Where the Blessings Are Surely Found

Q: What does the Bible say about sitting at Jesus' feet?

The Bible illustrates sitting at Jesus' feet as a position of reverence, humility, and learning. In Luke 10:39, Mary is found sitting at Jesus' feet, absorbing His teachings. This posture signifies not only physical proximity but also a heart disposition of reverence, affection, and humility toward the Lord. It demonstrates that Mary recognized the importance of His words over other distractions. In contrast, Martha was preoccupied with serving, highlighting a tension between our service to God and our need to hear from Him. This narrative teaches that, while tasks may be necessary, prioritizing a relationship with Christ through His Word is the crucial 'one thing' needed for spiritual growth.

Q: How do we know that Jesus cares for us?

Jesus cares for us as evidenced by His loving interactions and teachings throughout Scripture. In Luke 10:40-41, Martha questions Jesus, ‘Lord, don’t you care?’ This question arises from a place of distress and distraction caused by her busyness. Jesus' response, addressing her with affection and concern, highlights His care for her spiritual state more than her physical service. The Scriptures reinforce that Jesus cares deeply for His followers, as He invites us to cast our cares upon Him (1 Peter 5:7) and assures us that He will never leave or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). Therefore, through His actions and promises, believers can trust in His unwavering care.

Q: Why is hearing God's Word important for Christians?

Hearing God's Word is vital for faith, growth, and comfort amidst life's trials. The sermon emphasizes that faith comes through hearing, particularly through the Word of God (Romans 10:17). This process is foundational for spiritual growth and understanding. When believers absorb Scripture, they gain deeper insights into God's promises, which foster faith and provide comfort during challenges. Furthermore, the Word cultivates hope and assurance, as illustrated in Psalm 119:114, where the psalmist declares that God's word is his refuge. This underscores the necessity for Christians to prioritize sitting at Jesus' feet, as Mary did, to learn and grow in grace.

Q: How can we avoid distractions in our service to God?

We can avoid distractions by prioritizing our relationship with Christ above all duties. The narrative of Martha and Mary introduces the challenge many Christians face: being so engaged in service that they neglect the most vital aspect of their faith, which is communion with Christ. Jesus gently corrects Martha, who is 'cumbered' by her many tasks, emphasizing that one thing is needful (Luke 10:42). This serves as a reminder for believers to prioritize time in the Word and prayer over activities. Regularly evaluating our motivations and ensuring that our service flows from a heart that is first attentive to Christ can help maintain focus and effectiveness in our spiritual lives.

Verse 38 of Luke 10. Luke 10,
38. Now, it came to pass as they
went. This is our Lord and His disciples. And most people believe that
they were leaving Jerusalem, that they had been to Jerusalem
to one of the feasts. The writers do not agree which
feast it was, the feast of the tabernacle or the feast of the
dedication. But nevertheless, they were leaving
Jerusalem or some part of Judea. There was much religion in Jerusalem
and Judea. You know that. Like now, there's
much religion in this country, in this state, in this city.
And the religion then, like now, was full of hustle and bustle
and activity and ceremonies rituals and debates and divisions and
discord and all sorts of things. But he had left Jerusalem. Now
the next phrase, that he entered into a certain village. Now this
village was called Bethany. And this village was two miles
from Jerusalem, only two miles. They entered into this village
called Bethany. And a certain woman named Martha
received him into her house. Now this house in Bethany was
the home of three people. It is believed that Martha was
a widow. It's called her house. But we
know that she lived there with her brother Lazarus and her sister
Mary. There were three there. made
several visits to this little home in Bethany. You'll read about it in John
11. We'll turn there in a few moments, but not now. Now, Martha,
Mary, and Lazarus were believers. They were truly believers. They
believed that the Lord Jesus was the Messiah, the Christ. They believed that, all three
of them. And Martha says here, Martha received him. lovingly
and kindly and wholeheartedly into her home. What was hers
was his. She received him into her home.
They have that saying in Mexico. I was visiting in a home in Progreso. A dear lady that I'd never met,
Milton and Walter, were with me. We went into her home and
she greeted us with this greeting. My house is your house." And
they mean that if they say it. And that's the way Martha received
our Lord into her home. My house is your house. Now,
our Lord, in this verse 38, had left Jerusalem with all its religion,
much ado about nothing really, superstition, ritualism, legalism,
all of these ceremonies, and he had come into this quiet little
village, into a little town called Bethany. He left all the superstition
and enmity and ignorance of Jerusalem, and he had entered into the home
of people who really loved him, people who really believed him,
people who really were his friends and his disciples. So before
we go to the next verse, You get the picture, but remember
this. There's going to be a lesson
taught here, but even believers need to be taught lessons just
as much as anyone else. And there's going to be some
things done and some things said in this home that are very severe
and very positive. So get where he is. He's among
friends. He's in the home of believers.
So verse 39, and Martha, she was the mistress of the house.
It was her house. Evidently Lazarus and Mary, her
younger sister, lived with her. But she had a sister called Mary. Now turn with me to John 11.
Hold this Luke 10 and just turn with me to John 11. Let's see
about this Mary. She had a sister named Mary.
Now John 11, verse 1 and 2, now a certain man, John 11, 1 and
2, a certain man was sick named Lazarus of Bethany, the town
of Mary and her sister Martha. It was that Mary, now here's
who this is, it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with
ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus
was sick. Now John 12, John 12 verse 1
through 3, John chapter 12, Then Jesus, six days before the Passover,
came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom
he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper,
and Martha served. But Lazarus was one of them that
sat at the table with him, then took Mary, a pound of ointment
of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and
wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with
the odor of the ointment." So this is not the woman of Luke
7, verse 37, the woman who the harlot who came in when he was
in the Pharisees' home. This is not the Mary. That's
not her name. We're apt to confuse this if
we're not careful, but it's not that woman. This is Mary. She also anointed his feet and
dried them with her hair. But that's not the woman of Luke
chapter 7. So let's go back to Luke 10 now.
But Mary was a loving disciple. She loved the Lord Jesus Christ.
She believed him. Now, back to our text, Luke 10,
39. And Martha had a sister called
Mary. I just told you about her. which
also sat at Jesus' feet." That's where she was found all the time.
Sitting at his feet. Doing what? Hearing his word. I see the Master sitting in a
chair some way, and this dear woman is found at his feet. Just sitting there, looking into
his face, hearing his word. It was there that she anointed
his feet with costly ointment and unplanted her hair and dried
his feet with her hair. She sat at his feet with great
reverence. He was her sovereign Lord and
King. She sat there with fear and awe
and reverence. And that fear and that reverence
just put her at his feet. Nobody told her to sit there.
I'm sure he didn't. But her heart put her there.
That's where she was found. She was just found at the Lord's
feet all the time, sitting there, hearing His Word, because she
reverenced Him. Now this is not something you
organize. I know people organize different
things about kneeling and all these different things, but reverence
put her at his feet. Something else put her at his
feet, affection. She truly loved him and this
affection put her at his feet. And something else, humility.
The very fact that she anointed his feet with that costly ointment
and then wiped his feet with her hair indicates her humility. She considered it a great honor
to even be sitting at his feet. And something else I see there,
great and close attention. She wasn't there to teach, she
was there to learn. She wasn't there to contribute,
she was there to receive. She was learning of him. He said,
take my yoke upon you and learn of me. And that's where she found
her place, sitting at his feet. hearing His Word, hearing His
Word. All right, let's go on. Verse
39, Martha had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus'
feet and heard His Word. But Martha, now Martha loved
Christ. Let's not You know, we're so
prone to, if folks don't do things like we do, they're not saved.
I get so tired of that. If folks don't see things like
we see them, they're not saved. You know how that, if folks don't
do like we do or see things like we do, they're just not saved. Martha knew the Lord. You want
to hear her testimony, turn to John 11 again. John 11. Let's listen to her out of her
own mouth. John 11, when Blasphemous had
died, do you remember she ran out to meet the Lord? Mary stayed
in the house. Martha ran out to meet Him. Somebody
said, the master's come. She ran out to meet Him. John
11, verse 20, Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming,
she went and met Him. Mary sat still in the house.
Then said Martha to Jesus, Lord, if you'd have been here, my brother
would not have died. That's faith, confidence. And I know this, even now, whatsoever
you ask of God, he'll give it to you. That's faith. Jesus said,
thy brother will rise again. Martha said, I know he'll rise
again in the resurrection at the last day. That sounds like
pretty strong faith, doesn't it? She believed. She believed
him. But look what it says here. But
Martha, verse 40, Luke 10. Let's go back to the text. See, contrary to Mary, Mary the
Lord was a guest in the home. He was sitting evidently in the
living room or the parlor or the sitting room with disciples
about him, and here sat Mary at his feet. That's where she
usually was, trying to get all she could get from him, hearing
him. But Martha was cumbered about
with much serving. Now, as I said, Martha loved
the Lord. She believed Him. But Martha was drawn away from
Christ, from his feet, and from hearing his word. She'd heard,
and she believed. She was quick to tell you what
she believed. Quick to tell you what she believed. But now she
was taken up with something else. Instead of sitting at his feet
and being served, she was now serving the Lord. She was cumbered,
the word means distressed, about many things. Many things. She was providing for him. She
was doing it in sincerity and honesty and love. She loved him.
She believed him. But she felt this is what she
ought to do. She left. I imagine there was a time she
sat at his feet too. But now she was, she graduated
evidently. She was now busy serving. Cumbered about with much serving.
I know what she was doing. She was ordering the servants
about and their work. She was going about to get the
house just right, you know, like a guest so great, you know. I expect she spent a lot of time
cleaning that room, getting everything just right and setting the table.
She wanted the food to be the best. She was seeing that everything
was in proper order. And all of these things were
important to her. And she felt they were important
to Christ. And they distracted her thoughts, and they put her
in great concern. Great concern. She thought these
things were important to the Lord and to his people, and she
was busy doing what she thought she ought to be doing. Cumbered
about, distressed about, taken up with much serving. And watch
what this leads to. And it says, and she came to
him. She came to him. She came out
of the room where she walked. Now, I try to get this picture
in my mind, and I'm not certain that I have it down perfectly
at all, but I see he's in the room here, and our great, wonderful
Redeemer, our Lord, is teaching and talking, and the disciples
are about, and Mary's sitting here at His feet, everybody's
listening to Him, and someone stands in the door. Martha. And she came right to him. Dr. Gill said she didn't come and
join Mary at his feet. That was not her mission. She's
upset. She stood. She came to him and
she stood as one who came to utter a complaint. She had a
complaint. And she stood also as one who
intended to leave again. She didn't come and sit down.
She didn't come and kneel down. She didn't come as one ready
to be taught. God delivered me from such an
attitude. I read about a pastor recently
who said he'd finished his education, graduated from college and seminary,
finished his education. I didn't even start it yet, and
I'm 65 years old. I bet I'll never graduate. You
either. But Martha evidently had graduated,
Ronnie. She evidently figured she knew.
She'd heard him, you know, and she's in there now serving him.
And she came and stood there. Now notice her complaints about
Mary, but she didn't address Mary. She never spoke to Mary. You would assume that she would
have come in there and said, Mary, that's her younger sister
anyway. And I expect she had ordered
her around before. But she didn't say a word to
Mary. Not a word. She came and she said to the
Lord, she addressed the master. She addressed the master. And she addressed him as if he
did not show the concern for her that he should. And she said,
Lord, I want you to listen to this. This really shocked me.
I've read it a hundred times, I guess, but I read it yesterday. Lord, don't you care? Lord, don't you care? Those two
things don't go together, Mike, do they? Lord, don't you care
that my sister has left me to work and serve alone? Don't you
What a serious charge to bring against our Lord, who said, cast
your care upon me, I care for you. Who said, I'll never leave
you and never forsake you. Don't you care? I think about
the disciples, you know, he was back there in the back of the
boat asleep. You know, it's amazing, surprising what attitudes we
develop sometimes when we feel like that we're being neglected.
Oh, we can get ugly, can't we? When we feel like that we're
being neglected, we feel like that we're not getting all the
attention we ought to get, or being used, or God's not blessing,
or we just... And here she came in there, and
this is a woman who loved Christ. She's a saved woman. She knew
Christ. He was in her home. She had received
Him into her home. She was working, serving him.
She was late. She wasn't back in the kitchen
because she loved kitchens. She was out there fixing him
something to eat and all his friends. But it's surprising when we feel
that we're being neglected or not being recognized or something. We just develop some bad attitudes. And you know the disciples were
back there, back in the boat asleep, and the storm arose,
and they came back and said, Lord, don't you care? That's
awful isn't it? Don't you care that we perish? And that's the way Martha addressed
it. I'll tell you, it's possible,
and I refer to myself, and you listen in, it's possible. that
we can become engaged in projects, religious projects and religious
activities and religious directions that seem very important to us.
Very important to us. What Martha was doing was very
important to her. She was dedicated to it, devoted
to it, it was important to her and she felt like she was serving
the Lord. She felt like that he approved of it. She felt that
way. Yes, she did. It's possible that
we can become so involved and engaged in religious doings and
activities and directions that seem very important to us, about
which the Lord really doesn't care. He cares for us, but not about
what we're doing. He never ceases to care for us.
But he was sitting in here doing teaching. doing what these people needed
to have done, teaching them the Word. And Mary was sitting there
at his feet, listening and learning, and here an interruption comes
in from a dear, devoted, loving disciple named Martha, who accuses
him of not caring, because he's not interested in what she's
doing back there. You know, one time he was sitting
on the well, having talked to that Samaritan woman. And the
disciples had hustled downtown, they'd got some food together,
and they'd got all these things together, and they came back
out and they found him still sitting on that well talking
to that woman. And then she left. And they came up and they gave
him the food. Eat, master, we got this food. Why don't you
eat? They were grieved because he
didn't eat. He turned to them and said, I've got meat to eat
you don't know anything about. And that's what Martha didn't
know. He had meat to eat. Well, she didn't know. She thought
that she had to provide it, you know. And so here she brought
this charge. And here's something else amazing.
Right next to this, she even told him what to do. She came in there and stood before
him and said, Lord, don't you care? Don't you care that my
sister, she didn't call her Mary, my sister. Are you girls ever
going to do that? My sister. She was upset, wasn't
she? But now remember who this is.
And don't say she's lost or anything like that. This is a lovely woman.
This is a dedicated, this is a busy woman. A busy woman. And she's busy about her activities,
though not his. And she's upset because he didn't
put his approval on it. I think there's a lot going on
in religion, even by people who love Christ, upon which he has
not put his approval. And she came in there and she
said, now you, she told the Lord what to do. You know, his mother, when they
wanted wine at the feast, she said whatever he says to you,
do it. She didn't tell him what to do.
But Martha did. Bid her therefore that she help
me. Tell her to come over here. I think sometimes folks may be
better off where they are than where we want them. Mae was a lot better off where
she was than where Martha wanted her. And Jesus answered, all
right, let's go ahead and look. Jesus answered and said to her,
Martha, Martha. I wish I could say that like
he said it. Martha, Martha. He called her by her name, and
he repeated it, which expressed great intimacy. That's right,
great affection, great friendship. If she had not been one of his
dear, dear friends and disciples, he probably would have ignored
her. He didn't answer the Pharisees, he didn't answer Pilate, but
he answered Martha, because he loved her. And he said, Martha,
Martha. That's affection, that's intimacy,
twice, all right? Also it shows something else,
pity. That's right, pity, great pity,
great concern, Martha. Martha, how can you be so foolish? That's what he said. Martha,
how can you, how can you, in the life that you have, how can
you be so concerned about those things? In the life that you
have, in the knowledge that I've given you, how can you still...
He said that to his disciples so many times, a whole year of
little faith. How long am I going to put up
with you? Martha, how can you be like this? How can you act like this? You
know better. Martha, Martha. You're out of
character, totally. This is not Martha. Is this my
Martha talking to me? You're out of character. How
do we get out there like that? And I'm sure you would say, Martha,
how can you? Martha, Martha. Pity, compassion,
concern. How can you miss the great things
and be taken up with the mundane? How can you, Martha? Why aren't
you in here? Those things can be taken care
of by somebody else. Let the dead bury the dead. I've
got some land I've got to see. I've got a father to bury. I've
got a wife to... Let the people take care of that
that's concerned about that. Why aren't you in here listening?
Why aren't you in here learning? You're spinning your wheels over
nothing, Martha. But he didn't stop her. He had
not stopped her. He didn't call her in there.
She came in there. He didn't call her in there.
He didn't say, come in here now and sit at my feet like Maverick
and learn something, Martha. You've got a lot to learn. No,
he left her in there. And he'll leave you in your activities. That's right, because we've got
to be She's got to learn something. He didn't stop her from what
she was doing all this time. He was teaching. Those that wanted
to learn were in there. Those that were hungry were in
there. Those that were desirous of his fellowship were in there.
She was out there working. And he left her alone with all
her activities and wheel spinning and talk and debate. He just
left her alone. But now she's made an issue of
it. So he's going to use it. for her good and for our good. And he says to her, Martha, Martha,
you're careful and troubled about many things. I'm sure she was. I just sat in my office and tried
to figure out what all she was doing. She was mistress of the house.
This was her house, and he was there, the great guest. And I
just imagined some things had gone on even before he got there.
I'm sure that after he did arrive, she went outside and got rid
of all the curious neighbors that were all gathered on the
place. Now, y'all just get going here. The Lord's here to visit
with us, and we're going to have some good times together, and
y'all just run along now, and you can come some other time.
Everywhere he went, there was a crowd. She said, this is a private gathering,
you know, close communion. Y'all just get along now, this
is something special. And I expect she had a guest
list. I expect she had a certain amount of food and she had a
guest list. I'm sure not aware that he could
take five loaves and two fishes and take care of a whole lot
more people than she could with all of her week's supply. But
I imagine she had a guest list of those she thought were saved
and knew the Lord. I know a lot of folks who have
their guest list, and they know who's saved and who's not. And
she made sure that they were there. And then I expect she
was instructing the servants to put up fresh flowers and set
the best china and the finest napkins, the monogrammed napkins,
clean the dining room, arrange the seating. I'm sure Martha
arranged the seating. She had the table all set, and
the Lord's going to sit at the head. And she was careful about
who sat on his right and his left. I'm just imagining she'd
fix that up. And I imagine she was going to
sit at the other end. She had that all arranged. She's
an organizer, you see. Martha was an organizer. Everything
had to be... My dear friend, Brother Barnard,
I just loved him so much, but he just worried me to death wanting
me to help him organize the Sovereign Grace Movement one time. Let's
select some officers. Let's get it organized. Let's
get a secretary treasurer. Let's get some bylaws and constitution. Let's get this thing organized.
That's what Martha was doing. Let's get this thing organized.
She really thought she knew what ought to be done at this gathering
of the Lord and his disciples. Who should be where and who should
be doing what? She was the great organizer,
like John Wesley tried to organize Whitefield's ministry. She was
skilled at getting things together. That's what our Lord said about
her here. You're careful. You're careful. You take care of details. You
want everything put in proper order, like these, you know these,
Spurgeon said one time that these books on systematic theology,
he said, I suppose they serve their purpose, but the problem
with them, he says, they put all the tulips here together,
and all the mums here together, and all the roses here together,
and all the pansies here together, and all the marigolds here together,
and all the pine trees here together, and all the oak trees over here,
and it just meshes things up. The Lord takes all of the glories
of His grace and mercy and blends it together and makes it so beautiful. But we organize it. You've got
to be right on everything, you know. You've got to be cut and
dry. Give everybody pink, sovereign,
dear God, let them read it and kiss them goodbye, you know,
get it all fixed up. There's Martha, she's fixing
it all up. And he said, you're careful and
you're troubled about many, many, many, many, many things. But,
oh, I like this, but one thing is needful. And Martha, if this one thing
is there, everything else will be all right. I mean everything. And if this
one thing is missing, everything else is in vain. That's what
he's saying. Martha, Martha, you are troubled
and careful about many things, but one thing is needful. What is that one thing? Well,
he said, Mary's chosen it. that good part, where was Mary?
Sitting at his feet, looking into his face and hearing
his words. And that's the one thing people... I'll tell you, religion, I believe
the best thing in the world we could do for this whole religious
generation is take everyone of them together Put them in a big
barn somewhere. Take all their soul winning and
activities and running and organizing and entertaining and all that.
Take it all away from them. Just shut them up in a big barn
and preach the gospel to them. We need some, they say we need
more activity. We need more inactivity on our
part. And sit at his feet. Now that's
exactly, this is the one thing needful. And that is to sit at the feet
of the Lord Jesus Christ reverently, humbly, attentively, lovingly,
and hear His precious Word. And that's what I want to do
here. I'm trying to do, and by God's grace, will keep trying
to do. Back there in the Sunday school this morning, we covered
19 verses in 1 Corinthians 15. Out here in the auditorium, I
read about 30 verses from Romans 8. Back there in the study tonight,
Chuck read Isaiah 55. We went over it here tonight.
Tom has read Proverbs 3. Here we are now in Luke 10. Let's sit at His feet. What do
you do for your young people? Well, we're not going to organize
them and promote them and entertain them. We're going to let them
sit at the feet of Christ and study His Word. That's the one
thing they need for. One thing. And it's needful for
young Mary, and it's needful for elder Martha. It's needful
for the servant, it's needful for the mistress. It's needful
for the minister, it's needful for the student. By hearing His
Word, let me show you this, and I'll come to a close. By hearing
His Word, faith comes. We're not going to get faith
rattling pots and pans. We're not going to get faith
organized in religion. The disciples said, Lord, increase
our faith. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing
by the Word of God. That's how faith grows. You want
faith to increase, get into God's Word. From faith to faith, from
one degree of faith to another. Comfort. In our trials, a lot
of people lacked the message this morning. I'll tell you why
you lacked it. It was God's Word. It was God's promise. I didn't give you any recipe
for recovery, a recipe for rest. I gave you a promise of God and
you went away rejoicing. That's it. Comfort one another
with these words. Growth in grace. How are we going
to grow in grace in the knowledge of Christ? Desire the sincere
milk of the word that you may grow. When are we going to get any
hope? David said, In thy word do I hope. Boy, Mary sat there
to see. And her heart just bounded as
her faith increased, her hope increased, her assurance increased. That's where assurance comes
from, the Word of God. And that's what our Lord said,
Martha, one thing is needful. And Mary had chosen that. Mary
chose it. Now Mary, both these girls knew
the Lord, both loved the Lord, both were saved, but Mary saw
what was really needful. Mary knew folks had to eat, but she felt like that feeding
upon his word was more important. Mary knew that the house must
be clean, but Mary felt like that it was more important for
her heart to be cleansed by his blood and his word. Mary knew
that there were things to be done, but Mary knew he had to
do something for her. Mary knew that in His own way
and His own purpose that everything was going to be alright even
if she sat there. Didn't she? Martha was afraid
that it wasn't going to work out. You say, but she believed
the Lord was sovereign. I know that and you do too. I hear people say, pray like
it all depended on God and work like it all depends on you. I
don't buy that philosophy. I believe in prayer or activity,
it still all depends on Him. And I can just sit at His feet.
This church, we don't need to organize anything, we don't need
to have business meetings, we don't need to have committees,
we don't need to have these things. All we need to do is sit here
on Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday night and hear
these men read and preach and pray and give out the Word of
God and everything will be alright. God will regulate our homes and
He'll regulate our attitudes, He'll regulate our lives, but
now just soon, just as sure as we start organizing and promoting
and all these activities, we're going to get messed up. That's
right. That's what messed Martha up.
Mary chose the good part and Mary knew it. But you've got
to tell people what to do. He'll tell them what to do. He'll
tell us. But he'll supply the grace to
do it. And he said this about Mary. One thing is needful, and
Mary had chosen that good part, and it'll not be taken away from
her. It'll not be taken away. I tell
you, all these other things are going to fade and pass away. Pass away. But this won't be
taken away. Now then, I kind of regret that
this ends right here. I kind of regret that we have
no response from Martha. Do we? She's standing there.
And she's come in in a huff. How would you ladies think she
stood? She had on an apron. You suppose
she had her hands on her hips? How do you suppose she folded
her arms? How do you think she was standing?
When she had, Lord, don't you care that my sister had left
all this herbing to me? Bid her, get up and come back
and help me. And that's when he said, Martha,
Martha, you're cumbered about and troubled and careful about
many things. Martha, one thing is needful. And you need to straighten this
out now. And Mary's chosen it. Stay where
you are, Mary. And she's chosen it. And she's
not going to lose what she's doing. You know what I believe? I believe
Martha's not like us. Martha was rebuked. You know
what, John, what I believe she did? I believe she folded those
skirts and sat down right there. I believe she did. I believe
she took it. Like it ought to be taken. And
she didn't have a butt. I think, nothing said, at least
she just closed her mouth and sat down. And she profited by
it. And that's what I want to do.
I want to shut my mouth and sit down at his feet. And take rebuke. Take it. Because it comes from
him. All right, is that all right?
So whatever you get out of that, God bless it to your heart. All
right, Mike, what do you want to say?

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