Section 13
have opinions because they have so many teach ings. When someone talks with them about the inner life, they immediately begin to share their opinions. Too much knowledge and too many doctrines breed endless opinions.
After Martha said that she believed the Lord to be the Christ, the Son of God, she went away and called her sister Mary. Martha said, "The Teacher is here and is calling you" (11:28). How ever, I cannot find a word saying that the Lord had called for Mary. That was Martha's sugges tion. It was her self-assuming opinion. Again we see in Martha a person who was so full of her own opinions. She was so active in her opinion that she could never be silent. Perhaps you also love the Lord very much, but, like Martha, you cannot be silent.
MARY'S OPINION
Mary came to the Lord at Martha's word. She reiterated what Martha first told the Lord: "Lord, if You were here, my brother would not have died" (11:32). This also is an opinion, a complaint against the Lord.
The Lord never argued; neither did He accept their opinion. They simply did not understand that as long as the Lord was present everything