Maud church of Christby Jim BradshawSunday Morning, May 12, 2013

Lesson Text:Matthew 15:21-28

Matthew 14:1-4 NKJV At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus (2) and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”

Matthew 14:1-4 continued (3) For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. (4) Because John had said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her.”

John 7:1 NKJV After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.

John 7:8 NKJV You go up to this feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come.”

Mark 7:24 NKJV From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be hidden.

Who Was This Woman?1. Matthew’s account states that she was, “a woman

of Canaan.”• Mark 7:26 ESV Now the woman was a Gentile, a

Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

2. A mother who recognized Jesus.• Matthew 15:22 NKJV And behold, a woman of

Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”

Who Was This Woman?3. She was begging for the Master’s Help.• Mark 7:25 NKJV For a woman whose young

daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and fell at His feet.

Matthew 7:7-8 NKJV "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. (8) For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Why Not Send Her Away?

1. She is a Gentile dog.• Jews looked with disdain at the Gentile world.

2. She is bothering us.• Matthew 15:23 NKJV But He answered her not a

word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out after us."

Why Not Send Her Away?

3. The Disciples likely thought Jesus agreed.

• Matthew 15:24-25 NKJV But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." (25) Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, help me!“

• Mark 7:27 NKJV But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs.“

• Jesus was not calling the woman, “a dog”

Why Not Send Her Away?

Matthew 10:5-6 NKJV These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans. (6) But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Acts 1:8 NKJV But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Why Not Send Her Away?Romans 1:16 NKJV For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

There are no second-class Christians:

Galatians 3:28 NKJV There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Why Not Send Her Away?There are no second-class souls:

John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (17) For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Whose Table is It?

What would you do?

Whose Table is It?

Matthew 15:27 NKJV And she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.”

It is the Master’s Table!

Ephesians 5:25-27 NKJV Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, (26) that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, (27) that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

It is the Master’s Table!

1 Corinthians 10:12-13 NKJV (12) Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. (13) No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

Great is Your Faith

Matthew 15:28 NKJV Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

How Great is Your Faith?

Hebrews 11:6 NKJV But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.