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Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
05-09-21 Kevin Goins - Mother's Day Parable
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
“A Mother’s Day Parable”
Matthew 13:51-52
The parable of the householder speaks not only to mothers, but to all disciples of Jesus. It asks whether we see in our lives the attributes or virtues that identify one as a good learner, teacher, and director of a household.
I The first virtue required of mothers, disciples, and householders is modeled by Jesus and it is the virtue of i________________________ (15:31a).
A. Mothers understand that to be a good parent you must master the virtue of a________________ the right q__________________.
B. When was the last time we asked our children or grandchildren: “Do you understand what it means to f__________________ Jesus?”
C. But these hard questions are not just for us to ask our children or grandchildren – it might be good for us to ask e__________ o_____________.
II The second virtue required of mothers, disciples, and householders is non-judgmental a__________________________ (15:31b).
A. Are we willing to accept people where they are in their spiritual development, or do we feel compelled to be always pointing out the things that are ________________?
B. Our response to disobedience should be: “Your behavior is not acceptable to me, but you, you are acceptable to me because you are my _____________________.”
III The third virtue required of mothers, disciples, and householders is balance -- specifically, providing a balanced diet of _______ and _________ (15:32).
A. For a householder the storehouse is the p_________________, and the treasure is the p_____________________________ for the household.
B. Our newest generation in the U.S. is generation ______________.
C. Parents, we need to stop fearing all that is ____________; life is about c_____________.
IV But when Jesus talks about the new and the old he also has something very s_______________ in mind.
A. In this parable Jesus says that we mothers, fathers, and disciples are like householders who bring out of our s______________________ treasures new and old.
-but while the earthly householder brings out food, we bring out the treasures of God’s ______________.
B. The heart of the Gospel, the heart of the New Covenant, is ______________________.
V But we have a problem: grace is much easier to define than to d________________________.
A. The issue is that we Christian parents want our children to make us look successful as parents, but making us look good is not a ____________________ for our children.
B. We know how to define grace, but would our children say that our parenting d___________________ God’s grace?
C. The New Covenant treasure of God’s grace cannot replace the Old Covenant treasure of God’s ____________________________.
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Tuesday May 16, 2017
05-14-17 A Parable for Mothers
Tuesday May 16, 2017
Tuesday May 16, 2017
“A Parable for Mothers” Matthew 13:51-52
There is a parable told by Jesus which is not usually associated with Mother’s Day, but which actually has some great advice for mothers. The reason this parable is especially appropriate for this occasion is because it speaks about three virtues which, though needed by all believers, are especially useful to mothers. What are these virtues?
I First, there is the virtue of i____________, or the virtue of asking ________ ______________ (13:51a).
II Second, there is the virtue of n__________________ a_______________ (13:51b).
III Third, there is the virtue of b____________: providing a balanced diet of the _______ and the ________ (13:52).
-There are two ways to understand the “new” and the “old
We can understand it in the _____________ sense of anything new and old.
But when Jesus talks about new and old, he has something very ___________ in mind – He is talking about the old way of seeing God, the ____ _____________ and the new revelation about God, the ____ _____________.
IV So, the first two virtues are actually r___________ in the third.