AM: “The Significance of Women in Scripture”

Text: Matthew 11:25-30

  • Introduction:
    • The word “woman” is used in the bible 339 times
    • The word “women” is used in the Bible 170 times
    • The word “mother” is used in the bible 292 times
    • There are at least 30 different significant references to women in the ministry of Jesus.  (see below)

Jesus and His mother, Mary.

  1. Mary’s introduction to her Son     Luke 1:1 – 2:38
    1. Receiving God’s message which was delivered to her by God’s messenger, the Angel Gabriel     Luke 1:26-37
    2. Submitting to god’s Will for her life     Luke 1:38
    3. Her prophetic delivery in Bethlehem     Luke 2:1-21; Micah 5:2
    4. Presenting her Son at the Temple     Luke 2:22-38
  2. Mary’s experience of caring for Messiah
    1. Their departure to Egypt     Matthew 2:13-20; Hosea 11:1
    2. Their return to Nazareth     Matthew 2:21-23; Luke 2:39-40
    3. Their astonishment in the temple    Luke 2:41-50
    4. Jesus’ teen years in Nazareth     Luke 2:51-52
  3. Mary’s relationship with His (Jesus’) ministry
    1. The beginning of Jesus’ ministry     John 2:1-11
    2. Distancing through His adult life     Matthew 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21
    3. Mary’s traumatic loss in Jesus’ crucifixion     John 19:25-27
  • We can honor Mary, but not worship her.
  • Mary is an example of a Godly woman – she was with the other followers     Acts 1:14

Following are 30 different significant references to women in the ministry of Jesus:

  • Luke 1:26-56            Mary & Elizabeth
  • Luke 2:36-38            Anna
  • John 2:1-12               Wedding @ Cana
  • John 4:1-42               The woman @ the well
  • Matthew 8:14-17     Peter’s mother-in-law
  • Luke 7:11-17             The widow of Nain
  • Luke 7:36-50             The woman washing Jesus’ feet
  • Luke 8:1-3                  Mary Magdalene & other women
  • Matthew 9:18-26       Jairus’ daughter and the woman with the issue of blood
  • Matthew 15:21-28     Syrophoenician woman’s daughter
  • John 8:1-11                 The woman taken in adultery
  • Luke 10:38-42             Mary & Martha
  • Luke 113:10-17           A woman healed on the Sabbath
  • Luke 15:8-10               Woman in the parable of the lost coin
  • John 11:1-46                Mary & Martha again
  • Luke 18:1-8                  The woman in the “judge” parable
  • Matthew 19:1-12         Commitment to wife in marriage
  • Matthew 20:20-28       James & John’s mother
  • John 12:1-8                   Mary in Bethany
  • Mark 12:41-44             Widow’s mite
  • Matthew 25:1-13         Ten virgins in parable
  • Matthew 26:6-13          When Jesus was anointed in Bethany
  • John 19:25-27                Women at the cross – and Jesus gives the care of His mother to John
  • Matthew 27:51-56         Women at the cross
  • Matthew 27:57-61          Women involved in the Burial of Jesus
  • Matthew 28:1-8              Women at the Resurrection morning
  • Mark 16:9-10                   Mary Magdalene
  • Matthew 28:9-10            Other women that day
  • Acts 1:14-15                     Jesus’ mother & other women