Mothers...You Have Victory in Christ!
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· 104 viewsGodly women are a great example of staying the course in the Christian life. In order to do so, we must be STEADFAST, IMMOVABLE, ABOUNDING in the work of the Lord, knowing our LABOR IS NOT IN VAIN.
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58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Mothers are a great example to everyone.
Who do you not want to upset at home? Mom.
Who gives the best praises to their kids? Mom.
Who thinks their son is the best preacher in this room? My mom!
Mom’s will tell you when to calm down, but are the first to jump in when their buttons are pushed.
Mom’s can tell when you need a bath, a dollar, and a hug.
Mom’s desire the best for their families.
With that, today I’d like to encourage mom’s and women today with these words from Paul to the Corinthian church.
I know you get weary and worn down because you never stop.
I know many of you don’t have a Godly spouse or someone else to bounce spiritual thoughts off of.
I know many of you simply need a word of encouragement every now and then.
Let’s revisit the words of Paul in the previous section before we ponder today’s truths.
50 I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Cor. 15:
Mom, Be Steadfast; Immovable!
Mom, Be Steadfast; Immovable!
Mom, this word means to be firm!
Specifically, in your position.
Contextually, your position is that of a believer in Christ; one who repented of your sins and have come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
“Even moms need to come to Christ?” Yes!
Paul uses this same language in
23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
We are steadfast in the Gospel. Look at the language Paul used here.
“Not moved from the hope held out in the gospel”
I know moms who are so focused in the way they discipline their children that they are known for it; and vice versa.
I know moms who are extremely focused regarding their expectations to a high educational standard, and vice versa.
I know moms who won’t let anything that doesn’t say “organic, gluten-free, BPA-free” in their homes, and vice versa.
I also know moms who are steadfast in the Lord. They are firm in their Biblical beliefs, they pray, read, evangelize, disciple young ones, encourage fellowship, and are growing in Him. I also know the lukewarm and ice cold spiritual mom.
Friends, we want our kids and grandkids to be disciplined, well-educated, polite contributors in society, but without us modeling a firmness in the foundation of our faith, we are only passing on “good things” that will soon pass away.
Mom, Be Immovable!
Mom, Be Immovable!
Mom, concerning your faith; be immovable!
In the original language, this word’s root is kineo, which means, move, or shake.
It comes with the idea of shaking one’s head.
The entire word, immovable, then has the idea that you won’t be shaken.
Although you are beaten and pressured by family or society, you remain in Him.
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Mom, Be Abounding in the Work!
Mom, Be Abounding in the Work!
When you think about the “work” mom’s do, what might be a few?
Here, “the work” refers to proclaiming the Gospel message.
You’ll notice that the NIV version says to “give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord.”
The NLT which says “always work enthusiastically for the Lord.”
And the newest translation out there today which was released this year by Holman Publishers, the Christian Standard Bible, says “always excelling in the Lord’s work.”
A.T. Robertson calls verse 58 the “practical turn to this great doctrinal argument.”
The believers were questioning the bodily resurrection that they would experience after a bodily death; modeled after Christ’s resurrection.
Do you ever have spiritual doubts?
Paul is addressing the doubts of the Corinthian believers and ends that section with “be steadfast, abound in the work of the Lord...”
Robertson comments that one of the best things to do when you have these doubts is to work.
Frances Crosby’s hymn gives a good illustration of this:
To the work! To the work! We are servants of God;
Let us follow the path that our Master has trod;
With the balm of His counsel our strength to renew,
Let us do with our might what our hands find to do.
Let us hope, let us watch,
And labor till the Master comes. To the work! To the work! Let the hungry be fed;
To the fountain of life let the weary be led;
In the cross and its banner our glory shall be,
While we herald the tidings, “Salvation is free!”To the work! To the work! There is labor for all;
For the kingdom of darkness and error shall fall;
And the love of our Father exalted shall be,
In the loud swelling chorus, “Salvation is free!”To the work! To the work! In the strength of the Lord,
And a robe and a crown shall our labor reward,
When the home of the faithful our dwelling shall be,
And we shout with the ransomed, “Salvation is free!”
Mom, Your Labor is not in Vain!
Mom, Your Labor is not in Vain!
Notice the work that Mrs. Crosby is referring to here. Promoting and proclaiming the Gospel message.
Let us hope, let us watch,
And labor till the Master comes. To the work! To the work! Let the hungry be fed;
To the fountain of life let the weary be led;
In the cross and its banner our glory shall be,
While we herald the tidings, “Salvation is free!”To the work! To the work! There is labor for all;
For the kingdom of darkness and error shall fall;
And the love of our Father exalted shall be,
In the loud swelling chorus, “Salvation is free!”To the work! To the work! In the strength of the Lord,
And a robe and a crown shall our labor reward,
When the home of the faithful our dwelling shall be,
And we shout with the ransomed, “Salvation is free!”
Mom, Your Labor is not in Vain!
Mom, Your Labor is not in Vain!
We know that moms especially feel that labor is sometimes in vain.
“I just washed that!”
“I feel like I just bought groceries, where did they all go?”
“How did you outgrow those already? We bought them last month!”
Now, mom has to wash it again, buy more groceries, and make another trip to the store for jeans and shoes that you keep outgrowing!
Mom, your labor is not in vain!
You and your husband don’t clean the house simply for a clean house; you are teaching good habits to the kids and promote good hygiene for yourselves even after the kids are gone.
You and your husband aren’t going to stop buying groceries when the kids move out, fewer, but you’ll still buy them.
You and your husband are still going to be buying clothes! Yours, his, the kids still, and better yet, THE GRANDKIDS!
The Bible speaks of labor as a good thing!
12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
It wasn’t until and the fall that work would be difficult.
Mom, your work is difficult.
You do work hard.
But there is Good News!
You keep doing the things that you do at home because little someones are watching you.
You keep doing the things that you do at work because the job still needs to get done.
Mom, you keep living as a disciple and giving yourself fully to the work of the Lord because that’s what scripture commands you to do, and what you desire as a child of God.
You have a new heart as a Christian.
You desire the things of God now. Your heart longs for the things of scripture, for your children and grandchildren to hear from you and your husband about the mercy and grace of God!
Mom and dad, the local church certainly wants to partner with you in completing the work of the Gospel in your home, but as your pastor I’d like to leave the believing mom’s and dad’s here today with this challenge:
It is your job to share the Good News of the Gospel message with your children.
Church, we can’t expect our kids and teens to hear the Good News one hour a week on Sunday morning and believe it’s true when every other part of their lives; at home, school and their friends houses are telling them the complete opposite!
Mom, your labor in the Gospel is not in vain!
When you speak truth from scripture, you succeed.
When your kids and grandkids see you consistently living as scripture declares, you succeed.
When you get a chance to witness to your own kids and the neighbor kids, you succeed.
Mom, you haven’t labored in vain!