Bethany
A Family Committed to Christ
Frequent guest
Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. Luke 10:38 (NKJV)
Free to approach
Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. John 11:21 (NKJV)
Honest in His presence
Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. John 11:33 (NKJV)
2. Honor Christ
With service
But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me." Luke 10:40 (NKJV)
With attention
And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word. Luke 10:39 (NKJV)
With worship
It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. John 11:2 (NKJV)
3. Depend on Christ
Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick." John 11:3 (NKJV)
"Yes, Lord," she told him, "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world." John 11:27 (NIV)
The greatest benefits God has conferred on human life, fatherhood, motherhood, childhood, home, become the greatest curse if Jesus Christ is not the head.--Oswald Chambers
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