Names have significant meaning in the Bible.
Let us look from Adam to Noah
Adam come from the root word Adomah which means man.
Gen: 5 Seth means Appointed.
Gen 4:25 Eve said God has given another son in replacement of Abel
Enosh- Mortal- The root word is ‘Anash’ which means incurable, wound, grief.
Names have significant meanings.
Next we have Mahalel which means Blessed or Praise and El is the name of God.
Mahalel -means The Blessed God.
Jared means – Shall come down.
Enoch means- Teaching- Enoch walked with God at age 65. At the age of 300 he was taken up to heaven.
Methuselah –means ‘his death shall bring’ lived for 969 years. Before the judgment came.
Noah-means – root word ‘Nacham’ which means brings relief. Noah means bring comfort and rest.
PUT ALL THE NAME TOGETHER.
Adam- Man
Seth- Appointed
Enosh- Mortal
Kainan- Sorrow
Mahalel- The blessed God
Jared- Shall come down
Enoch- Teaching
Methuselah- His death shall bring.
Lamech- Despairing
Noah- Comfort and Rest.
This speaks of Jesus.
Martha and Mary name also has meaning.
Both of them Loved Jesus.
They live in Bethany about 2 miles from Jerusalem.
They had a brother whose name was Lazarus. Whom Jesus rose from the dead. John 11.
They were close friends of Jesus and Jesus always visited them.
Meaning of Martha- means ‘lord’ or ‘Master’
Mary- Myrrh- it means pungent herb.(Sea of bitterness)
Luke 10:38
Now it happened as they went that he arrived a certain village and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house.
Martha was the owner of the house.
She loved Jesus.
That is the reason she welcomed Him into her house.
We love Jesus to come to our house.
Mary’s approach towards Jesus.
And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat Jesus feet and heard His word.
Mary was just sitting and listening to Jesus.
She rested at the feet of Jesus.
She heard Him talk and teach.
Her approach was just sitting and listening.
Today many of us are not like Mary.
We are busy or making ourselves busy.
We do not want the best part of God.
We want to do something based on our own effort.
MARTHA WAS DISTRACTED.
VS 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”
When you are tired of doing certain things for the Lord the way you talk we know.
Matthew 12:35
“ A good man out of the good treasures of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasures brings forth evil things.”
Martha was very tired and frustrated.
She told Jesus that Jesus did not care.
If we are not resting in the presence of God this is what we might say.
She could have told Jesus in a different way.
But she accused her sister and was angry and accused Jesus.
We can be like Martha in many ways.
Not knowing that it is not healthy.
We can be serving God and get angry for nothing. ( serving with own strength)
WHAT WAS JESUS RESPOND TOWARDS MARTHA?
Luke 10 :41
And Jesus said to her, “ Martha, Martha you are worried and troubled about many things.
How many of you know when you are worried and troubled you are sinning against God.
Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
JEWISH PROVERB.
Worms eat you when you are dead but worries eat you when you are alive.
WHEN YOU ARE TOO BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
PROBLEMS ACCUMULATE
NO PEACE OF MIND
ATTACK OF THE EVIL ONE.
Matthew 11:28,29
Come unto me all you who labor and are heavy laden. And I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
MARTHA A GOOD WOMAN.
Martha was a very good woman.
But her priorities are wrong.
For Jesus food is nothing.
If she had rested at Jesus feet that day she would have eaten the best food.
Jesus would have performed a miracle and food would have come.
For Jesus to learn His word is more important than the rest.
Mary- Myrrh- it means pungent herb.(Sea of bitterness)
Luke 10:38
Now it happened as they went that he arrived a certain village and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house.
Martha was the owner of the house.
She loved Jesus.
That is the reason she welcomed Him into her house.
We love Jesus to come to our house.
Mary’s approach towards Jesus.
And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat Jesus feet and heard His word.
Mary was just sitting and listening to Jesus.
She rested at the feet of Jesus.
She heard Him talk and teach.
Her approach was just sitting and listening.
Today many of us are not like Mary.
We are busy or making ourselves busy.
We do not want the best part of God.
We want to do something based on our own effort.
MARTHA WAS DISTRACTED.
VS 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”
When you are tired of doing certain things for the Lord the way you talk we know.
Matthew 12:35
“ A good man out of the good treasures of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasures brings forth evil things.”
Martha was very tired and frustrated.
She told Jesus that Jesus did not care.
If we are not resting in the presence of God this is what we might say.
She could have told Jesus in a different way.
But she accused her sister and was angry and accused Jesus.
We can be like Martha in many ways.
Not knowing that it is not healthy.
We can be serving God and get angry for nothing. ( serving with own strength)
WHAT WAS JESUS RESPOND TOWARDS MARTHA?
Luke 10 :41
And Jesus said to her, “ Martha, Martha you are worried and troubled about many things.
How many of you know when you are worried and troubled you are sinning against God.
Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
JEWISH PROVERB.
Worms eat you when you are dead but worries eat you when you are alive.
WHEN YOU ARE TOO BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
PROBLEMS ACCUMULATE
NO PEACE OF MIND
ATTACK OF THE EVIL ONE.
Matthew 11:28,29
Come unto me all you who labor and are heavy laden. And I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
MARTHA A GOOD WOMAN.
Martha was a very good woman.
But her priorities are wrong.
For Jesus food is nothing.
If she had rested at Jesus feet that day she would have eaten the best food.
Jesus would have performed a miracle and food would have come.
For Jesus to learn His word is more important than the rest.
BY WAITING WHAT DID MARY ACHIEVE?
JOHN 12 VS 3
Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
She was preparing for Jesus dead.
By waiting upon the Lord you will do great things.
You will be literally hearing from Him.
TWO VERY GOOD COMMENDS OF JESUS TOWARDS MARY.
LUKE 10 :42
But one thing is needed and Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.
Jesus is saying Church by only waiting and resting and hearing His word is the good part.
I do not know anything else that is good except by waiting and resting and listening to His word.
If anything else is better you go head and do it and you will find out that you are not heading anywhere.
Jesus commended Mary the Second Time.
John 12:4
But Jesus said, “ Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial.
Judas was not happy and told the money should be given to the poor.
Jesus answered the poor you have always.
No other ladies were able to anoint Jesus after His dead.
JOHN 12 VS 3
Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
She was preparing for Jesus dead.
By waiting upon the Lord you will do great things.
You will be literally hearing from Him.
TWO VERY GOOD COMMENDS OF JESUS TOWARDS MARY.
LUKE 10 :42
But one thing is needed and Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.
Jesus is saying Church by only waiting and resting and hearing His word is the good part.
I do not know anything else that is good except by waiting and resting and listening to His word.
If anything else is better you go head and do it and you will find out that you are not heading anywhere.
Jesus commended Mary the Second Time.
John 12:4
But Jesus said, “ Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial.
Judas was not happy and told the money should be given to the poor.
Jesus answered the poor you have always.
No other ladies were able to anoint Jesus after His dead.
LUKE 24 VS 1
Now on the first day of the week very early in the morning they and certain other woman with them came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.
They found Jesus no more.
Church God wants us to be waiting upon Him.
Do not be too busy and miss the boat.
Mary has chosen the good part which shall not be taken away from her.
Now on the first day of the week very early in the morning they and certain other woman with them came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.
They found Jesus no more.
Church God wants us to be waiting upon Him.
Do not be too busy and miss the boat.
Mary has chosen the good part which shall not be taken away from her.
