Lk 10: 38-42
INTRO: Are you distracted in your faith in God? What are they?
Can you focus on what caused the distractions than what resulted to and from?
I. DISTRACTION
OF MARTHA IS ALSO OURS
A. Passions and habits
B. Excitement and confusion (Prov 19:2)
C. Distress (Prov 24:10) and wordly cares
II. DISTRACTIONS
FROM OUR FAITH
A. Sinful desires (1 Pet 2:11)
B. Lustful, fleshly desires (Rom 13:14)
C. Friendship with the world (Jas 4:1)
III. THE
CHOICE OF MARY SHOULD BE OURS
A. Listening to the word (KV 39)
B. Hearing and believing (Jn 5:24)
C. Abiding with the word (1 Jn 2:14)
CONCLUSION: Hearing
God’s word is choosing the good portion. This “chosen portion” (Ps 16:5) “Gihatagan sa tanan.” Be at Jesus’ feet
always (Lk 8:35) the disciple at the master’s feet was healed at hearing the
word of God.
"The favour of God is needful to our happiness; the salvation of Christ is needful to our safety. Where this is attended to, all other things will be rightly pursued. Christ declared, Mary hath chosen the good part. For one thing is needful, this one thing that she has done, to give up herself to the guidance of Christ. The things of this life will be taken away from us, at the furthest, when we shall be taken away from them; but nothing shall separate from the love of Christ, and a part in that love. Men and devils cannot take it away from us, and God and Christ will not. Let us mind the one thing needful more diligently." (Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary)
"The favour of God is needful to our happiness; the salvation of Christ is needful to our safety. Where this is attended to, all other things will be rightly pursued. Christ declared, Mary hath chosen the good part. For one thing is needful, this one thing that she has done, to give up herself to the guidance of Christ. The things of this life will be taken away from us, at the furthest, when we shall be taken away from them; but nothing shall separate from the love of Christ, and a part in that love. Men and devils cannot take it away from us, and God and Christ will not. Let us mind the one thing needful more diligently." (Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary)
