A Mother’s Day Verse You Might Not Expect!
“And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. But women will be saved through childbearing…” (1 Timothy 2:14-15)
I bet you have never heard that verse used in celebration of Mother’s Day. What does that verse mean? Does it mean that men get saved by grace through faith, but woman get saved by having babies? Of course not! So what does it mean?
Here’s my take. A woman (Eve) was deceived in the Garden. Adam sinned knowingly (which makes his sin even worse), but the promise was made that a descendant who would come through the woman who would be the Savior. Indeed, Eve’s descendant, born through Mary, was the long anticipated Messiah—Jesus. So in whatever way Eve brought reproach on women by being deceived and the first to sin, through Eve’s great, great, great, great… grandson—Mary’s child, Jesus—salvation came. Thus any reproach was removed and women (along with all humanity) were “saved through childbearing.”
What a noble thing to be a mom. Happy Mother’s Day!
May 10th, 2009 at 5:51 am
Great verse and point. Some other verses along this line:
Luk 1:38 And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
Luk 1:46 And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord,
Luk 1:47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
Luk 1:48 “For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave; For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed.
Luk 2:16 So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger.
Luk 2:17 When they had seen this, they made known the statement which had been told them about this Child.
Luk 2:18 And all who heard it wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds.
Luk 2:19 But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.
Luk 2:49 And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”
Luk 2:50 But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them.
Luk 2:51 And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.
The seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15) was born and nurtured and grew into our salvation!
It really is amazing! Thank God for mothers and their hearts!