Transcript of a published sermon by Kenneth Carpenter, transcribed from YouTube. An attributed primary source — not Acts 2:38 Life doctrine text.
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Summary
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A mother arose in Israel
- He opens the Mother's Day honoring by thanking the first lady for her presentation, announcing that he wants to open 'my part of mother's day honoring', and saying the church is doing something biblical in taking a few moments to honor mothers as God has told it to honor them.
- He designates the text in the book of Judges, chapter 5, verse 6, and reads the passage: in the days of Shamgar the son of Anath the highways were unoccupied and the travellers walked through byways; the inhabitants of the villages ceased in Israel, until Deborah arose a mother in Israel; they chose new gods, there was war in the gates, and no shield or spear was seen among forty thousand.
- He notes that Deborah herself wrote the words, and that the chapter ends in a victory led by a woman named Deborah.
Scriptures: Judges 5:6-8
More mothers to stand
- He restates the text's picture: an ungodly, perilous culture in which no one traveled the highways, no houses were being built, and people hid in thickets — all of it happening until Deborah stood up in Israel as a mother.
- He applies the text to the nation: what will cure a lot of the ills of the United States of America is not more spending but more mothers — more mothers to stand; the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
A mother literally or figuratively
- Speaking as pastor, he stops to minister to women for whom Mother's Day is a heartbreak because they have never given birth biologically to a child, telling them they can be a mother literally or a mother figuratively.
- He teaches that the Bible's term for a mother denotes one that binds together the family, and he invites the women of wisdom and godly example in the congregation to stand with the mothers and receive the congregation's thanks.
- He leads the whole house to stand and thank God for the tremendous creation and the tremendous plan, for mothers, and for the church as the spiritual mother, and closes in prayer for the remainder of the service before letting the worship begin.
Scripture index: Judges 5:6-8.
Transcript
wow what a presentation this morning sister carpenter what a what a tremendous what a tremendous presentation that you gave and uh man those delish lips i she said they got healing for your lips i'm gonna see if that's true amen i want to open my part of mother's day honoring and you do realize today we're doing something biblical here i know we may not be running the aisles right now we may not be in a praise worship song and that's coming a little bit later but do you know our bible tells us and part of this bible that's under great attack tells us to honor our mother and our father and here at first apostolic church this morning we're just taking a few moments out to honor what god has told us to honor to honor our mothers in the book of judges chapter number 5 verse 6 in the days of shamgar the son of anath and in the days of jail the highways were unoccupied and the travelers walked through byways the inhabitants of the villages ceased they ceased in israel until that i deborah arose that i arose a mother in israel they chose new gods there was war in the gates there there was shield or spear seen among forty thousand now she writes this deborah writes this and i don't have the time to go all the way down but at the end of this chapter is a victory that was led by a woman by the name of deborah and she said the culture was ungodly it was perilous dangerous times no one was traveling the highways no houses were being built no one they were hiding in thickets she said all of that was happening until i deborah stood up in israel i stood up a mother can i tell you what will cure a lot of the ills of the united states of america is not more spending but more mothers we need more mothers the ham that rocks the cradle rules the world we need more mothers to stand now i know that mother's day is a very joyous time for the majority of mothers but as pastor there's hardly a mother's day goes by that i won't try to stop and minister to someone that's not happy it's a natural tendency for a woman to want to be a mother but for whatever reason for whatever reason that god may have chosen they have never given birth biologically to a child some of these women today this service is a little bit of a heartbreak to them but i want you to know something this morning you can be a mother literally or you can be a mother figuratively all through the bible there are terms that is used to denote a mother because what a mother means in the bible what a mother means is one that binds together the family there are women sitting in this congregation today and i want you when i have all the mothers in just just a moment to stand i want you to stand along with them no you have not given birth biologically to a child but you sure are a mother of wisdom here at first apostolic church you sure are a mother of example of what a godly woman should be so now at this time i want all the mothers in this house to stand right now and i want us to give them a great big tremendous hand clap offering thank you mothers thank you mothers mothers of wisdom mothers thank you so much today thank you thank you now why don't we all stand right now and why don't we continue that applause to the king of kings the creator of man the creator of woman the creator of the family oh thank you god for your tremendous creation thank you lord for your tremendous plan thank you god that you gave us mothers thank you lord we praise you today god we pray praise you that you've given us the church the mother the spiritual mother of us i thank you lord for the church today lord i praise you lord jesus be upon the remainder of this service in jesus name i praise and in jesus name i pray amen let's let the worship begin
Scripture references as spoken: Judges 5:6-8.