Mark 7:24-37
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1. All people are clean
1. All people are clean
If we admitted it, I think we would all be able to say that there has been times in our lives where we allowed prejudice to influence our thoughts, emotions or actions.
Gentile Women / Gentile Territory.
Preview to Gentile Mission.
Response of women is preview of acceptance of the gospel by Gentiles. (Acts 10:28)
In Luke 15, Jesus tells us the parable of the “Lost Sheep” and the “Prodigal Son”... God wants all to be saved including the wandering, disobedient sheep and the wayward, foolish son.
Jesus says that there is celebrating in Heaven when one sinner is brought to faith. It became obvious to me through Scripture that Jesus does indeed love all the children of the world and that He wants each generation to teach the next generation to show His love through its witness.
We love uniformity but God loves diversity, and God sees all His people through the lens of the cross.
2. Humble faith overcomes obstacles, & glorifies Jesus!
2. Humble faith overcomes obstacles, & glorifies Jesus!
In front of this women stood many obstacles that just a normal reader into this passage may or may not understand.
Nationality: She was a gentile and Jesus was a Jew.
She was a women. The society during this day is dominated by men.
Satan was against her: one of his demons had taken hold of her daughter.
The disciples were against her: wanted Jesus to send her away.
For a time, it seemed like Jesus was against her.
NOT AN EASY SITUATION.
Samuel Rutherford, the Scottish minister who suffered greatly for Christ, once wrote to a friend named Lady Boyd after the loss of several friends in 1640.
“It’s faiths work to claim and challenge loving-kindness out of all the roughest strokes of God.”
She triumphs because of her great faith.
A faith that is humble.
She addresses Jesus as the Son of David (a Jewish Term), but also refers to Him as Lord.
She comes to Jesus and addresses Him in prostration. A sign of reverence.
9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
She does not deny the special place of the “children” (Jews) in God’s Plan. Salvation is from the Jews (John 4:22).
Jews took precedence over Gentiles during the ministry of Jesus. Even Paul later adhered to a similar principle (Rom. 1:16).
This lady knows her place and she exemplifies it before Jesus. And because of that humility, Jesus commends her for her humility. Faith is not explicitly mentioned, it is certainly implied.
4 Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Humility is something we must actively pursue in our faith while not allowing the selfishness of our culture to lay hold of our hearts.
3. Jesus shows us another compassionate response to the pain & sorrow sin has brought into the world.
3. Jesus shows us another compassionate response to the pain & sorrow sin has brought into the world.
Jesus takes the man away from the crowd so that the healing would be private and the man would not become a public attractions
Since the man is deaf and can’t hear, Jesus show’s compassion and give him the gift of touch to allow him to feel the Lord’s presence through the healing.
JESUS KNOWS OUR NEEDS.
Jesus did not want to be known as a Hellenistic miracle worker. Mark reiterates that Jesus’ true identity could not be understood until after the passion and resurrection.