Sermon by Rev. Richard Jones
(NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, portions of this sermon did not record. Recording stops at 11:10 but resumes at 12:45.)
Behold Your Mother
John 19:25-27
John 19:25-27 (ESV)
25 but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother”™s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
AN ORDINARY WOMAN
Luke 1:46-47 (ESV)
46 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord,
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
Matthew 13:53-58 (ESV)
53 And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there,
54 and coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
55 Is not this the carpenter”™s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
56 And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”
57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”
58 And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.
AN EXTRAORDINARY ROLE
Mark 3:20-21 (ESV)
20 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat.
21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”
AN ORDERLY TRANSITION
John 19:25-27 (ESV)
25 but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother”™s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.