Mother’s
Major Responsibilities
Proverbs
31:1-31
I
Proverbs 31:1-2
‘Lamuel’
means “dedicated
to God” Did his mother dedicate her son?
We are told that she taught him
We are also told that she had made vows about him.
II The first responsibility of a Christian mother is to dedicate her
child to God.
We ‘dedicate’ God ‘consecrates’ for
service
1
Samuel 1:28 illustrates what dedication is.
Dedication does not save the soul of
a child
III What Dedication
means
1
Dictionary - “to dedicate
is to give over to a particular purpose”
2
Dedication acknowledges God as the Creator:
Revelation 4:11
Thou hast created all
things
Psalm 138:14 wonderfully
made
Jeremiah 1:5 this
is true of every child
3
Dedication acknowledges God as the Giver
of the child
1 Samuel 1:27 this child I prayed
Job
4
Dedication acknowledges that you care
for your child
Exodus 2:9 is an illustration
IV
Proverbs 31:1 Lemuel’s mother Taught him
Mother’s can be the best teachers
the child can every have,. God made them so!
1 Samuel
12:23 why did Samuel say that?
His mother was a woman of prayer
2
Chronicles
29:1 Hezekiah was godly, his father was
very ungodly
His mother is named,
no doubt she was his teacher
2 Timothy
3:14-15 from a child Timothy knew the Scriptures.
His mother and grandmother were his
teachers 2 Timothy 1:5
Titus
2:3-4 tells us how mother’s can teach
2
Chronicles 22:3 is a sad, sad, story
To
have had a godly mother has been one of the greatest blessing
of my life
“As go our mothers so goes the
Nation”
V
Proverbs 31:2
What my son? What the son
of my vows?
Lamuel’s mother had made vows
regarding her son, now asks: “what shall I say to my son?
1 Samuel 1:9-11
Hannah made vows regarding her
son Samuel
Numbers
6:2-5 explains the vows of a Nazarite
Judges
13:2-5 vows regarding Samson
Luke
1:13-15 John was to be a Nazarite
Ecclesiastes
5:5 better not to vow than to vow and
not pay
IV Proverbs 31:3 -31 Her lessons touch
on two major subjects
1)
Verses 3-9 - she taught him about the
evils of wine and strong drink
Proverbs 20:1 is true to this day
2)
Verses 10-31 she taught him the
virtues of a good women
(Perhaps she wanted a part in his
choice of a wife!)
Verses 11-12 she can be trusted
Verse 28 her children call her blessed
Verse 28 her husband praises her
Verse 30 best of all, she fears the Lord
Proverbs 1:7