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*/38/*/ Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.
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/ 39 She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.
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/ 40 But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone?
Then tell her to help me.”
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/ 41 But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; /
/ 42 but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” /
It is essential that we learn that a relationship with Jesus is more important than religious activity.
Its unfortunate that in a lot of our churches we are more focused on what’s going on, on the outside instead of what’s happening on the inside of a person.
See on the outside a person can put on a good front.
A person can do all the right things, say all the right things, but if there is not a change on the inside than I suggest to you that that person has not changed at all.
In the text you should look to see the value of this one thing that your life should be devoted to.
Church that one thing that we are going to talk about is a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Have you ever heard this said before: It’s not what you know, but it’s who you know.
Think about that statement and then think about a particular time when you were really in a bad situation but because you knew someone they were able to vouch for you, they were able to step in and say he’s with me.
Because you had a relationship with someone they were able to cover for you; they were able to get whatever problems or situation you were in covered because you had a relationship with them.
Church the world is in a bad situation.
It’s doomed for destruction; headed straight for eternal damnation.
Folks I was in this number.
I was in this situation, but because I became to know Jesus; because I have a relationship with Him; He vouched for me.
He interceded on my behalf, and because He did, I’m justified.
Righteousness is imputed on me because I have a relationship with Jesus.
So again it’s not what you know, but it’s who you know.
When I think about that statement.
It makes me want to talk about the difference between saving faith and dead faith, but we can’t go there right now, but I will say this.
It’s not enough just to know what Jesus did.
Its’ enough to just know of Jesus; but you have to know Jesus personally.
You’ve got to know Him for yourself.
It’s not what you know but it’s who you know.
We all know Paul, when he was Saul; What he knew was he didn’t like Christians.
What he knew was he wanted to persecute Christian; but when he became to know Jesus.
When he became to know Jesus, I hear Paul saying “I don’t determine to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
All I’m trying to get you to see church is the importance on having a relationship with the Lord.
Now there are a few people I’ve want to look at in this text this morning.
Martha and Mary and then Jesus response or attitude to their actions.
First let me say we’re not going to dog Martha out.
Because if the truth be told we need some Martha types.
Jesus Himself let us know that, when He said earlier in this Chapter “truly the harvest is great but the laborers are few”.
Martha was a doer.
You know its one thing to say you’re going to do something, but it’s another to do.
What you say you’re going to do.
So we’re not going to dog Martha out but we do want to raise a few questions that cause you to examine your service to the Lord, and your relationship with the Lord.
So let’s look at the text.
*/Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
(Luke 10:38)/ *Martha here has received Jesus into her house.
She welcomed Him into her house.
Now from the text we can see that Mary is at the feet of Jesus, but verse 40 says that Martha was cumbered with much serving.
Jesus is in Martha’s house but because of her serving she’s not spending any time with Him.
Church have you ever been preparing for family to come over to your house, and you have just been working all day.
Cooking, cleaning, straightening up ; working so hard that when your family comes over you’re so tide up in serving that you don’t even have time to have a good conversation with them.
Now I used that just as an illustration, but some of us that is exactly what we do to the Lord.
When we accepted Jesus as our savior we received Him into our house.
We welcomed Him into our house.
Now that He’s in our house, now that He lives in us we won’t even spend time with Him.
Children of God spend time with the Lord.
I think it is important that I tell you that a lack of devotion will break you.
Lack of devotion with God can destroy you.
With all that’s going on in our world today; if you don’t take time to commune with God you’re in for a world of trouble.
If you’ve been wondering how come you just can’t get right.
You just don’t feel right.
You’re not as for along as you think you should be.
You don’t have the patience you think you should have.
You don’t have the strength you think you should have.
You don’t have the faith you think you should have It’s probably because you haven’t spent anytime in devotion with the Lord.
Just ask yourself why doesn’t the blessed man walk in the counsel of the ungodly, why doesn’t he stand in the way of sinners, why doesn’t he sit in the seat of the scornful.
Why is the blessed man like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth his fruit in his season?
Why will his leaf not wither, and why does whatever he does proper.
It’s because his delight is in the Lord and in His law does he meditate day and night.
We have to learn to meditate on his word.
We have to learn to delight in the Lord.
That’s what Mary was doing in verse 39 she was delighting in His word.
It ought to be a joy for you just to come and to hear the word.
Anywhere you know the word is going to be taught you ought to be trying to get there.
And so Mary is at the Lord’s feet listening to His Word.
Bathing in the very word of God.
Whatever particular soap you use to bathe scent of that soap tends to come off your body.
Now could you imagine if you bathed in the Word of God.
If you just let the Word of God come alive all over you; when people are in your presence they will be able to smell the sweet aroma of Jesus on you life.
And see when that happens you’re letting your light so shine amongst men so they may see your good works and glorify your God which is in heaven.
The only way Christ will work through us is if we first build a relationship with Him.
The more we seek Him, the more we’ll find Him, and the more we find Him, the more we can be used by Him.
So we must have an earnest desire to seek the Lord.
That’s what Mary had.
Mary had a desire for a relationship with Jesus.
This is Mary of Bethany.
Sister of Martha, brother of Lazaraus.
Mary is found a few times in the gospels and each time we find her she is in the same place; at the feet of Jesus.
The first time is here in this morning text.
Here she’s getting to know Jesus; building that relationship.
The next we see her at the feet of Jesus in John 11:32.
She’s pouring her heart out to Jesus.
Telling Him all about her troubles her hurt, her pain.
We know after this Jesus proceeded to work a miracle and raise Lazarus from the dead.
Now I wonder if you caught that pattern though?
Did you catch the order?
The first time we saw her at the feet of Jesus, she was getting to know Him.
The second time she was at the feet of Jesus, she was telling Him about her troubles.
Some of you are wondering why you been praying and praying for this brake through and you haven’t received it yet.
You been praying for peace, praying for strength, praying for patience, praying for healing, praying for deliverance; I stop by to tell you to get to know Jesus.
The third time she was at the feet of Jesus was John 12:3.
She was worshiping the master.
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