The following message is by pastor John Piper.

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The scripture text for this morning is taken from Romans chapter 10 verses 1 through four. Brothers my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God but not according to knowledge.

For being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God and seeking to establish their

own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Let's pray together.

Father, my heart's desire, and prayer to you is that every mother and father and every single person,

every married person without children, every widow, every widower, would both

understand and experience the glorious event of justification by grace alone, alone, through faith alone, on the basis of the

righteousness of Christ alone for your glory alone. Let none I pray leave Northwestern College or this sanctuary, without tasting and experiencing what it is by grace through faith to be set right with God.

And so come and help me take this text and open it faithfully, I ask. In Jesus' name,

Amen.

Let's put Romans 10, 1 to 4, under the banner of motherhood. Every text in the Bible is a Mother's Day text. If you believe that all

scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for

correction, for reproof, and for instruction in righteousness, and you believe that correction and reproof and instruction

in righteousness are necessary for the weighty calling of motherhood.

If you don't believe those two things for the weighty calling of motherhood.

If you don't believe those two things, you won't agree that every text is a mother's text,

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