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 Luke 10.

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 So, who doesn't want to be a good listener?

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! Do you want to be a good listener?

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 Apart from a few narcissistic individuals,

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 it seems to me that everyone appreciates the value of good listening.

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!

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 It reflects that.

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 So, there's articles like the five fundamentals of effective listening,

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 or seven keys to effective listening.

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 And the articles cover something like this.

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 Keeping an open mind.

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 Responding to non-verbal cues.

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 Maintaining eye contact.

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 Asking good questions.

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 And you read articles like that,

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 it'll reinforce this key question that people are trying to answer

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 when it comes to listening.

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 What is a good listener?

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 And, of course, that interests us as people of the kingdom of God.

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 And the Bible has got things to say in answer to that.

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 But I wonder if what sets the Bible apart in this topic

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 is that it's less interested in how you listen,

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 but it's more interested in who you listen to.

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 And that is, when it comes to the kingdom and the need to listen,

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 that's our key question.

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 Who do you listen to?

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 And particularly, are you listening to the king of the kingdom?

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 Are you listening to Jesus?

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 That's our question for this evening.

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 And as we reflect on these short few verses from the end of Luke 10,

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 they capture just one little moment in the life of Mary, Martha, and Jesus.

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 And I want to look at that tonight just by looking at each character in turn.

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 The sister who does not speak,

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 and the sister who does speak,

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 and then Jesus himself,

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 and what we're left to ponder when he speaks.

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 So, a moment in the life of Mary and Martha and Jesus.

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 Let's see, firstly, the sister who does not speak.

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 And I trust you noticed that about her as I read it.

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 And no word from Mary is recorded in these five little verses.

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 Martha speaks,

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 Jesus speaks,

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 but Mary is noticeably silent.

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 And her silence underscores what she's known for,

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 not for talking,

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 but for listening.

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 And when Jesus arrives,

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 she takes, doesn't he,

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 up the position, verse 39,

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 at Jesus' feet.

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 That is the position of learning for disciples in those days.

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 It's a position of humble listening.

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 And by taking her place at Jesus' feet,

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 she is recognizing Jesus' importance.

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 And she is, in this moment,

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 embodying a principle of discipleship

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 that the Gospel of Luke has already stressed.

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 I'd not really seen that until I studied this.

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 So come with me on a little tour of the Gospel of Luke.

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 Look at chapter 5 and verse 15.

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 Luke chapter 5 and verse 15.

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 But now, even more,

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 the report about him went abroad,

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 and great crowds gathered to hear him

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 and be healed of their infirmities.

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 Just over the page of chapter 6 and verses 47 and 48.

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 Everyone who comes to me

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 and hears my word and does them,

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 I will show you what he is like.

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 He is like a man building a house

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 who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock.

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 We'll go to chapter 8 and verse 15.

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 As for that,

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 in the good soil,

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 there are those who,

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 hearing the word,

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 hold it fast in an honest and good heart

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 and bear fruit with patience.

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 Chapter 8, verse 20 and 21.

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 And he was told,

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 your mother and your brothers

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 are standing outside desiring to see you.

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 But he answered them,

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 my mother and my brothers

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 are those who hear the word of God

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 and do it.

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 Chapter 9, verse 35.

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 Chapter 9, verse 35.

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 And a voice came out of the cloud saying,

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 this is my son,

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 my chosen one,

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 listen to him.

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 And as we read a couple of weeks ago,

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 chapter 10 and verse 16.

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 The one who hears you,

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 hears me

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 and the one who rejects,

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 you reject me

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 and the one who rejects him,

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 who sent me.

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 Chapter 10, verse 24.

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 For I tell you that many prophets and kings

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 decided to see what you see

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 and did not see it

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 and to hear what you hear

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 and did not hear it.

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 You see,

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 it's not an obscure little theme

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 in Luke's gospel.

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 It's central.

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 Perhaps we could even say,

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 actually,

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 it's paramount.

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 And noticing that

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 will help us understand

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 Jesus' reaction to Martha here.

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 But for now,

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 we're noticing Mary.

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 And she has learned,

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 doesn't she,

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 this lady,

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 she's learned,

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 it seems,

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 just how important it is

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 to listen to Jesus.

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 But what of her sister?

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 What about the sister

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 who does speak?

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 What about Martha?

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 Well, Luke tells us

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 that Jesus arrived at her home

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 and Martha welcomed him.

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 It's quite likely,

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 I guess,

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 that welcoming Jesus

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 meant welcoming his 12 disciples

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 who were on the road with him too.

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 She opens up her home.

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 And Martha is almost certainly

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 committed to cooking a meal

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 for 13 hungry travelers.

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 That is hospitable,

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 isn't it?

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 And generous.

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 But I think we're even more impressed

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 when we remember Jesus' words

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 from earlier in the chapter.

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 Do you remember them?

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 You might recall a few weeks ago

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 in Luke chapter 10,

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 Jesus sent out the 72 followers

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 of his followers on a mission

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 and he told them,

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 in the towns you go to,

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 when you find somebody

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 welcoming you,

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 go on in.

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 Others will reject you.

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 And he told them

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 that you will be able

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 to recognize

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 those who are receptive

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 to my message

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 by the way they show hospitality.

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 And so it's got to be significant,

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 isn't it?

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 At the end of the same chapter,

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 Luke is telling us

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 about a woman,

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 Martha,

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 who is extremely hospitable

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 to Jesus and his disciples.

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 So this is not just a woman

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 who's performing a cultural duty.

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 I think we're meant to conclude

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 that she is genuinely

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 interested in Jesus.

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 like her sister.

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 She sees how important Jesus is.

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 And what's more,

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 we just finished,

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 didn't we,

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 last week,

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 looking at the passage before

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 about what it means to love.

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 And we learned from the Samaritan

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 in Jesus' story

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 what it looks like

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 to love generously.

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 What it looks like

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 to go out of your way

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 to love and serve.

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 And on that score,

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 Martha scores very highly.

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 Martha exemplifies

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 Jesus' teaching

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 in both these respects.

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 And what comes immediately

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 before this passage

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 predisposes us

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 as we read this

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 to be favourable

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 to Martha

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 and her hospitality.

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 And even here

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 in these verses,

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 the way that Martha

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 is described

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 is very positive,

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 at least in some respects,

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 because she's a servant.

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 Look at verse 40.

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 She's a sister called Mary,

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 you sat at the Lord's feet

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 and listed as a teacher,

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 but Martha was distracted

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 with much serving.

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 She was distracted

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 by much service.

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 And then later

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 in the same verse,

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 the word translated

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 as work

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 has left me alone

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 to serve alone.

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 It's the same word.

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 My sister has left me

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 to do all the serving myself.

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 It's the word

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 the rest of the New Testament

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 uses for Christian ministry.

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 And Luke wants us

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 to know that Martha

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 is not just twiddling her thumbs.

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 She's not just outside

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 playing with the pets

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 while Mary is in there listening.

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 She's not sitting on the sofa

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 reading the paper.

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 Martha is serving.

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 Martha is ministering

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 to the needs of Jesus

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 and his disciples.

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 And in that sense too,

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 Martha is to be commended.

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 And yet there are,

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 aren't there,

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 some significant differences

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 between Mary and Martha.

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 Mary is sitting

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 at Jesus' feet

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 and Martha is on her feet

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 working

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 and then standing

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 to talk to Jesus.

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 Mary is attentive

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 to Jesus.

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 Martha is distracted.

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 That's the word

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 verse 40 uses

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 or as Jesus puts it

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 in verse 41.

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 Martha,

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 Martha,

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 you are anxious

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 and troubled

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 about many things.

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 And so while Mary

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 is quietly listening,

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 Martha is complaining.

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 No doubt the frustration

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 has been simmering

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 in the kitchen.

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 We know what that's like,

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 don't we?

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 It's not uncommon

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 in our house

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 for Clara and I

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 to have guests over

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 and for one of us

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 to be working

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 in the kitchen

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 while the other

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 entertains

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 and talks to the friends

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 in the lounge.

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 and it's not unheard of

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 in our house

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 for the one

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 who is working

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 in the kitchen,

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 whoever that may be,

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 to begin

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 to feel frustrated

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 and feel that they're

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 doing all the work

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 themselves.

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 Well, that's what's

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 going on here, isn't it?

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 Martha's simmering frustration

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 leads to an outburst.

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 And to put it in

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 today's language,

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 she's a bit of a meltdown,

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 doesn't she?

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 Her sacrificial service

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 gives way to self-pity

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 and the emotional

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 damn bursts

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 and she finds fault

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 with both her sister

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 and with Jesus.

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 She's cranky

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 with Mary

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 for not helping her

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 and she's cranky

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 with Jesus

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 for not doing

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 anything about it.

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 Well, the Lord speaks.

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 How does Jesus respond?

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 What happens

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 when people get cranky

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 with Jesus?

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 How does he react?

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 There's a lot of tension

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 in the air, isn't it,

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 at this point?

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 And Martha has exploded,

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 there's a meltdown

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 and it falls to Jesus

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 to respond.

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 And no doubt

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 every ear in the room

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 was trained to hear

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 what he would say.

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 So look at verse 41.

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 But the Lord said,

00:10:30.920 --> 00:10:31.720
 Martha, Martha,

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 you're anxious

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 and troubled

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 about many things.

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 But one thing

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 is necessary.

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 Mary has chosen

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 the good portion

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 which will not be

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 taken away from her.

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 And Jesus' response

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 is rich in compassion

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 and clarity.

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 His repetition

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 of Martha's name

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 is full of tenderness.

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 He doesn't tell Martha

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 what she's been doing wrong.

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 There is no rebuke

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 for Martha.

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 There is only

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 kind compassion.

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 And yet Jesus' words

00:11:05.100 --> 00:11:06.440
 do bring remarkable clarity.

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 they clarify things

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 for us too.

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 Jesus clarifies

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 that Martha

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 is worried

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 about many things

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 but

00:11:14.160 --> 00:11:15.600
 Martha is worried

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 about many things

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 but Mary has chosen

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 to focus on the one thing,

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 the one thing

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 that Jesus describes

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 as necessary.

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 And Jesus clarifies

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 for us

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 that whilst Martha

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 has chosen

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 to do good things,

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 what Mary has chosen

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 is the better thing.

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 And so his compassion

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 is mixed with firmness

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 here, isn't it?

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 And Jesus is clearly

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 telling Martha

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 he is not going

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 to tell Mary

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 to get up

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 and go and help

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 in the kitchen.

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 In fact,

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 he's suggesting,

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 isn't he,

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 that Martha

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 should leave her pots

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 and pans

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 and her broom

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 and her tea towel

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 and come and sit down too.

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 Now of course,

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 Jesus is not saying

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 that serving

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 is completely unimportant.

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 No doubt

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 at some point

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 that evening

00:11:57.460 --> 00:11:58.240
 Jesus wanted to eat

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 and he wasn't suggesting

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 that the food

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 didn't need to be prepared

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 but he was saying

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 there is something

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 more important

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 to human survival

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 than food.

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 And that's something

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 that the Bible teaches

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 from beginning to end.

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 Right back

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 at the start

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 of the Old Testament,

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 God had taught

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 the Israelites,

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 man does not live

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 on bread alone

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 but on every word

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 that proceeds

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 from the mouth of God.

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 And so let me be clear

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 with you,

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 I don't think

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 Jesus is saying

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 that Martha was wrong

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 and Mary was right.

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 He's simply saying

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 that Mary grasped

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 something

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 that Martha

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 had not.

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 After all,

00:12:36.940 --> 00:12:38.100
 Martha welcomed Jesus

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 and served Jesus

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 but Mary could see

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 that welcoming Jesus

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 and serving Jesus

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 find their proper

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 orientation,

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 their proper

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 fulfillment

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 when you listen

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 to Jesus.

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 Mary had realized

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 that you need

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 to understand

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 that all the other

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 important things

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 in life

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 need to be understood

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 in the context

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 of the one

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 essential thing

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 of paying attention

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 to the word

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 that comes

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 from the mouth

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 of God,

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 from the mouth

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 of his son Jesus.

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 So this is not

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 a contrast

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 between somebody

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 who knows

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 how to be a good

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 host

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 and someone

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 knows how

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 to be a good

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 listener.

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 It's not that

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 these two sisters

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 have got different

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 skill sets

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 or different

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 spiritual gifts,

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 it's just that

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 one of them

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 understood the moment

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 they were in

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 better than the other.

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 Mary's choice

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 was wiser.

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 And what made

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 Martha's

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 the poorer choice

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 was everything

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 to do,

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 has everything

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 to do

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 with who it

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 was that had

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 walked through

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 the door.

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 This is not

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 about how to

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 listen.

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 This is all

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 about who

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 to listen to.

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 And Mary

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 recognizes who

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 Jesus is

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 and of all the

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 things she could

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 have done

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 to demonstrate

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 she knew

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 how important

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 he is,

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 this is the

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 one thing

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 she chose

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 to listen.

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 And Jesus

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 says,

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 doesn't he,

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 at the end

00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:06.960
 of verse 42,

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 it will not

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 be taken

00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:09.480
 away from her.

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 The last line

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 of the chapter

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 is beautiful,

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 isn't it?

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 It's Jesus'

00:14:15.539 --> 00:14:16.039
 word of promise

00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:16.679
 for Mary.

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 If you seek

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 me,

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 you will find

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 me.

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 If it's me

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 you want,

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 it's me

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 you'll have.

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 And many

00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:28.679
 other things

00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:29.200
 will be taken

00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:29.860
 from you

00:14:29.860 --> 00:14:30.440
 in life.

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 But if you

00:14:33.580 --> 00:14:33.939
 choose to

00:14:33.939 --> 00:14:34.340
 listen to

00:14:34.340 --> 00:14:34.720
 the word

00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:35.100
 that comes

00:14:35.100 --> 00:14:35.360
 from the

00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:35.700
 mouth of

00:14:35.700 --> 00:14:35.899
 God,

00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:36.059
 it will

00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:36.399
 be never

00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:36.659
 taken

00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:37.159
 from you.

00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:42.120
 I went

00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:42.299
 to see

00:14:42.299 --> 00:14:42.740
 Dick Lucas

00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:43.320
 this week.

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 He's now

00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:45.399
 96,

00:14:45.820 --> 00:14:46.320
 still living

00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:46.539
 on his

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 own.

00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:48.500
 He's slowed

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 down considerably.

00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:50.860
 He doesn't

00:14:50.860 --> 00:14:51.279
 get out very

00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.539
 much.

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:52.720
 He's rarely

00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.220
 in church.

00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:54.679
 He's the

00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:55.179
 greatest preacher

00:14:55.179 --> 00:14:55.539
 I've ever

00:14:55.539 --> 00:14:55.840
 heard.

00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:56.600
 He's the

00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:57.059
 finest man

00:14:57.059 --> 00:14:57.340
 I've ever

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 known.

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 And he's

00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:00.000
 not able to

00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:00.399
 preach now.

00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:00.959
 His voice

00:15:00.959 --> 00:15:01.179
 is not

00:15:01.179 --> 00:15:01.459
 strong

00:15:01.459 --> 00:15:01.720
 enough.

00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:04.240
 But he

00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:04.799
 still has

00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:05.159
 Jesus.

00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:07.860
 He still

00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:08.059
 has

00:15:08.059 --> 00:15:08.379
 Jesus.

00:15:11.079 --> 00:15:11.620
 What a

00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:11.879
 stunning

00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.220
 word of

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 assurance

00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:13.279
 this is,

00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:13.579
 isn't it?

00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:16.860
 What he

00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.379
 has,

00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:17.799
 what you

00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:18.100
 have,

00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:18.500
 will not

00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:18.879
 be taken

00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.240
 away from

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 you.

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 And with

00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:22.779
 that word,

00:15:22.819 --> 00:15:23.759
 Luke 10

00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:24.079
 comes to

00:15:24.079 --> 00:15:24.279
 an end.

00:15:26.819 --> 00:15:27.220
 Now,

00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:27.620
 who am I?

00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.019
 That's my

00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:28.740
 last point.

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 Where do

00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:30.139
 we find

00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:30.639
 ourselves in

00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:31.080
 these verses?

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 What do

00:15:31.580 --> 00:15:31.879
 they say

00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:32.279
 to us?

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 And once

00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:34.379
 again,

00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:34.779
 I want to

00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:35.139
 return to

00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:35.799
 the same

00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:36.500
 application that

00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:36.840
 we've come

00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.200
 for the last

00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:37.580
 two Sunday

00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:37.940
 nights as

00:15:37.940 --> 00:15:38.080
 well.

00:15:39.179 --> 00:15:39.720
 Who does

00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:40.220
 Jesus say

00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:40.679
 that I

00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:40.820
 am?

00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.299
 What does

00:15:41.299 --> 00:15:41.740
 this passage

00:15:41.740 --> 00:15:42.259
 say to

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:42.519
 us about

00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:42.919
 who we

00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.179
 are?

00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:47.500
 And once

00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:47.639
 more,

00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:48.019
 I think this

00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:48.539
 passage yields

00:15:48.539 --> 00:15:49.120
 two answers

00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:49.480
 to that

00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:49.879
 question.

00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:52.639
 on the

00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:52.980
 one hand,

00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:53.399
 we find

00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:53.919
 ourselves in

00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:54.279
 Martha,

00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:56.039
 and on the

00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:56.320
 other hand,

00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:56.620
 we find

00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:57.000
 ourselves in

00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.139
 Mary.

00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:57.500
 Let me

00:15:57.500 --> 00:15:57.879
 explain.

00:15:59.519 --> 00:15:59.820
 So in

00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:00.220
 the first

00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:00.620
 place,

00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:01.399
 like Martha,

00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:01.799
 I'm a

00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:02.120
 servant.

00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:05.639
 And this

00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:05.939
 is important

00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:06.399
 to say,

00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:07.580
 because it

00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.419
 may seem

00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:09.500
 less obvious

00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:09.980
 than what

00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:10.220
 we'll go

00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:10.600
 on to say,

00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:11.179
 but it's

00:16:11.179 --> 00:16:11.700
 vital here we

00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:12.240
 see how

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:13.240
 Jesus responds

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:13.820
 to Martha's

00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:14.220
 service.

00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:16.679
 She's

00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:17.399
 hospitable to

00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:18.200
 Jesus and

00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:18.759
 his disciples.

00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.819
 it's a sign

00:16:19.819 --> 00:16:20.299
 that she is

00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:21.700
 welcoming God

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 himself into

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 her life.

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 She goes out

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 of her way

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 to love like

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 all good

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 disciples should.

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 She's serving,

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 she's doing

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 ministry here.

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 And Jesus

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 does not tell

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 her you're

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 doing the

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 wrong thing.

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 And I think

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 that's

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 significant for

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 us to

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 notice.

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 There is a

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 place and

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 there is a

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 time for

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 being a

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 servant.

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 Ministry

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 does matter.

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 And Jesus

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 affirmed that

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 in the first

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 two sections

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 of Luke 10.

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 Do you

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 remember,

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 to belong to

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 the kingdom

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 is to be

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 a worker.

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 To belong to

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 the kingdom

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 is to be

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 a lover.

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 To belong to

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 the kingdom

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 is to be a

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 server.

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 There is

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 ministry to

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 be undertaken.

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 Disciples

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 serve, and

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 so if you're

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 a disciple,

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 you're a

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 servant.

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 And yet

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 what Jesus

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.539
 is pointing

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 out here,

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 isn't it,

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 which is so

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 helpful,

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 is that even

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 ministry,

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 serving,

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 can be a

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 distraction

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 from listening.

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 that being

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 a servant,

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 as good

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 as that

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 is,

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 can actually

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 distract you

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 from the

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 one thing

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 that's more

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 necessary than

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 anything else.

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 And I think

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 that can come

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 to us as

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 quite a

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 surprise.

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 In fact,

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 it's quite

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 common to

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 read this

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 passage and

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 feel like

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 Martha gets

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 a bit of

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 a raw deal

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 here from

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 Jesus.

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 It's often

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 the case that

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 when we read

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 these verses,

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 our sympathies

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 lie really

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 with Martha.

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 but it

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 might not

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 be that

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 the reason

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 why we

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 really need

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 to understand

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 these verses,

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 why we

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 really need

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 to understand

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 what Jesus

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 is saying

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 here,

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 is because

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 the point

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 that I'm

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 trying to

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 make to

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 you is

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 that

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 Christianity,

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 many people

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 think that

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 it's all

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 about

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 serving.

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 Many people

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 think the

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 heart of

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 Christianity

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 is how

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 we live

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 our lives

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 for the

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 sake of

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 others.

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 they think

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 it's about

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 doing to

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 others as

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 you will

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 have them

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 do to

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 you.

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 And there

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 are so

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 many people

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 that think

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 that the

00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.859
 good Samaritan

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 captures the

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 whole of what

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 it means to

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 be a Christian.

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 But we

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 saw last

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 week the

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 real point

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 of that

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 section in

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 Luke 10

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 is that

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 being

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 neighbourly

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 is not

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 the way

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 to eternal

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 life.

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 That people

00:18:36.399 --> 00:18:37.359
 cannot justify

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 themselves.

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 They need

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 God to

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 justify

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 themselves.

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 People

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:40.559
 cannot get

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 right with

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 God on

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 their own.

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 They need

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 God to do

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 that for

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 them.

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 And so

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 you cannot

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 love your

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 way into

00:18:48.179 --> 00:18:48.480
 heaven.

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 The only

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.940
 way to

00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:50.259
 get into

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.659
 heaven is

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 by being

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 loved.

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 By Jesus

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 himself.

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 And yet so

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 many people

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 still think

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 that being

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 like the

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 good Samaritan

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 or being

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 like Martha,

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 well that's

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 the way to

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 God's heart.

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 Which is why

00:19:03.399 --> 00:19:04.319
 most unbelievers

00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:04.839
 when they come

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 to this passage

00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.480
 will naturally

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:07.019
 side with

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.379
 Martha.

00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:07.420
 other.

00:19:09.020 --> 00:19:09.660
 But the

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.380
 surprising thing

00:19:10.380 --> 00:19:10.640
 that the

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:11.120
 Bible says

00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:11.340
 to us

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 again and

00:19:12.040 --> 00:19:12.480
 again and

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.100
 again is

00:19:13.100 --> 00:19:13.780
 that loving

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 or serving

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.760
 your neighbour

00:19:15.760 --> 00:19:16.500
 is not at

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:16.860
 the centre

00:19:16.860 --> 00:19:17.040
 of the

00:19:17.040 --> 00:19:17.240
 Christian

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.600
 faith.

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 That's not

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.540
 the one

00:19:20.540 --> 00:19:22.120
 thing that's

00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:23.080
 essential to

00:19:23.080 --> 00:19:23.380
 being a

00:19:23.380 --> 00:19:23.800
 follower of

00:19:23.800 --> 00:19:24.060
 Jesus.

00:19:25.280 --> 00:19:26.100
 The one

00:19:26.100 --> 00:19:27.540
 thing that

00:19:27.540 --> 00:19:28.200
 is essential

00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:28.600
 is to

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 what?

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 It is to

00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.580
 listen to

00:19:30.580 --> 00:19:30.980
 Jesus.

00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:35.339
 listen to

00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:35.740
 Jesus.

00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.240
 That's the

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:39.539
 difference

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.099
 between giving

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 and receiving.

00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.539
 And that's

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:43.839
 the same

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:44.380
 distinction we

00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:44.799
 hear Jesus

00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.279
 making in

00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:45.700
 chapter 10

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:45.940
 and verse

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.299
 21.

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 In the

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:52.240
 same hour

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.799
 he rejoiced

00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.120
 in the Holy

00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:53.539
 Spirit and

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:53.900
 said to

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 I thank you

00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.640
 Father Lord

00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:55.940
 of heaven

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.220
 and earth

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:56.579
 that you've

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.039
 hidden these

00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.360
 things from

00:19:57.360 --> 00:19:57.839
 the wise

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.579
 and understanding

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.240
 and revealed

00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:00.299
 them to

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:00.920
 little children.

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.480
 Yes Father

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:02.839
 for such

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.120
 is your

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 gracious

00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:03.819
 will.

00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:08.279
 I hope

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:08.720
 you understand

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.140
 this.

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:12.079
 That when

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.660
 we take

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.799
 when we

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.339
 serve and

00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:14.640
 when we

00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.259
 take pride

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.620
 in our

00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.200
 service in

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.680
 what we

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.160
 give to

00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:17.720
 Jesus we

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.140
 can seek

00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:18.720
 to justify

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.420
 ourselves.

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.700
 But when

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.519
 we listen

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:24.559
 we acknowledge

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.019
 that we need

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.680
 to receive

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.319
 from Jesus.

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:29.279
 He alone

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:30.059
 has what

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.640
 we need.

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 But of

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:33.740
 course it's

00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.019
 not just

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.220
 in the

00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:34.519
 world is

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.440
 it that

00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:35.599
 this

00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.079
 misunderstanding

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.700
 is prevalent

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.480
 it's also

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:37.740
 in the

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.099
 church.

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:39.920
 It's not

00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.099
 just

00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:40.660
 unbelievers

00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:41.120
 who find

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.319
 their

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:41.880
 sympathies

00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:42.220
 here with

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.500
 Martha

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.019
 it's many

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.380
 believers

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:43.720
 too.

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.000
 So we

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.339
 need to

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:46.819
 hear Jesus

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.279
 reminding

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.940
 us whilst

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.360
 we are

00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:49.140
 servants

00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:50.819
 there's

00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.140
 something

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.740
 more

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.279
 essential

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:54.220
 to who

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.700
 we are.

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 Listening.

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:59.700
 I'm a

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.000
 servant.

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.839
 And the

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.539
 tragedy of

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:04.799
 the church

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:04.980
 in the

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.519
 UK today

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.839
 is they

00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.259
 want to

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.419
 say we're

00:21:08.419 --> 00:21:09.019
 serving

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:10.559
 Jesus but

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.019
 actually we

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.460
 won't listen

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:11.759
 to him.

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.579
 Last point

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:17.859
 is this

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 I'm a

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.319
 listener.

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:20.980
 I'm a

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.379
 servant and

00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:21.559
 I'm a

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:21.799
 listener.

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.680
 Listening to

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.119
 Jesus is how

00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:25.459
 the Christian

00:21:25.459 --> 00:21:26.019
 life begins.

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 You cannot

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 enter the

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.379
 kingdom of

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 God by

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 working or

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 by loving

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 or by

00:21:31.419 --> 00:21:31.719
 serving.

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 You enter

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 by listening

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.259
 to Jesus

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 and receiving

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 what he

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 reveals to

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 you.

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 But

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 listening is

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 also how

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.779
 life in

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.099
 the kingdom

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 continues.

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 Listening is

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 at the

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.500
 heart of

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 what it

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 means to

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 be a

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:49.579
 disciple

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 from the

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.079
 beginning

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 to the

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 end.

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 But what

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 do we

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 actually mean

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 when I

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 talk about

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 listening to

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 Jesus today?

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 After all,

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 for Martha it

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 wasn't very

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 complicated,

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 was it?

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 Jesus was

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 in a

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 lounge room

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 in the

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:01.879
 flesh and

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 he's

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 talking.

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 But Jesus

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:04.819
 isn't in

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 your lounge

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 room,

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 he's not

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 in mine,

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 not in

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.779
 the flesh

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:07.960
 anyway.

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 So how

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 do you

00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:08.700
 listen to

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 him?

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 In some

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 ways that's

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 a whole

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 other sermon.

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 But at

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 the very

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.460
 least today I

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 need to

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 point out

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 to you that

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 is why

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 as Christians

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 we take

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 the Bible

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 so seriously.

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 Because in

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.379
 the Bible we

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:21.160
 read the

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.599
 words that

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 Jesus actually

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 said when

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 he was in

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 the flesh in

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 people's

00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.920
 lounge rooms

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 like we

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 are here

00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.320
 this evening.

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 In the

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.000
 Bible we

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 read page

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 after page

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 after page

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 of words

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 that come

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 from the

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 mouth of

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 the Lord.

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 And that's

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 why we

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 read our

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 Bibles in

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 our homes

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.840
 and on

00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.340
 our iPhones

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:40.640
 and on

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 the way

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 to school

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 and on

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 the way

00:22:41.540 --> 00:22:41.960
 to work

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 and when

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.500
 we meet

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.800
 together

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 on Sundays

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:43.880
 and during

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 the week.

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 And that's

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 why we

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 pray that

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.860
 the spirit

00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:48.300
 of the

00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:48.840
 risen Jesus

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.280
 who still

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 speaks

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:49.820
 through

00:22:49.820 --> 00:22:49.980
 his

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.360
 ancient

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:50.660
 words

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:50.980
 will give

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.480
 us ears

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:51.820
 to hear

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 his voice.

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 And this

00:22:56.280 --> 00:22:56.540
 is also

00:22:56.540 --> 00:22:56.780
 why we

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 don't just

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 read because

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 true listening

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 is not just

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.640
 about words

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.160
 going in our

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.500
 ears.

00:23:02.280 --> 00:23:02.980
 It's about the

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.640
 truth of those

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.680
 words penetrating

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.140
 our hearts.

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.840
 So we meditate

00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:06.420
 on God's

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:06.960
 words turning

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.500
 them over

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 and we pray

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.580
 about them.

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 And we meet

00:23:11.340 --> 00:23:11.900
 with others to

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.460
 talk about them.

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 And we read

00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:15.660
 what other people

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.240
 have said about

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.800
 what they mean.

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 And we hear

00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.360
 those words

00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:20.080
 proclaimed and

00:23:20.080 --> 00:23:20.560
 expounded.

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 So like

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 Mary we're

00:23:26.399 --> 00:23:27.039
 attentive to

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.579
 Jesus and

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.039
 we attend

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.359
 to the

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:28.759
 Lord and

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.279
 his word.

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 And we

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.000
 let it

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.559
 shape us

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 and we

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.899
 respond when

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.460
 it corrects

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.919
 and rebukes

00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:35.220
 us.

00:23:35.659 --> 00:23:35.799
 We're

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 provoked

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.139
 by it

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.879
 into work

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.399
 for Jesus.

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.200
 Into the

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.619
 love of our

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:40.940
 neighbours.

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:41.720
 Into ministry.

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 And we

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:44.700
 relish the

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.359
 way that it

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:46.220
 grows in us

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.679
 the character

00:23:46.679 --> 00:23:47.159
 of Jesus

00:23:47.159 --> 00:23:47.579
 and it

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.039
 teaches us

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.460
 repentance

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.119
 and obedience

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.960
 because we

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.240
 know that

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.559
 there's a

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.140
 real danger

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.799
 of listening

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.140
 but not

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.500
 putting it

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.039
 into practice

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.460
 don't we?

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.319
 There's a

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.819
 danger of

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.460
 hearing but

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:56.880
 not also

00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.299
 doing.

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.779
 And we

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.019
 know that

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.539
 there's another

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.079
 danger,

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:01.799
 one that

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.380
 Jesus warns

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:03.259
 us about

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.900
 here and

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.420
 that is the

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.839
 danger of

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.680
 being distracted

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.680
 from hearing

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.480
 by doing.

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.339
 It's the

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.799
 danger of

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.279
 being like

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.740
 Martha.

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.339
 Of being so

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:15.279
 busy trying to

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.839
 be a servant

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.240
 that we fail

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.539
 to be a

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:16.759
 listener.

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.720
 And so we

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.019
 must hear

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.839
 Jesus point

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.259
 this evening

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.500
 at the

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.759
 end of

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.339
 Luke 10

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:23.440
 that even

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.940
 ministry,

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:25.059
 even serving

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:26.740
 can deflect

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.059
 us from

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.360
 listening.

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.180
 And that

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.539
 applies to

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:30.799
 the person

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.440
 writing and

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.900
 giving this

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.579
 sermon on

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:32.940
 a Sunday

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.440
 as much to

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:33.779
 the mum and

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.240
 dad of a

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.839
 busy household.

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.420
 Jesus says

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.839
 to us through

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.380
 these words

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:38.900
 it's better to

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.759
 be a listening

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:41.660
 disciple than

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:43.180
 being a busy

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.620
 servant.

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.259
 It's better to

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.799
 be a listening

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:48.200
 disciple than a

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.000
 busy servant.

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.059
 time.

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.599
 And so let

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.000
 me ask you

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.480
 is there a

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.180
 time each

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:56.480
 day when

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.220
 you slow

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.660
 down and

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.059
 listen to

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.559
 God's word?

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.579
 Or are you

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.099
 too busy,

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.779
 too distracted

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.200
 to make

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.480
 time?

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.980
 Or do you

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.440
 find that your

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.880
 Christian identity

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:13.940
 in your service

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:16.339
 of others is

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.920
 in what you

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.640
 do for the

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.160
 Lord is in

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:19.060
 your ministry

00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:22.840
 or in

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:24.759
 you as a

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.420
 little child

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.259
 sitting before

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.980
 him, hanging

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.500
 on every

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.820
 word the

00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:28.360
 Father speaks?

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.000
 Are you

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.580
 comfortable being

00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:33.019
 alone with

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.720
 Jesus or is

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.200
 there just an

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.880
 awkward silence?

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.600
 Is your mind

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.600
 full of worries

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.240
 and things you're

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.779
 upset about?

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:39.819
 Lord?

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:42.259
 Or are you

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.240
 gladly focusing

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.079
 on the words

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.899
 of Jesus

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.420
 your Lord?

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.160
 Of course

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.639
 there's many

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.359
 things, many

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:50.879
 many things

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:51.139
 that are

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.619
 important for

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:51.920
 life in

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.379
 this world.

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.799
 And Jesus

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.259
 isn't saying

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.720
 that you should

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.160
 give up eating

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.579
 and drinking,

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.559
 that you should

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.879
 give up your

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.420
 jobs or your

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:58.899
 education,

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.359
 you should give

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:01.139
 up social

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:01.579
 education,

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.119
 retreat to

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.599
 a cave

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.099
 somewhere with

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.519
 a torch and

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.759
 a Bible.

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.019
 He's not

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.440
 saying that.

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.819
 Because we're

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.379
 servants, there's

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.000
 work to do for

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.220
 Jesus.

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.279
 There are people

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.839
 to love for

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.139
 Jesus.

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.720
 But Jesus

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.519
 does say to

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.759
 you there's

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.420
 something more

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.299
 necessary than

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.680
 all those

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.000
 things.

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.220
 There's

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.720
 something more

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.420
 essential to

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.119
 who we are,

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.259
 humbly listening

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.859
 to Jesus.

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.379
 And the word

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.779
 humble is

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.119
 important,

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.539
 isn't it?

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.799
 Because this

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.879
 final passage of

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.639
 Luke 10

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.660
 lands us where

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.319
 the previous

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.980
 two passages

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.660
 have as well.

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.119
 The heart

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.819
 of being a

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.899
 disciple of

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.379
 Jesus is

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:34.779
 humility.

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.059
 It's the

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.639
 humility of being

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.099
 a child

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.579
 rather than

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.000
 a wise

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.359
 and learned

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.639
 one.

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.399
 It's the

00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:41.980
 humility of

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.359
 knowing that

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:42.980
 you need to

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.399
 be loved.

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:45.039
 And you

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.459
 need to be

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:46.339
 justified by

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.819
 God rather

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.259
 than trying to

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.980
 justify yourself.

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.779
 And it's the

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.599
 humility of

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.079
 being a

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:52.359
 listening learner

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.139
 at the feet

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.559
 of Jesus.

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.459
 And humility

00:26:54.459 --> 00:26:55.099
 is at the

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.519
 heart of

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.159
 discipleship

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:57.059
 precisely

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:59.339
 because of

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.659
 who it is

00:26:59.659 --> 00:26:59.859
 that we

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.139
 follow.

00:27:02.699 --> 00:27:03.139
 Ultimately,

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.379
 Mary's response

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:05.039
 was not better

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.899
 than Martha's

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.939
 because listening

00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:07.459
 is better than

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:09.299
 serving, but

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.779
 because Jesus

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.340
 is better than

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:10.600
 serving.

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.400
 Martha was

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.700
 in the

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.019
 kitchen.

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.000
 Mary was

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.740
 with Jesus.

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.759
 Jesus who

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.019
 deals

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.700
 compassionately

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.319
 with suffering.

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.100
 Jesus who

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.680
 sees through

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.440
 hypocrisy like

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:23.860
 a laser.

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:24.860
 Jesus who

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.259
 has no

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.160
 intolerance

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:27.940
 for just

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.480
 injustice.

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:29.980
 Jesus who

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:31.880
 absorbed the

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.640
 terrible way he

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.059
 was treated

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:34.139
 with seemingly

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.779
 limitless

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.139
 patience.

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:35.879
 Jesus who

00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.559
 heals people,

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.359
 who forgives

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.099
 people, who

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:39.000
 tenderly restores

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.460
 the broken.

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.500
 Jesus whose

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.980
 life was

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.779
 taken from

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.139
 him on a

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.679
 lonely cross

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.319
 outside Jerusalem

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.700
 as he

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.240
 suffered and

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.200
 bled for the

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.740
 sake of people

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.759
 everywhere who

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.339
 have spent so

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:48.779
 much of their

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:50.299
 lives failing to

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.399
 listen to him.

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:58.180
 I don't know

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.640
 if you noticed,

00:27:58.820 --> 00:27:59.519
 but in the

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.980
 very first

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.580
 verse, verse

00:28:00.580 --> 00:28:02.300
 38, Luke

00:28:02.300 --> 00:28:03.200
 tells us, just

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:05.920
 interestingly, that

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.560
 Jesus and his

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:07.620
 disciples were on

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.200
 their way.

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.780
 They were on

00:28:12.780 --> 00:28:13.120
 their way.

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.000
 Let me take you

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.480
 back to where

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:14.820
 they were on

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.259
 their way to.

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.860
 Look at chapter

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.480
 9 and verse

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.000
 51.

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.740
 And when the

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.500
 days drew near

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.340
 for Jesus to

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:22.059
 be taken up,

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.699
 that is to be

00:28:22.699 --> 00:28:24.980
 crucified, he

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.639
 set his face to

00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.220
 go to Jerusalem.

00:28:28.459 --> 00:28:29.240
 And so Jesus

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.179
 stops on this

00:28:30.179 --> 00:28:32.059
 journey to

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.679
 share with you

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:33.359
 this valuable

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:34.459
 lesson with his

00:28:34.459 --> 00:28:34.919
 two friends,

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.299
 Mary and

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.519
 Martha.

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.579
 But this was

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.220
 really a detour.

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.379
 He was headed

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:42.779
 for his destiny

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.279
 in Jerusalem.

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.759
 That's why he'd

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:44.959
 come.

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.559
 He came because

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.500
 he knew that

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.079
 the only thing

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.679
 more essential

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.319
 to our lives

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.859
 than us listening

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.799
 to him was

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.960
 him enduring

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:56.399
 death in place

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:56.740
 for us.

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.139
 And that's by

00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.579
 far the most

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.899
 astonishing thing

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.399
 that Jesus ever

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:01.619
 did.

00:29:02.679 --> 00:29:03.259
 And it's the

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.740
 most powerful

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.399
 word that Jesus

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:04.960
 ever spoke.

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.779
 And I want to

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.339
 ask you tonight

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.139
 what Luke asks

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.879
 each one of us

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:10.519
 in the gospel.

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.359
 Is there anyone

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.099
 who deserves your

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.779
 attention more

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.279
 than Jesus?

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.659
 Than the man

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:16.379
 who came from

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:17.079
 God, the Lord

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.980
 of heaven, who

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.759
 surrendered himself

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.299
 to death

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.579
 that you

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:19.839
 might have

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.119
 life?

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.339
 So can you

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:26.619
 see why I

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.000
 want to say

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.379
 to you, it's

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:27.879
 not so much

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.539
 an issue of

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.099
 how you

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.700
 listen, but

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.039
 who you

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.480
 listen to.

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.700
 Because there

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.440
 is no one

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:36.680
 more essential

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.500
 to listen to

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:37.859
 than him.

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.299
 There is no

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.980
 one worth

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.960
 listening to

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.299
 more than

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.460
 him.

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:46.079
 And Mary

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.559
 had understood

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:46.980
 that.

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.620
 Martha had

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.140
 yet to

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.579
 grasp it.

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.259
 You see, at

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.500
 the end of

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.840
 the day, that's

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.120
 why these

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.579
 five verses

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.259
 are here.

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.980
 They're not

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.420
 here to tell

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:54.940
 you that Mary

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.259
 was better

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.720
 than Martha.

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.680
 They're not

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.200
 even here

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.880
 primarily to

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.240
 tell you that

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:00.180
 Mary's response

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.620
 to Jesus

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:01.019
 was better

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.600
 than Martha's.

00:30:01.840 --> 00:30:02.240
 They're here

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.660
 to tell us

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.240
 that Jesus

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.380
 is better

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:05.160
 than every

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.579
 alternative.

00:30:07.840 --> 00:30:08.380
 They're here

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:08.759
 to tell us

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.240
 that the man

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.079
 who sat in

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.460
 Mary and

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.860
 Martha's

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.440
 lounge that

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.400
 day is the

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:12.860
 one every

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.899
 faithful Jew

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.979
 longed to

00:30:14.979 --> 00:30:15.299
 see and

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.479
 hear.

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.759
 He's the

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:17.959
 one who

00:30:17.959 --> 00:30:18.179
 every

00:30:18.179 --> 00:30:18.679
 spiritually

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:18.939
 hungry

00:30:18.939 --> 00:30:19.299
 person

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.419
 in

00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:19.539
 their

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:19.719
 day

00:30:19.719 --> 00:30:20.059
 longed to

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.240
 spend

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.539
 time

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.699
 with

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:20.859
 and

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.059
 listen

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.240
 to.

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.859
 And he's

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.019
 the one

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.519
 who every

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.959
 wise

00:30:22.959 --> 00:30:23.359
 person

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.779
 since the

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.179
 days of

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:24.619
 Mary and

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:24.939
 Martha

00:30:24.939 --> 00:30:25.799
 has paid

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.079
 careful

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.379
 attention

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.619
 to.

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.799
 Because all

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.179
 the ministry

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:29.419
 in the

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:29.799
 world and

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.079
 all the

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.779
 voices in

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.099
 the world

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.399
 and all

00:30:31.399 --> 00:30:31.500
 the

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.919
 distractions

00:30:31.919 --> 00:30:32.299
 in the

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.479
 world

00:30:32.479 --> 00:30:33.079
 only ever

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.579
 last a

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.039
 lifetime.

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:36.639
 But you

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:36.859
 can have

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.099
 Jesus

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.500
 forever.

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:44.339
 one of the

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:45.059
 privileges of

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.799
 my job is

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.219
 that I'm

00:30:46.219 --> 00:30:46.619
 with people

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:47.159
 sometimes at

00:30:47.159 --> 00:30:47.479
 the end of

00:30:47.479 --> 00:30:48.019
 their lives.

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.279
 I'm with

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.699
 people when

00:30:50.699 --> 00:30:51.519
 they pass

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:51.819
 from this

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.579
 life into

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.240
 eternal life.

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:56.079
 And

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:58.159
 very often

00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:59.000
 with people

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.240
 at the end

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.539
 of their life

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.319
 there's very

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.759
 little you can

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.119
 say.

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.719
 You read

00:31:03.719 --> 00:31:04.179
 them the

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:05.659
 Bible and

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:05.899
 you pray

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:06.179
 with them.

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:07.779
 And then

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.939
 you read

00:31:08.939 --> 00:31:09.219
 them more

00:31:09.219 --> 00:31:09.399
 of the

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.059
 Bible and

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.619
 you pray

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:10.919
 with them.

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:12.740
 And you

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.100
 keep reading

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.300
 the Bible

00:31:13.300 --> 00:31:13.539
 with them

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.240
 because there's

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.779
 very little

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.180
 to say.

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.519
 Comes a

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.740
 time when

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:17.940
 they're not

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.220
 able to

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.779
 talk and

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.120
 eat.

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.320
 When they're

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:21.640
 largely

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.680
 non-responsive.

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.060
 But what

00:31:25.060 --> 00:31:25.640
 you often

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.620
 notice is

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:27.440
 that they'll

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:27.880
 nod their

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.460
 head when

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.820
 you pray.

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:30.920
 Or they'll

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.300
 nod their

00:31:31.300 --> 00:31:31.640
 head when

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:31.880
 you read

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.019
 the

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.259
 scriptures.

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.480
 Well that's

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.840
 what I want

00:31:35.840 --> 00:31:36.160
 isn't it?

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.560
 That's what I

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:36.940
 want for you.

00:31:38.580 --> 00:31:39.320
 I want you

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:39.860
 to listen to

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.279
 Jesus in

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.560
 your very

00:31:40.560 --> 00:31:40.820
 last

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.139
 breath.

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.279
 To

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.679
 recognize

00:31:43.679 --> 00:31:44.179
 his voice

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:44.700
 with joy.

00:31:45.919 --> 00:31:46.500
 To die

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.859
 with his

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.359
 words ringing

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:47.639
 in your

00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:47.980
 ears.

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.559
 To nod

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.960
 your head.

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.139
 That's what I

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 want for my

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 children.

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 That's what I

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 want for those

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 I love.

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 That's what I

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 want for you.

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 I want you

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 and I want

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 myself to be

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 a listener.

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 And if

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 you're a

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 disciple of

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 Jesus,

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 you are

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 too.

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 You can

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 listen to

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 other people

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 for as long

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 as life

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 lasts.

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 And you

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 can be

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 distracted

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 by a

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 great,

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 great many

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 things.

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 Maybe you

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 are.

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 Many of

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 them are

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 good.

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 And you

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 can have

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 years and

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 years and

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 years of

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 ministry that

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 will bear

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 great fruit.

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 But one

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 day they

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 will all

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 come to

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 an end.

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 time for

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 you.

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 And you

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 will

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 come to

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 time for

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 you when

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 you'll

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 stop nodding

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 your head.

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 And you'll

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 stop

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 breathing.

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 But if you

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 trusted and

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 listened to the

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 Lord Jesus,

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 the next thing

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 you will hear

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 is the voice

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 of Jesus.

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 And you'll

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 still be

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 listening to

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 him.

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 The Lord

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 answered her,

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 Martha,

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 Martha,

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 you are

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 anxious and

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 troubled about

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 many things,

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 but one

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 thing is

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 necessary.

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 Mary has

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 chosen the

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 good portion

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 which will

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 not be taken

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 away from

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 her.

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 Let's pray.

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 Mary has

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