Posts made in September, 2021

TEXT: ‘And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil’ (John 12:3) THOUGHT: The Bible records Jesus visiting the house of Lazarus, Martha and Mary on three separate occasions.1 The first visit was before He raised Lazarus from the dead and the last was shortly afterwards. The first and last visits are similar but there is one fundamental difference that makes the last visit something special. Today’s Teaching focusses on these two visits and what happened while Jesus and His disciples were there. 1. Welcome – ‘A certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house’ (Luke 12:38) The question is, “Would you welcome Jesus into your house or more importantly, into your life?” Martha welcomed Jesus and offered Him and the disciples hospitality. Little did she know that within a year or so Jesus would return and raise her brother from the dead. We may not see the need for Jesus right now in a physical or material way, but He knows the future and life was certainly better for Martha to face tragedy with Jesus in her life. We may wrongly think, that Jesus would not want to come into our home or life because of our past, but He made a promise that if...