INTRODUCTION: The New Jerusalem is said to be the mother of us all. That is, the New Jerusalem is compared to a mother. On this Mother’s Day, it will be good to see the ways in which the New Jerusalem is an example of a good mother.

1. ALWAYS INCLUDING (Galatians 4:26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
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2. ALWAYS WELCOMING (Hebrews 12:22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
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3. ALWAYS REMEMBERED (Revelation 3:12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
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4. ALWAYS SEEKING (Revelation 3:12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
   See All...); a good mother seeks out her children; if they do not come to her, then she will come to them.
5. ALWAYS FEEDING (Revelation 19:7-9 [7] Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. [8] And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. [9] And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
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6. ALWAYS LEADING (Revelation 21:2-3 [2] And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. [3] And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
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7. ALWAYS COMFORTING (Revelation 21:4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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8. ALWAYS GLORIOUS (Revelation 21:9-11 [9] And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. [10] And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, [11] Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
   See All...); a good mother is worthy of our praise (Proverbs 31:28-31 [28] Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. [29] Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. [30] Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. [31] Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
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CONCLUSION: Going Home Tomorrow – D. L. Moody worked with some of the greatest song directors and hymn writers of his time. Many have heard of Ira Sankey. Another music man was Phillip P. Bliss. He is the author of songs like “Look and Live,” “Hold the Fort,” and “Hallelujah, What a Saviour!” In the winter of 1876, Phillip Bliss, his wife, and two children “went to his widowed mother’s home in northern Pennsylvania for the Christmas holidays. A raging blizzard caused Bliss and his wife to leave their two children with a relative in Avon, New York. Because of their commitment to be in Chicago no later than New Year’s Eve, the couple sent…a telegram on December 28, ‘We’re going home tomorrow.’ On the 29th they took the train heading for Chicago. Late on Friday night, just outside Ashtabula, Ohio, an iron bridge gave way because of the weight of the snow and the train. The Pacific Express passenger train plunged seventy feet into an icy creek, where it was mangled and then burned. Nothing of their remains was ever identified.” –from A Passion for Souls: The Life of D. L. Moody (page 249).