November 24, 2024 "Is It Better To Serve Or Sit At Jesus' Feet?"

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There's a Rob Bell quote that talks about how Scripture is like a gem - you keep turning it and new and different things come out of it. It's a good quote and a good way to think about scripture. There are sooooo many ways that people have interpreted this story for like 2000 years. It's a frustrating story for me. So today we're turning the gem and looking at the different ways people have interpreted this story in the past. It all hinges on what Jesus means when he says, "You are worried about many things, but few things are needed - or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better." I'm not going to throw in those interpretations here, you can listen to the sermon to find them. And at the end of it - I'm not quite sure that we'll agree on what Jesus meant when he said the thing he said about the one thing needed. Maybe that's okay. Maybe that's Luke's point - maybe that's Jesus' point. Maybe they're both trying to start a discussion - wrestling of sorts. Maybe this Christian faith thing - this following Jesus thing isn't as black and white as we'd like it to be. Maybe it's deliberately ambiguous. Maybe that's intentional. Maybe it's in the pushing against and pulling at God and having God push against and pull at us - maybe it's in that action that transformation happens. So is it better to serve, or sit at the feet of Jesus? I don't know that I/we know. But they're both important and we probably ought to pay attention to both. Speaker: Aaron Vis Scripture: Luke 10:38-42 http://bible.com/events/49353051