Motherly Attributes of God
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· 30 viewsIn the Bible, there are several attributes of God that can be described as "Motherly". These attributes highlight God's caring and nurturing nature towards his people. Overall, these "Motherly" attributes of God show his love and care for his people. They remind us that God is not just a distant, all-powerful deity, but a loving and nurturing parent who desires the best for his children.
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Knowing God (Part 5)
Knowing God (Part 5)
Happy Mother’s day to all the Moms and moms to be , and moms who want to be
This is a day dedicated to saying thanks to all the Moms out there.
After all without you none of us would be here.
So thank-you.
Last week Pastor Trevor spoke an amazing message on
“How to Know and Experience more of our Triune God Today”
He spoke on the relationship between the God Head
Father Son and Holy Spirit
sometime women feel left out, Especially Mothers.
But I want to tell you All the desirable attributes of a Mother come from God Himself
We see this right in the first chapter of the Bible
26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
made in God’s image thats a whole message in itself.
but the point I want to make here is God’s image included both male and female
Although We call Father God male pronoun
And Jesus took on flesh as a man
And Holy Spirit is given male pronouns throughout scipture.
We know from scripture that femaleness came directly from God when Adam and Eve were created
So today as we continue our knowing God series, I would like to take a look at the “Motherly Attributes of God”
Let’s pray
Intro
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In the Bible, there are several attributes of God that can be described as "Motherly".
These attributes highlight God's caring and nurturing nature towards his people.
One of the most prominent "Motherly" attributes of God is his compassion.
Just as a mother has compassion for her children, God also has compassion for his people.
This can be seen in numerous Bible verses, such as
13 Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
Another "Motherly" attribute of God is his tenderness.
God is often described in the Bible as being gentle and kind, just as a mother is towards her children.
This can be seen in
13 “As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you;
And you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
God's provision is also often described in a "Motherly" manner.
Just as a mother provides for her children, God provides for his people.
This can be seen in
26 “Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
Overall, these "Motherly" attributes of God show his love and care for his people.
They remind us that God is not just a distant, all-powerful deity, but a loving and nurturing parent who desires the best for his children.
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Now I have a confession to make. The last 250 words. I never wrote.
that was written by an ai
ChatGPT to be exact.
I asked chatGPT
“Can you give me a 250 word synopsis for the Mothery attributes of God found in the Bible”
What I just read is ChatGPT response.
I’ll say this at least ChatGPT can access the Bible
But let’s get in to the message for today.
God Cares for His people
God Cares for His people
12 “Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers’?
God birthed a nation
God birthed a nation
7 “Before she travailed, she brought forth;
Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.
8 “Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things?
Can a land be born in one day?
Can a nation be brought forth all at once?
As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons.
9 “Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God.
10 “Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her;
Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her,
11 That you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts,
That you may suck and be delighted with her bountiful bosom.”
12 For thus says the Lord, “Behold, I extend peace to her like a river,
And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
And you will be nursed, you will be carried on the hip and fondled on the knees.
13 “As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you;
And you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
again this attribute is repeated in
18 “You neglected the Rock who begot you,
And forgot the God who gave you birth.
Jesus describes the conversion experience as birthing new Life
Jesus describes the conversion experience as birthing new Life
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?”
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 “Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
8 “The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Peter compares christian maturity as a mother nuturing her child
Peter compares christian maturity as a mother nuturing her child
2 like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,
3 if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.
Hosea decribes God’s passion for us like a momma bear or lion
Hosea decribes God’s passion for us like a momma bear or lion
8 I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs,
And I will tear open their chests;
There I will also devour them like a lioness,
As a wild beast would tear them.
The Lord guides as a mother eagle
The Lord guides as a mother eagle
11 Like an eagle that rouses her chicks
and hovers over her young,
so he spread his wings to take them up
and carried them safely on his pinions.
12 The Lord alone guided them;
they followed no foreign gods.
God will never forget us!
God will never forget us!
15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child
And have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.
Conclusion
So Yes we call God Father. But He also gave us all the characterics of a Godly Mother
10 An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
13 She looks for wool and flax
And works with her hands in delight.
14 She is like merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.
15 She rises also while it is still night
And gives food to her household
And portions to her maidens.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
From her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She girds herself with strength
And makes her arms strong.
18 She senses that her gain is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.
19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff,
And her hands grasp the spindle.
20 She extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for herself;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them,
And supplies belts to the tradesmen.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the future.
26 She opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
29 “Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all.”
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Give her the product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.
Let’s pray