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*Mary & Martha – Luke 10:38-42*
 
·      Three Sundays until I preach at the *Parish Church*…
o  maybe *John* was being *merciful* to you!
 
·      4 Peters at a Petertide ordination
o  *4 Marys* who met Jesus!
o  *Mary* and *Martha*, /Lazarus’ sisters from Bethany/
·      *2* strong *points* come out of this passage
o  one more commonly heard and perhaps more easily seen than the other
§  *choosing what is better*
§  *the radical subversion of the place of women in society*
o  look quickly at the latter, and then the former
 
·      Difficult to imagine, but a *radical, scandalous scene*
o  segregation
§  *women* in the kitchen
o  sat at the feet of a teacher, *the disciple’s place*
§  a place of *learning*
·      *education not available* to women
§  learning in order to *become a teacher*
·      teaching as a women certainly *unaccepted*
·      *Jesus confirms Mary’s position as good*
·      The same with *Paul’s controversial sayings*
o  *“let them learn at home…”*
§  ‘let them learn’?*!!!*
·      The *arguments* for an opening up of roles in the Church to women are unfortunately often *sociological*, even *legal*
o  saying things like:
§  “we must *catch up with society*”
§  “we *could be sued* if we don’t *conform*”
o  *‘equality’* in terms of *receiving God’s love* and *giving our lives in His service* is a *Gospel imperative*
 
·      Often seen as *contrasting* the attitudes of *Mary* and *Martha*
o  Mary, *sitting at Jesus’ feet*
§  *encouraged*
o  Martha, *preparing the meal* in the kitchen
§  *chastised~/corrected*
·      the dangers of *busyness*
o  perispavw (v40) – being distracted; *to wheel about*
o  *fretting* and *fussing* (v41) (Tom Wright)
§  merimnavw – thoughts occupied by
§  qorubavzw – troubled, disturbed (only use of this word in NT)
·      *Choose what is better…*
o  *Hebrews 12:2*
§  “fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith”
§  as we run the race, our strength comes from Him
·      futility of doing things in our own strength
·      Not a call to a contemplative life for everyone!
o  if we were *all hermits* then we’d all *starve*!
·      *Brother Lawrence*
o  /The Practice the Presence of God/
o  strike the right balance between
§  *action and reflection*
§  *service and worship*
§  *busyness and rest*
o  from time to time, try *both* at once!
§  is God at the bottom of my ironing pile?
§  is God in my office?
§  is God with me wherever I go?
o  yes, so let’s sit as His feet everywhere!
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