Sermon Tone Analysis

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.

1 Cor.

15:

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

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, 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!

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!

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!

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?”