Women of Courage – Martha and Mary Nov. 15

 

Women of Courage – Martha and Mary  Nov. 15

We began by re-reading Luke 10

³⁸ Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. ³⁹ And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. ⁴⁰ But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” ⁴¹ But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, ⁴² but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

Another person sat at Jesus feet in Luke 8  ³³ Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.  ³⁴ When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. ³⁵ Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. ³⁶ And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed^[d] man had been healed. ³⁷ Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear.

Deut. 33:3 Sat down; 2Sam 2:18; 1 Peter 2:1-3 Longing for the word; Luke 2:46

No matter what position you are in you can sit at Jesus’ feet

Matt. 13:23 the parable of the soils- the good soil had a great increase and the proverbs 31 woman worked a whole lot and was honorable because her heart was for the Lord.  We need to watch our focus.

Psalm 119: 30, 63, 104-105, 111, 173  David loved the precepts of the Lord, he loved his commands, even the wrath because he knew the Lord was just and righteous.

Matt. 13 ³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’

Sometimes we don’t like what we see around us and we want to remove the tares…. But it is the Lord that places and removes.  We need to be more like the slave, doing what the master wants.  Sometimes we have tasks that we don’t like we need to go to God in prayer.  God can be teaching us and his kindness is revealed as he gently leads us through the rough spots.   God is always concerned with our physical and spiritual needs.

We spoke about question 6 and next time we will address question 7

Women of Courage – Martha and Mary Nov. 1

 

Women of Courage – Martha and Mary  Nov. 1

Received – Through the Greek it is a combination of 2 words, hupo and dechomai which means to receive under and into, to take under one’s care as if placing the hands or arms under a person.  Vs. 38  Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.   Welcomed is the word that this translation is.  She totally took responsibility to give her full self to taking care of those that entered her home.  Her intent was honorable, it was good.  It is used 4 times in the New Testament.  Luke 19:6 ⁶ So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully.  Act 17:7 and Jason has received (harbored) them, and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.  James 2:25 ²⁵ And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

dechomai to receive as a gift = Romans 15:7 ⁷ Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.  2 John:10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting . 

At the door, before the work, her heart was full of the love of the Lord and the willingness to work for Him.  Romans 10 :17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.  Eph. 2:8-10 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

What are some of Christ’s commands: Go, love your enemies, make disciples, there are so many that we need to obey.

Matthew 16: 22- 23 ²² And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” ²³ But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me.  For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

Both Peter and Martha forget that the Lord is before them and they made these statements thinking of themselves.  Cumbered= she was dragging the emotion and being overwhelmed with all the cares.  She let the things take over her focus and in the process leaving her first love. 

Luke 8: ²² One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out, ²³ and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. ²⁴ And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. ²⁵ He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?”

Psalm 119 Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Who was David? He wasn’t a prophet; but he was called out by God. This psalm was as a journal of thoughts.  David was a true worshipper; he continued to strive to do the right, the good,  the needful thing.

Malachi 2:7  For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.