05-14-17 A Parable for Mothers

“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.