50,700 not made it before that. I remember Thee. 336 00:20:50,900 --> 00:20:53,500 The flood of emotions that came over me. 337 00:20:54,700 --> 00:20:56,300 I remember that. Remember it, like, it was 338 00:20:56,300 --> 00:21:01,900 yesterday and I remember this, I picked up Taylor for the very 339 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:07,000 first time and immediately I bonded with her, just like that 340 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:12,300 same true with Tanner immediate. Now, let me ask you something. 341 00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:18,600 When Samuel was born don't you know that she bonded with him? 342 00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:24,300 When she nursed him don't you know that she bonded with him 343 00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:29,700 and when she kept him for 12 years, don't you think that Bond 344 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:34,700 got stronger? No, I said all that to say this 345 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,700 can't you imagine how hard it must have been to give him to 346 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:42,900 the Lord? To take him back to Shiloh and 347 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:44,600 tell Eli. Here he is. 348 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,900 And he's going to serve God all the days of his life. 349 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:51,400 Wouldn't it be easy for her to say, wait a minute? 350 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,000 I know I made that promise a long time ago. 351 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:57,200 I just can't do it. Would have been easy to do that. 352 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,600 12 years, go by folks. And you know what? 353 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:06,300 She didn't forget and she said as long as he lives, he belongs 354 00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:10,600 to the Lord. You know, we all want Great 355 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,300 things. For our kids, we're proud of 356 00:22:12,300 --> 00:22:13,100 them. I am too. 357 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:15,300 I'm proud of my kids when they accomplish something and there's 358 00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:16,700 nothing wrong with accomplishments. 359 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:21,600 But let me say this, Your child will never be anything greater 360 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,900 than a Christian. Nothing. 361 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:32,600 And by the way, sports activities clubs functions, you 362 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,800 know what they are, they are extra curricular activities. 363 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,100 If you're in school you have you have a curriculum. 364 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,900 And that's why you're there. You have a curriculum that you 365 00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:50,000 study all the other things are extra curricular activities. 366 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:53,500 Now I said all that to say this, here's the problem with our 367 00:22:53,500 --> 00:22:56,100 society. The things that are supposed to 368 00:22:56,100 --> 00:23:00,400 be extra on the side have taken precedence over the things that 369 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:04,500 need to be the focus Point. There's a new Religion Today, 370 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:06,700 you've heard me say it before. I must say it again, there's a 371 00:23:06,708 --> 00:23:11,800 new Religion Today among society and it's called Sports and 372 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,000 Travel ball. I remember a time when there was 373 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,900 nothing on Sunday at all. Nothing. 374 00:23:16,900 --> 00:23:21,500 Ever. You know, since I have kids that 375 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:26,900 played Sports their whole life, we saw parents that put 376 00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:31,200 everything that they have in a sporting event to get their 377 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,500 child exposure to go playing college someday. 378 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,800 That was the end, all that was the greatest thing and nothing 379 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:42,600 else mattered. The greatest thing they will 380 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:48,300 ever be as a Christian. There's nothing greater than our 381 00:23:48,300 --> 00:23:52,600 children, becoming a Christian Hannah understood that the 382 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,400 greatest thing he could do was serve God. 383 00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:58,500 She made that promise and she and he served and he served God 384 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:00,300 the rest of his life. There are three things that we 385 00:24:00,300 --> 00:24:03,600 learned from Hannah. Story number one, God answers 386 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:08,000 prayers concerning our children, Number two, that we need to give 387 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,600 our children to the Lord, and teach them to serve him all the 388 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,600 days of their life. We must support our children too 389 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:19,000 and doing the Lord's work. There is nothing greater than 390 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,800 our children being a child of God. 391 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,400 We have the protective mother jochabed the mother of Moses. 392 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:32,000 We have the supportive mother Hannah the mother of Samuel And 393 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,600 thirdly today, we have the instructive mother and I love 394 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,400 this. The instructive mother Eunice 395 00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:41,000 that she's the mother of Timothy. 396 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,500 And you know, she had a very special Mother herself. 397 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,400 That was Louis. It was Timothy's grandmother, 398 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,100 and I want to paint a picture here. 399 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,600 This is the greatest example that I can come up with and all 400 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:59,100 the Bible of how a mother and a grandmother can make the 401 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:04,900 difference in the life of a boy who became a man even without 402 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:13,400 the presence of a father. Eunice was a wonderful mother. 403 00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:17,300 She changed the world through her son Timothy. 404 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,500 Do you remember in the book of Acts when it talks about the 405 00:25:19,508 --> 00:25:21,500 disciples? They went out? 406 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:23,600 This is how important is preach the word gun. 407 00:25:24,900 --> 00:25:29,100 This is how much weight the word of God holds, and the greatest 408 00:25:29,100 --> 00:25:31,300 duties of us to take the gospel to the lost. 409 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:32,800 You know what it says in the book of Acts about the 410 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:37,500 disciples, they literally turned the world upside down. 411 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,500 How through preaching the word of God. 412 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:45,200 This little precious mother named Eunice Yoshi. 413 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:50,100 Did she change the world? She raised a preacher. 414 00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:57,500 Years ago in the Philippines. We had preached all different 415 00:25:57,500 --> 00:25:59,100 places we were on preaching under a tree. 416 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:03,600 One time there were 60 or 70 people under a tree and only one 417 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,900 man came forward to obey the gospel I say only because you 418 00:26:06,900 --> 00:26:11,800 see so many 10-15 every service And it just turned out. 419 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:13,900 We found out later that everybody else that was there 420 00:26:13,900 --> 00:26:17,100 was a member of the church. He only non-member. 421 00:26:17,100 --> 00:26:19,400 That was of the age of accountability was this man. 422 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,800 This man, this is a great story, he obeyed the gospel that day. 423 00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:32,000 And the influence that he had was so great, that they expected 424 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,300 that maybe hundreds of people would be saved, as a result of 425 00:26:36,300 --> 00:26:39,200 his stand for the truth in obedience to the gospel. 426 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:43,400 You ever stopped to consider what difference that you would 427 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:48,800 make if you had a preacher of a son, Timothy you remember was a 428 00:26:48,808 --> 00:26:53,500 close friend of the Apostle Paul and Paul and Timothy partnered 429 00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:57,000 together as the gospel. Continue to spread you remember 430 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,600 also that many years later Paul was in prison and he writes two 431 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:07,300 letters of first and second Timothy Mother Eunice 432 00:27:07,300 --> 00:27:11,000 grandmother Lois. Look at 2nd Timothy 3. 433 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,800 In second, Timothy chapter 3 and verse 15. 434 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:19,800 It says, and from childhood you have been taught. 435 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:25,600 It says the scriptures. Now, please picture this, the 436 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,600 word scriptures, there is translated from a word called 437 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,000 brephos. You know what that word means. 438 00:27:30,100 --> 00:27:35,100 It means the sacred writings and Paul was saying you did it 439 00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:39,400 mother and grandmother, you took the sacred writings of the Old 440 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,500 Testament and you train Timothy and what did it do? 441 00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:47,900 It prepared his mind and his heart to receive the Gospel 442 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,000 later on. Now you don't think teaching 443 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,700 kids about Old Testament Bible stories important. 444 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,700 It's important when they learn about Jonah and they learn about 445 00:27:59,700 --> 00:28:03,200 Noah and they learn about Old Testament characters, what are 446 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,700 you doing? You are sharing with them, the 447 00:28:05,700 --> 00:28:10,800 sacred writings of the Old Testament, basic things, what 448 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:14,400 that does, is It prepares their mind and their heart to receive 449 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:19,700 the Gospel later on? if our kids never hear anything 450 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:24,700 about the word of God, in the home, Why would they ever want 451 00:28:24,700 --> 00:28:28,500 to be interested? Later on. 452 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:32,900 You know, they prove that a mother and a grandmother can 453 00:28:32,900 --> 00:28:36,300 make a difference, a spiritual impact on their children. 454 00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:39,300 Without even the help of a father in essence, they lived 455 00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:40,600 the commands of the Old Testament. 456 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:44,400 Deuteronomy, chapter 6, in Deuteronomy chapter 6. 457 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:50,100 Beginning in verse 4, the Bible says Hear o Israel, the Lord our 458 00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:54,700 God He is Lord and thou shalt love. 459 00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:57,000 The Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul with 460 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,700 all thy might. And these words, which I command 461 00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:03,000 you this day shall be in your heart and you shall teach them 462 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,000 diligently unto your children and shalt talk of them. 463 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,400 When you sit in your house, when you walk, by the way. 464 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:14,700 And when you lie down and when you rise up, That's what they 465 00:29:14,700 --> 00:29:16,900 did. They fulfill the Old Testament 466 00:29:16,900 --> 00:29:20,400 pattern of taking the word of God to their children. 467 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:24,700 Notice what Paul said of Timothy in Philippians chapter 2, watch 468 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:28,800 this beginning in verse 19. Paul said, but I trust in the 469 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,700 Lord Jesus Christ to send Timothy shortly to you. 470 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:38,000 That I maybe also of good comfort and may know your state 471 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:42,000 notice for, I have no man, like-minded, who will naturally 472 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,700 care for your state? Now, I'll tell you this, you've 473 00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:49,400 heard me say this so many times about fathers and about the role 474 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,000 of the husband. And so many times that things on 475 00:29:52,008 --> 00:29:53,700 the home are not what they ought to be. 476 00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:56,200 Because the role of the father, and the husband is not being 477 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,600 taken care of, according to the word of God. 478 00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:03,700 Yeah, that's all true. But this means, this means that 479 00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:07,700 a preacher came from an influence of a mother, a Godly 480 00:30:07,700 --> 00:30:13,100 mother and a Godly grandma. And what a difference they made. 481 00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:14,700 You know what Paul's saying in Philippians? 482 00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:18,300 He saying, I have nobody like him. 483 00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:21,800 In fact, Paul goes on to say, most people think about 484 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,700 themselves as I paraphrase and not about the things of the 485 00:30:25,708 --> 00:30:27,100 Lord. Jesus Christ. 486 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:32,700 Timothy is different. He thinks about the things of 487 00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:37,400 the Lord Jesus Christ. They changed the world. 488 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,200 Unison. Lois prepared him to be the man. 489 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,800 That he became and Paul continued on in that, passage in 490 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,500 Philippians, chapter 2 and verse 22. 491 00:30:48,500 --> 00:30:53,200 And he said but you know the proof of him that as a son with 492 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:57,200 a father, he has served me in the gospel became one of the 493 00:30:57,208 --> 00:30:59,900 great preachers that we read about in the scriptures. 494 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,300 Finally, this morning though, there's the greatest mother that 495 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:05,500 ever lived. In fact there's no way that we 496 00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:08,300 can even talk about mothers today without mentioning the 497 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:11,000 greatest mother that ever lived. And that's the mother of Jesus 498 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,800 Christ. And that was, she was the loyal 499 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,900 mother. You know, a John chapter 19 when 500 00:31:17,900 --> 00:31:22,700 Jesus was on the cross. His mother was there. 501 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:30,500 And you know, if Jesus had not sent his mother away, make no 502 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:34,400 mistake about it. She just stayed because that's 503 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:39,500 what mothers do. Mothers, don't give up. 504 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:42,300 When their children lose their way. 505 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:46,800 Now, they don't condone their activity if it's roll. 506 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,000 But there's nothing in the world like a mother. 507 00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:53,700 They never give up their loyalty. 508 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,100 When Jesus was on the cross, we could picture in Our Minds Eye, 509 00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:01,800 the scene of the tears that stream down the face of Mary as 510 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,500 Jesus was hanging on the cross. And you know what's interesting 511 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:10,800 about that, 30 years before that you might remember, do you 512 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:15,200 remember what Simian said? Simeon said this to marry 30 513 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:19,600 years before about? He said that in that day, your 514 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:27,500 heart get, this would be pierced through I said, he wasn't 515 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:31,500 talking about Jesus. Simeon was talking about Mary. 516 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,100 And we know the story that Jesus was pierced and why? 517 00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:38,900 Because the Bible says that it was prophesied, they looked on 518 00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:41,400 him whom they have pierced had to happen. 519 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,400 So there was a soldier that took a spear and thrust it into the 520 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,800 side of Jesus. And out, from her side, float, 521 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,800 blood water, it prove two things, one is human and to he 522 00:32:50,808 --> 00:32:54,100 was dead. We know that Jesus was pierced 523 00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:56,700 in his side. The Deathstroke that we preached 524 00:32:56,700 --> 00:33:02,100 about him Times Gone by But the lawyer mother Mary was pierced 525 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:05,100 too. Have you ever had anything in 526 00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:06,900 the world wrong with one of your kids? 527 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:12,400 That's the Pearson. That's what the loyal mother 528 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:17,900 went through. But she wouldn't give up. 529 00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:22,800 Mothers don't give up. Even when we as children deserve 530 00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:26,600 that they do, Someone once said that, a mother's love is 531 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:30,400 stronger than steel. It is softer than down and more 532 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:34,000 resilient than a green sapling on a hillside. 533 00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:37,500 It closes wounds. It melts, disappointments and 534 00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:41,200 enables the weakest child to stand tall and straight in the 535 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:46,100 fields of adversity. I'm so thankful that the Lord 536 00:33:46,100 --> 00:33:49,500 Jesus Christ, understanding his mother, understanding the pain 537 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:52,800 that she was and as he looked down, and he sees the disciple 538 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,900 that he loved. And that was John, and he sees 539 00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:57,500 his mother there. And he says woman Behold, thy 540 00:33:57,500 --> 00:34:01,000 son, son, Behold thy mother and from that period of time, from 541 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,800 that time on the Bible says that John took Mary unto his own 542 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:09,300 house and he took care of her and Jesus on the way out being 543 00:34:09,300 --> 00:34:12,699 crucified and buried the sins. For the entire world took care 544 00:34:12,699 --> 00:34:15,900 of his mother, The one that was loyal. 545 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:23,100 Do you see the four things here? They picture what a mother is. 546 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:28,100 She protects us. She supports us. 547 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:35,000 She instructs us. And she is loyal to us. 548 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:39,300 In closing this morning. The poet. 549 00:34:39,300 --> 00:34:42,300 Once wrote this regarding the influence that a mother has on 550 00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:46,400 her daughter. And it says a careful mother. 551 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:50,400 I ought to be because a little one is following me. 552 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:53,900 I do not dare to go astray for fear. 553 00:34:53,900 --> 00:34:55,699 She'll go the self. Same way. 554 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,000 I cannot want to escape her eyes. 555 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:03,400 Whatever she do sees me do she tries like me? 556 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,600 She says she's going to be that little one who follows me. 557 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,800 She thinks that I am good and fine believes in every word of 558 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,900 mine. The Basin me. 559 00:35:12,900 --> 00:35:16,000 She must not see that little one who follows me. 560 00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:21,900 I must remember as I go through Summer Sun and winter snow, I am 561 00:35:21,900 --> 00:35:27,800 building for the years to be that little one who follows me, 562 00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:32,100 that's the greatest job you will ever have is to be a mother. 563 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:38,100 We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the 564 00:35:38,100 --> 00:35:43,500 Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. Road in Bakersfield, if you 565 00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:46,000 would like any additional information, or you would like 566 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,200 to receive a free Bible correspondence, course by mail. 567 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,600 Please email us at info at her Church of Christ. 568 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:57,800 Bakersfield.com. 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