Building Kingdom #6 Mothers Day

Building Kingdom Mothers Overview

In this sixth installment of the Building Kingdom series, the pastor delivers a powerful Mother’s Day message that goes far beyond celebrating mothers for their role in childbirth. Drawing from Psalm 139:14, Galatians 4, John 3:12-13, and Genesis 2:15-18, the message establishes that in the kingdom of heaven there is no distinction between male and female, Jew or Greek, bond or free. Using the contrast between Saul and David, the pastor illustrates the difference between religious performance and intimate relationship with God. A rich exploration of Galatians 4 unpacks the allegory of Hagar and Sarah, revealing that heaven itself is our spiritual mother and that every born-again believer, man or woman, receives the full rights of a firstborn son and heir. The Hebrew meaning of the word translated helper in Genesis 2:18, ezer, is examined in depth, showing it means warrior, lifesaver, and strength where the other is weak, the same word used to describe God himself. The message closes with a passionate call for the church to release women into their full apostolic, prophetic, evangelistic, pastoral, and teaching callings so the body of Christ can function on all cylinders in these last days.

Building Kingdom Mothers Outline

• 00:00 – Series Introduction and Mother’s Day Context: The pastor introduces the ongoing Building Kingdom series and explains why the Mother’s Day occasion fits perfectly with the next two weeks focused on women in the church and kingdom.
• 05:30 – Saul Versus David: Religion Versus Intimacy: Using the story of David and Goliath, the pastor contrasts Saul’s religious knowledge without relationship against David’s intimate trust in God, showing how religion tries to take credit for what only intimacy with God can produce.
• 14:00 – The Kingdom of Heaven and the Dispensations: A survey of how God has administered his kingdom through different dispensations, from innocence through law to grace, explaining why the current kingdom of heaven era changes everything about how believers relate to God and to each other.
• 22:00 – Three Divine Institutions and Their Purpose: God established the family in Genesis 2, human government in Genesis 9, and the church in Acts 2, each called to serve rather than dominate. The pastor challenges every institution to stay in its lane and embrace a servant posture.
• 30:00 – Galatians 4 and the Full Rights of Sons: A verse-by-verse walk through Galatians 4:1-9 and 21-31 reveals that every born-again believer, male or female, receives the complete inheritance of a firstborn son, born not from slavery and law but from the free woman, who represents heaven itself as our spiritual mother.
• 41:00 – Heaven as Our Spiritual Mother: The pastor develops the profound truth that if God is our Father then heaven is our mother, drawing parallels between a mother’s attributes, provision, comfort, hope, gathering of family, and the attributes scripture ascribes to heaven.
• 47:30 – The Hebrew Word Ezer: Woman as Warrior and Lifesaver: Genesis 2:18 is examined in the original Hebrew, showing that the word translated helper or suitable helper means warrior, man’s perfect match, strength where the other is weak, and lifesaver, the same term God uses to describe himself and the Holy Spirit.
• 53:00 – A Call to Release Women Into Kingdom Purpose: The pastor issues a direct call for the church to repent of restricting women and to release them into apostolic, prophetic, evangelistic, pastoral, and teaching roles, arguing that withholding their gifts costs the body of Christ half its strength in the last days.
• 57:00 – Closing Blessing and Preview of Next Week: A pastoral blessing is spoken over husbands and women alike, and listeners are prepared for the following week’s message which will address scriptures that have been misused to restrict women in the church.

Scripture References

Psalm 139:14, John 3:12-13, Galatians 4:1-7, Galatians 4:9, Galatians 4:21-26, Galatians 4:30-31, Genesis 2:15-18, Romans 13:1-2, Psalm 133, Ephesians 1:3

Key Takeaways

• In the kingdom of heaven there is no distinction between male and female, Jew or Greek, or bond and free, because every born-again believer receives the full rights of a firstborn son and joint heir with Jesus Christ.
• Religious performance without intimate relationship with God produces bondage and restriction, while genuine heart intimacy with God, like David’s, releases boldness, courage, and kingdom advancement.
• Heaven itself functions as our spiritual mother, providing abundance, hope, comfort, strength, joy, and the gathering of families, and mothers on earth reflect these very attributes by divine design.
• The Hebrew word ezer, translated as helper in Genesis 2:18, actually means warrior, lifesaver, man’s perfect match, and strength where the other is weak, the exact same word used to describe God and the Holy Spirit.
• God established three institutions, the family, human government, and the church, each called to serve rather than dominate, and when they stay in their lane and serve, the blessing of God flows from heaven down through every sphere of society.
• Women are designed by God to multiply whatever is given to them, and withholding their gifts, callings, and voices from the church robs the body of Christ of half its strength precisely when it is needed most in these last days.
• Every restriction placed on women in the church beyond what scripture actually teaches reflects the hardness of men’s hearts toward God, not the will of the kingdom of heaven, and the church must repent and release women into their full kingdom purpose.

Building Kingdom Mothers Notes

Kingdom Governance Changes Everything for Women

The pastor opens by situating this Mother’s Day message inside a broader theological framework: the kingdom of heaven operates differently from every prior dispensation. Under law, restrictions multiplied because hearts grew hard toward God. Under grace, the freedom believers enjoy is a direct reflection of their new heart. This means that religious traditions restricting women are not expressions of kingdom governance but echoes of old-covenant hardness. Galatians 4 makes this explicit when Paul rebukes the Galatians for turning back to weak and miserable principles after having known God. Kingdom living requires shedding those old structures entirely.

David and Goliath Reveal the Heart Test

One of the sermon’s most vivid illustrations draws on the contrast between Saul and David before Goliath. Saul knew about God, even tried to dress David in his own armor so others would credit him for the victory, but he lacked intimacy. David, a young shepherd boy, had cultivated a private relationship with God through protecting sheep from lions and bears. That intimacy translated into public boldness. The lesson is direct: God consistently chooses the weak, the base, and the overlooked to confound the wise, because his power flows through relationship, not résumé. This principle applies equally to women called to kingdom service.

Heaven as Mother Transforms How Moms See Themselves

The theological anchor of the message is the declaration in Galatians 4:26 that the Jerusalem above is free and she is our mother. If God is Father and heaven is mother, then earthly mothers carry a reflection of heaven’s own character. The pastor lists heaven’s attributes, abundance, hope, wiping away tears, comfort, strength, joy, gathering of families, and establishing a future, and invites mothers to see their daily sacrificial love as a mirror of what heaven does for every believer. This reframes motherhood not as a limiting role but as a high calling that images the very nature of God’s dwelling place.

The True Meaning of Ezer Changes the Conversation

The Greek and English word helper, used in Genesis 2:18, has been read for centuries as implying a secondary or subordinate role for women. The pastor corrects this by returning to the Hebrew word ezer, which carries the meanings of warrior, lifesaver, man’s perfect match, and strength where the other is weak. Crucially, God uses the identical term to describe himself as a very present help in trouble, and Jesus uses related language to describe the Holy Spirit. No one reads helper to mean the Holy Spirit is lesser than believers. The same logic must apply to women: helper denotes greater strength brought to bear on another’s weakness.

Releasing Women Strengthens the Whole Body

The pastor argues from a practical kingdom standpoint that restricting women from apostolic, prophetic, evangelistic, pastoral, and teaching roles is not piety but strategic loss. Women naturally multiply what they are given, a house becomes a home, groceries become a meal, and kingdom investment given to a woman returns multiplied to the body of Christ. Refusing to release women into their callings is equivalent to the church choosing to operate at half capacity in the very days when full-strength ministry is most urgently needed. The pastor makes a personal apology on behalf of men who have brow-beaten women into a diminished place and calls the church to correction.

Practical Exhortation to Walk in Full Inheritance

Closing the message, the pastor draws on Galatians 4:7, you are no longer a slave but a son, and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir. Every believer, regardless of gender, holds the title to the whole estate, not a fraction distributed among many heirs but the full inheritance given individually to each one. Women do not need to wait for special permission or additional training beyond what the Spirit has already placed within them. The call is to rise up in humility and meekness, embrace the gifts and callings God has given, and function with the Holy Spirit as Lord in the midst of a church that represents heaven on earth.

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