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Originally Posted by OBW
Your response would seem to indicate that you think that the whole of life is about being ready for the death of Jesus.
This statement by Jesus has a context. It was not a disrespect of Martha's work. It was not a belittling of it. It was a commending of Mary's pouring out of herself in the particular situation and implied that she understood that something significant was coming even if she did not know what.
The idea was not to say that always doing what Mary did was preferable to doing the work we are called to do. But you are very articulate to state that this is what you believe it means and are happy to just ignore the things that are needful in all instances while taking on activities that you think are the current equivalents of what Mary did.
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Thanks OBW.
It seemed that (
only?) Mary comprehended the Lord's words about His pending death. Perhaps all the others were carried away by the excitement of Lazarus' rising from the dead. Mary heard, Mary believed, Mary acted decisively (11.2, 12.3), and Mary was commended by the Lord.
Nee and Lee take this home meeting in Bethany to extremes, even to the point of teaching that there "should be" twice as many sisters as brothers in a healthy church life.