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b'She must have been so frustrated. Martha was working, always working. Cooking, cleaning, doing everything possible to make their guestcomfortable. And not just any guest: they were hosting Jesus, the renowned teacher.\\nYet while she ran around, making preparations forthe rabbi and His disciples, her sister Mary merely sat at Jesus\\u2019 feet and listened to His words. Martha kept glancing at the teacher, waiting for Him to tell her sister to help her.\\nFinally, she couldn\\u2019t take it anymore. She cried out: \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Lord, don\\u2019t you care that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (Luke 10:40).\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Martha, Martha,\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d He replied. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153You are worried and upset about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d (Luke 10:41-42).\\nWhat?\\nMartha was probably shocked and hurt. Why would He rebuke me for working hard and encourage my sister for being lazy? That\\u2019s not fair.Martha didn\\u2019t understand that no matter what she did, no matter how hard she worked, she could never earn God\\u2019s favor. While works are important as a testament of faith (James 2:26), faith in Christ is our path to salvation (John 14:6). Slowing down for a moment to listen to the words of Jesus Himself, as Mary did, is infinitely more important than busying ourselves trying to earn God\\u2019s forgiveness and favor by what we do.\\nThat is the entire reason Jesus gave His life for us: so we could be saved through faith in Him\\u2026because we could never do it on our own. \\u2022 Aleia Lenz\\n\\u2022 Have you ever caught yourself thinking you could earn God\\u2019s forgiveness? \\n\\u2022 Read Isaiah 59:2, Romans 3:23; 5:6-8, and 2 Corinthians 5:21. Why is salvation from sin and death impossible without Jesus? \\n\\u2022 To learn more about salvation through Jesus, check out our \\u201cKnow Jesus\\u201d page.\\nFor you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God\\u2019s gift\\u2014not from works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nLuke 10:38-42'