Martha vs Mary
In Luke chapter 10, Martha invites Jesus to stay at her house. From this short narrative, we see the spiritual symbolism and contrast between the Old and New Testaments and of God's plan of salvation. TEXT MEANING Additional thoughts MARTHA v.40 was cumbered about much serving She represents the efforts of humanity to fulfill the Old Testament or Mosaic Covenant laws for salvation. She's the oldest. The firstborn. The first covenant. v.40 Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? The Law cannot understand Grace. It believes in its self-righteousness acts to please God. The Law always tries to minimize Grace and bring us back into bondage of self-righteous works. v.41 Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: The efforts of trying to fulfill the Law could only reveal the difficulty and failure in keeping it. Wherefore the law was our school master to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by fa