John 11:1 "The Town Of Mary And Her Sister Martha" - Ironside

From Gospel of John - HAI; 1942
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'Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha'

We are told, "Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha." That is interesting; is it not? I am sure there were a great many other people living in Bethany. But to the Lord who looked down upon that city, to God Himself, it was the town of Mary and Martha. What does that mean? There were two devoted hearts there, and that meant more to God than all the other people who lived in that village. I wonder about your community. Are you so devoted to the Lord Jesus Christ, so living for the glory of God, that He thinks of your community as the particular place where you live? Does He pass by the rich and great, the powerful and noted, from a worldly standpoint, and say of you, "That is one of My friends, who loves Me," and therefore thinks of it as your town or your locality?

I think that this is most significant. "Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
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John 11:2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)