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 Well, last week, we were looking at Matthew 15, the first half, and essentially, Jesus declares all foods clean.

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 And so what he's doing there is he's removing these boundaries between Jew and Gentile.

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 And so basically, he's removing this kind of restricted access sign to Jews.

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 We've all seen restricted access signs.

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 You've seen them like this.

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 Keep out.

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 No trespassing.

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 Employees only.

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 Maybe you've been in an airport.

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 You're thirsty and you want to sit down and you want to go into one of those nice clubs and it says members only.

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 Authorized personnel only.

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 For the majority of us in the room, we're all Gentiles.

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 Which means this.

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 If you're of European descent or Central or South American descent or African descent or Asian descent, if you're not of Jewish descent, you're a Gentile according to the flesh.

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 And because you're a Gentile leading up to the time before Jesus, you would have had restricted access to God's grace, to the God of the Bible.

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 But that all changed with Jesus.

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 And we saw that last week as he declared all foods clean.

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 And it's like it's not about what you eat that makes you dirty.

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 It's what comes out of your heart that makes you dirty.

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 And that applies to Jews as well as Gentiles.

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 This morning, we're going to see how Jesus gives Gentiles unrestricted access to the saving grace of God by faith.

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 For Gentiles, there's no more keep out sign from the God of the Bible.

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 The God of the Bible has come to all people and said, come to me through Jesus.

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 So this morning, we're going to look at Matthew 15, verses 21 through 39.

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 And there are three scenes in this stretch of Scripture.

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 And it's three scenes of Jesus interacting with Gentiles.

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 It's really interesting.

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 We're going to be spending most of our time on scene one where Jesus interacts with a Canaanite woman.

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 But we're going to look at the other two scenes briefly.

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 And what we're going to see is that God has given unrestricted access to Gentiles through Jesus.

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 So if you would turn in your Bibles now to Matthew 15, verses 21 through 28.

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 I'm going to read that for you.

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 One of the things that we're going to see woven through these three scenes,

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 we're going to see the compassion of Jesus for Gentiles.

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 Now hang in with me on this first scene.

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 You're going to hear Jesus say some things that are like, did he really just call that woman a dog?

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 Hang in there with me.

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 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

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 And behold, a Canaanite woman from the region came out and was crying,

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 Have mercy on me, Lord, son of David.

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 My daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.

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 But he did not answer her a word.

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 And his disciples came and begged him, saying,

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 Send her away, for she's crying out after us.

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 He answered,

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 I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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 But she came up and knelt before him, saying,

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 Lord, help me.

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 And he answered,

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 It's not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.

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 She said,

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 Yes, Lord.

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 Yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table.

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 Then Jesus answered her,

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 O woman, great is your faith.

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 Be it done for you as you desire.

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 And her daughter was healed instantly.

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 In verse 21, we read that Jesus,

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 that he withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

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 And what you need to know is that Tyre and Sidon,

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 they are coastline cities in the area called Phoenicia.

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 And Phoenicia was a Gentile region just north of Galilee.

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 And so basically, what this means is,

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 Jesus was going into the unclean zone.

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 Phoenicians were Canaanites.

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 And that should ring a bell if you're familiar with the Bible a little bit.

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 Because do you remember when God delivered His people out of Egypt,

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 and He brought them to the promised land,

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 the land of Canaan,

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 and God's people were to remove the inhabitants of the land of Canaan

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 in order to occupy the land of Canaan?

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 Well, the Canaanites became a just thorn in the side of Israel

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 for century after century.

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 And they were the ancient arch enemy of the nation of Israel.

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 So, when we read in Matthew,

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 Jesus withdraws to Tyre and Sidon,

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 which is up in Phoenicia,

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 to the Jewish mind reading this or hearing this,

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 they're thinking that Jesus is headed to an unclean region

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 of historically hostile people.

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 Now, Jesus is going outside the boundaries of Israel.

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 He's going off the reservation, so to speak.

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 And so the question we need to ask is,

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 why is He leaving?

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 Why is He leaving Galilee?

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 Why is He going up to Phoenicia?

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 What's going on with that?

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 Well, there are two reasons why.

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 The first one is this.

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 There's a pattern of Jesus that we see in Matthew 12 and Matthew 14

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 when there is hostility and tensions rise.

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 When He confronts Pharisees

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 or He hears about Herod being afraid of Him,

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 He will withdraw

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 so that any kind of tensions can de-escalate

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 so that His effectiveness of ministry isn't hindered.

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 So, He's seeking to withdraw

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 in order to fulfill the mission that His Father has called Him on.

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 So, that's one reason why He's withdrawn.

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 The second reason is this.

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 Remember, at the beginning of Matthew 15,

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 the first half,

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 Jesus has just called the Pharisees from Jerusalem,

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 you hypocrites,

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 and then He brings down Isaiah on them.

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 You honor me with your lips,

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 but your hearts are far from me.

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 And so, with that tension,

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 Jesus withdraws up into Tyre and Sidon,

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 up to this region.

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 But that's not the only reason why He's up there.

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 Jesus is going to reveal God's heart for all people

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 while He's in this region.

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 He purposely heads north from Galilee.

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 He's got kingdom work to do

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 up around Tyre and Sidon.

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 Jesus has already had some interaction with Gentiles

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 in the Gospel of Matthew,

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 in Matthew chapter 8.

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 Remember the centurion?

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 He heals his daughter from a distance.

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 And then when He casts out the demon

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 who occupied those two men

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 up in those grave sites,

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 that was in Gentile land,

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 in a Gentile region called the Decapolis.

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 Here in verse 22,

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 we have an interaction between Jesus and a woman.

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 But it's no ordinary woman.

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 She is what Matthew calls a Canaanite woman.

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 And so let me just read verse 22 again.

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 And behold, one of Matthew's favorite expressions

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 to draw your attention to something,

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 and behold, a Canaanite woman from the region

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 came out and was crying.

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 Now in the Gospel of Mark,

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 that's written to Gentiles,

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 Mark calls this woman a Syrophoenician woman.

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 And so Syria, Phoenicia, woman,

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 Mark doesn't really care about what Jews

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 would think about that.

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 Matthew does care.

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 And so the Gospel of Matthew,

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 Matthew is heightening this woman's Canaanite background

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 just to remind everybody reading,

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 there's going to be some tensions here.

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 And so this Canaanite woman,

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 she comes out,

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 and she's yelling.

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 And she's yelling for a reason,

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 because she's at a distance.

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 And so when your mind imagines this,

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 you've got to think about this woman

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 being at a distance,

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 and she's crying out.

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 She's raising her voice.

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 And what is she saying?

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 She's saying this.

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 Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David.

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 Have mercy on me.

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 She's obviously in a desperate place.

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 She needs some kind of help.

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 And we're going to learn

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 that these cries were incessant cries for mercy.

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 She's pleading for grace.

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 Just help me.

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 She's not saying anything.

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 Look what I've done for you.

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 I've been so good.

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 Blah, blah, blah.

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 Help me.

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 Have mercy on me.

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 That's what she's crying out.

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 And did you notice

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 how she addresses

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 this Jewish foreigner?

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 Lord.

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 Lord.

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 O Lord, Son of David.

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 Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David.

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 Now that word Lord

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 can be a simple and polite title

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 like greeting someone like,

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 hello, sir.

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 But when you combine that word Lord

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 with that title, Son of David,

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 you realize she is confessing him as Lord.

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 Do you know what the Son of David is?

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 It's a reference to Jesus

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 being descended from King David.

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 It is pointing to his Messiahship

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 that she recognizes somehow, someway,

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 she's heard somehow, someway

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 that this Jewish guy

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 who's come up from Galilee

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 is the Son of David.

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 O Lord, Son of David,

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 have mercy on me.

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 And then she elaborates

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 her need for mercy.

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 My daughter is severely oppressed

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 by a demon.

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 She is watching her daughter

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 brutally oppressed

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 by a demon.

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 She's got to be feeling helpless.

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 Anybody in the room

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 ever feel helpless before?

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 You know how this woman is feeling.

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 And maybe you've come into the building

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 feeling helpless yourself.

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 Maybe you're living with some kind

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 of brutal oppression.

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 As a Gentile,

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 is the Jewish Messiah

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 going to hear you

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 when you cry out to Him?

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 Will He have mercy on you?

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 Well, let's see what Jesus does.

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 In verse 23,

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 but He did not answer her a word.

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 She's crying out.

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 She's desperate.

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 Jesus seemingly does nothing.

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 He ignores her.

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 He remains silent.

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 Now, for those of us

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 who've been walking through

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 the Gospel of Matthew,

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 this is highly unusual

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 for Jesus.

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 Because up until this point,

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 we have not seen one instance

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 of Jesus turning someone away

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 who has honestly sought His help.

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 We haven't seen it.

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 And so when He is approached

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 by this desperate woman

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 and He kind of gives her

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 the cold shoulder

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 that's somehow playing hard to get,

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 we're kind of like,

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 Jesus, what are You doing?

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 This is so unusual.

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 We wouldn't expect that.

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 What He's actually doing

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 is what would have been expected

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 for any other Jewish rabbi

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 interacting with a Gentile woman.

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 And that would have been

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 to ignore her.

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 But this is Jesus.

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 Now remember that Jesus

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 is a master teacher.

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 He knows the heart of people

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 and He knows the heart

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 of this woman.

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 He's playing hard to get

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 for a reason.

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 We're going to see that come out

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 as we walk through

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 this little passage.

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 What He's doing is

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 He's drawing out

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 this woman's faith.

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 And in just a few verses,

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 we're going to see her faith

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 bloom in spectacular fashion.

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 Jesus is silent,

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 but His disciples,

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 they can't take it anymore.

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 This Canaanite woman,

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 this mom,

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 is just,

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 have mercy on me!

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 Have mercy!

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 And the disciples are like,

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 Jesus,

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 will You just give her

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 what she wants

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 and send her away?

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 This is killing us!

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 The best way to visualize

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 all this is that

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 this Gentile woman

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 is at a distance

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 crying out incessantly

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 for mercy

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 from Jesus and His disciples,

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 but Jesus has not engaged

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 the woman yet.

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 He hasn't said anything to her.

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 And against the background

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 of her crying out for help,

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 the disciples now

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 are making their own case

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 to Jesus.

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 Would You just send her away?

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 Give her what she wants!

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 This is brutal!

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 In verse 24,

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 Jesus says to His disciples,

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 I was sent to the lost sheep

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 of the house of Israel.

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 So they ask Jesus

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 to essentially,

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 would You just give her

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 what she needs?

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 And Jesus responds to them,

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 Hey, I was sent

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 to the lost sheep

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 of the house of Israel.

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 The people of the nation

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 of Israel.

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 The Israelites,

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 the Jews,

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 that's the ones

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 to whom I was sent to.

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 Did this Canaanite woman

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 hear what Jesus said?

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 I'm guessing she did.

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 I think Jesus said this

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 just loud enough

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 so that she could have

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 heard Him say that

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 to His disciples.

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 And so what Jesus

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 is essentially saying

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 is like,

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 No, I'm not going to

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 give her what she wants

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 because my mission

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 is to the lost sheep

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 of the house of Israel.

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 So here is Jewish Jesus

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 and Gentile Phoenicia

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 denying mercy

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 to a Gentile mother

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 in need

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 because apparently

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 His mission

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 is restricted

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 only to

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 the lost sheep

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 of Israel.

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 but we know otherwise

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 because we've already

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 gone through

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 Matthew chapter 8.

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 We have seen

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 how Jesus

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 compassionately

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 heals the centurion's

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 daughter.

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 We've already seen

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 Jesus

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 deliver

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 two men

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 around the Decapolis

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 from

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 demonic oppression.

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 We've already seen it.

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 Even in Matthew 10

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 when Jesus sends out

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 His twelve

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 to the lost sheep

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 of Israel,

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 He sends them out

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 and He tells them

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 there's going to come a day

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 where you're going to be

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 brought before the Gentiles

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 and you're going to need

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 to bear witness to them.

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 And you will be given

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 words at that time.

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 So we know

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 that there's more

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 going on here.

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 We know that Jesus

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 is saying these things

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 a little tongue in cheek.

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 That there's something

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 else happening.

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 He's drawn out

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 the woman's faith.

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 I would argue

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 that Jesus in fact

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 wants to show her

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 mercy.

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 He's just waiting

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 for the right moment.

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 Now,

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 have you ever been

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 praying your guts

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 out to Jesus

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 and you feel like

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 He's not answering you

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 or not hearing you?

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 You feel like,

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 okay,

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 I'm just pleading my case

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 and it doesn't seem like

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 He's anywhere around.

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 Well,

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 I just want to encourage you.

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 Don't give up.

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 the Lord Jesus,

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 the risen Christ,

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 He just,

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 He very well may be

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 just drawing out

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 your faith.

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 Just bringing you

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 to a point

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 where He then acts

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 on your behalf.

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 And this woman,

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 she doesn't give up.

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 Look at verse 25.

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 Jesus says,

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 hey,

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 I'm not going to help her

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 because I'm,

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 you know,

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 going to the lost

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 sheep of Israel.

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 And then she came

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 and knelt before Him.

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 So she was at a distance

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 and now she comes

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 to Jesus

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 and not just comes,

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 she doesn't get

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 in His face,

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 you're going to give me

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 what I want.

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 She drops at His feet.

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 She kneels down.

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 And when someone

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 kneels down

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 before somebody else,

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 it's an act of humility

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 and an act of reverence.

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 This Gentile woman

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 has recognized this man

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 to be her Lord.

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 The son of David

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 and she drops

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 at His feet.

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 This is happening

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 in Phoenicia.

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 Just a few verses ago,

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 Jesus was confronting

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 male Pharisees

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 who were experts

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 in the Bible

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 who were anticipating

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 some kind of Messiah

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 in the country of Israel.

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 And they didn't get it.

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 They rejected Him.

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 But here,

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 we have this woman,

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 Canaanite,

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 who has no expertise

00:18:15.659 --> 00:18:16.379
 in the Bible,

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 but somehow she's heard

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 that this guy

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 is the son of David.

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 She has no position

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 of authority

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 in that here she is,

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 come in Phoenicia,

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 drops at the feet

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 of Jesus,

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 confessing Him

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 as Lord,

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 son of David.

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 Isn't that a bit ironic?

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 So,

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 the second time,

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 she drops at His feet

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 and she says,

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 Lord,

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 help me.

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 And don't you wish

00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:44.339
 you were there

00:18:44.339 --> 00:18:44.940
 just to hear,

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 was it a whisper?

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:48.600
 Were there tears?

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 We don't know.

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 But what we do know,

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.940
 this is the second time

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 she has called Him Lord.

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 And it should get your attention.

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 What is Jesus going to do?

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.859
 Well,

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.939
 in verse 26,

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:07.759
 Jesus says this,

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.559
 it's not right

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:12.299
 to take the children's bread

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:14.819
 and throw it to the dogs.

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:18.199
 It's not right

00:19:18.199 --> 00:19:19.619
 to take the children's bread

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 and throw it to the dogs.

00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:25.639
 So this woman is at His feet

00:19:25.639 --> 00:19:27.279
 crying out for help

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 and He says,

00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.699
 it's not right

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:31.120
 to take the children's bread

00:19:31.120 --> 00:19:33.140
 and throw it to the dogs.

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:35.559
 Is this the same Jesus

00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:37.620
 that we have been watching

00:19:37.620 --> 00:19:39.660
 all throughout the Gospel of Matthew

00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:42.160
 just compassionately engage

00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:43.299
 anybody that came to Him?

00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.740
 It is.

00:19:47.580 --> 00:19:48.920
 Something else is going on.

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:52.080
 God's looking to get

00:19:52.080 --> 00:19:53.400
 something done here.

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 And He's looking to get

00:19:54.840 --> 00:19:56.720
 something done for us.

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 Now at this point

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.259
 in history,

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.740
 dogs would have been

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:04.539
 considered unclean to Jews

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:05.559
 even though some Jews

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.279
 would keep them

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.200
 as household pets.

00:20:08.360 --> 00:20:10.059
 But at this point,

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.880
 Jews would often

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:13.279
 call Gentiles

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.860
 dogs

00:20:14.860 --> 00:20:16.500
 because they're

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.900
 unclean pests.

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:20.600
 And so it was slang.

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.480
 And so it's like us

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.019
 calling someone

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.740
 a dirty rat.

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.420
 You rat!

00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:26.019
 And so when a Jew

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:27.140
 would call a Gentile

00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.660
 a dog,

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:29.279
 it was just further

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:31.560
 separating the two

00:20:31.560 --> 00:20:32.700
 races out.

00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:34.039
 Jew from Gentile.

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.660
 Clean from unclean.

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:38.000
 And so Jesus

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:39.200
 is using the slang

00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:40.039
 of the day

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:42.680
 to bait this woman

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:44.100
 to see how she's

00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:44.900
 going to respond.

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.500
 And so it's a bit

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.640
 tongue in cheek.

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.160
 That's the way

00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:48.539
 you've got to be

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.300
 listening to this.

00:20:50.560 --> 00:20:50.759
 Now,

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.779
 so the dogs

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.440
 is a reference

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:54.019
 to not women

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:55.920
 but to Gentiles.

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:57.519
 And then the children

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.200
 is a reference

00:20:58.200 --> 00:21:00.799
 to the people

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.299
 of Israel.

00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:03.000
 The children

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.519
 of Abraham.

00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:06.299
 And Jesus

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.879
 is saying

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:08.720
 it's not right

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.519
 to take what

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.240
 the kids need

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.879
 and throw it

00:21:10.879 --> 00:21:11.539
 to the dogs.

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.720
 It's just not right.

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:13.680
 That's what Jesus

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.099
 is saying.

00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:14.720
 Tongue in cheek.

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.660
 Again,

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.160
 we don't know

00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:18.519
 the tone of his face

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.500
 or his voice

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.619
 or the expression

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:21.779
 on his face

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.900
 but I'm convinced

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:24.500
 that what he is saying

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.859
 is not harsh

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:27.420
 but kind.

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:29.539
 There is some kind

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.220
 of invitation

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.660
 to what he is saying

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:33.240
 because what we're

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.099
 going to see next

00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:35.200
 is just

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:36.639
 full bloom

00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:38.019
 of this Canaanite

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.839
 woman's faith.

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:41.039
 She is a spicy lady.

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.059
 Feisty.

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:44.099
 And full of faith.

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:46.180
 Look at verse 27.

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.180
 She said,

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.619
 Yes, Lord.

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.460
 Yet even the dogs

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.079
 eat the crumbs

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.759
 that fall from

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.779
 their master's table.

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:55.039
 Yes, Lord.

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.900
 The best way

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:58.559
 to take that yes

00:21:58.559 --> 00:22:01.259
 is yes it is.

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:03.339
 And so what this woman

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:04.299
 is saying to Jesus

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.859
 is this.

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.539
 He says,

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.839
 it's not right

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:08.339
 to take the bread

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:08.839
 of the children

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:09.379
 and throw it

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:09.980
 to the dogs.

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:11.420
 And she says,

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.980
 oh yes it is.

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.960
 Oh yes it is right.

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:18.299
 It is right.

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.839
 To take the bread

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.839
 for the kids

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.720
 and give them

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.900
 to the dogs.

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.200
 Do you see what

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.579
 she's doing?

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.440
 Do you see the spice

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:25.779
 in her?

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.819
 She's disagreeing

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.420
 with the king.

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.680
 With the Messiah.

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:37.720
 It's right to feed the dogs.

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.480
 She says,

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:40.560
 yes Lord.

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.560
 It's the third time

00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:43.680
 she's called him Lord.

00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:47.539
 So here's what she's saying.

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.360
 She's saying,

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.680
 I'm not asking you

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:52.000
 to choose between

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:53.360
 children and dogs Lord.

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.799
 I'm not asking you

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:57.120
 to just give it all

00:22:57.120 --> 00:22:57.940
 to the dogs.

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.240
 She's saying,

00:22:59.340 --> 00:23:00.080
 there's enough bread

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:00.940
 to go around.

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:03.100
 For even the dogs

00:23:03.100 --> 00:23:04.140
 like me

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:05.180
 is what she's saying.

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.640
 For even dogs

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.320
 like me

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:08.799
 will eat the crumbs

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.720
 that fall from

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.840
 their master's table.

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.460
 She's saying,

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.200
 I'll take anything

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:15.700
 from your kosher table

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.180
 master.

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.200
 Anything.

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:21.340
 Feed the kids first.

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.519
 I'll take the crumbs.

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:26.200
 It's a striking

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.220
 profession of faith.

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:29.960
 She's saying,

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.440
 Lord, Lord,

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.259
 I'm not asking you

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.220
 to stop to feed

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.059
 your children

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:34.559
 for the sake

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.200
 of this dog.

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.160
 I'll take the crumbs.

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:39.039
 This Gentile woman

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.240
 is claiming

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.720
 this man

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:44.220
 as her Jewish Lord.

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:46.039
 It's phenomenal.

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:49.279
 She's so desperate.

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.519
 She doesn't care

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.460
 what Jesus calls her.

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.579
 Just give me

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.420
 some of your leftovers,

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:54.799
 Jesus.

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.559
 Just give me

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.079
 some crumbs.

00:23:56.079 --> 00:24:02.259
 It's like,

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.679
 Jesus,

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.639
 if it comes from you,

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.059
 it's going to be enough.

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.899
 This woman's faith

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.480
 is humble

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.419
 and persistent

00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:12.419
 and we have so much

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.099
 to learn

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.740
 from her.

00:24:14.939 --> 00:24:16.079
 It's exactly

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:17.179
 the place

00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:18.659
 desperate people

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.399
 need to be.

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.659
 At the feet

00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:21.339
 of Jesus

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:21.779
 saying,

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.599
 give me anything

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:23.199
 you've got

00:24:23.199 --> 00:24:24.359
 because I know

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:24.980
 it's going to help.

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:28.179
 In verse 28,

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.960
 Jesus turns

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:30.199
 his full attention

00:24:30.199 --> 00:24:30.839
 to this woman

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:32.299
 and says directly

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:33.099
 to her

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:34.099
 in fullness

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:35.240
 for the first time,

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.659
 he says,

00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:36.899
 O woman,

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:38.500
 great is your faith.

00:24:39.439 --> 00:24:40.259
 That O

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:42.099
 of the O woman

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.919
 that is

00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:43.859
 an emotionally

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:45.139
 packed O.

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.720
 It is full

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.799
 of compassion.

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:49.259
 O woman,

00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:50.039
 Jesus has been

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.960
 waiting for this

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.740
 moment for her

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.539
 to say this,

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.599
 for her to reach

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.139
 this point

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.419
 and say,

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.859
 I'll take

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.279
 anything.

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.819
 And he's going

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.139
 to give her

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.539
 everything.

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:01.039
 O woman,

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.799
 great is your

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.139
 faith.

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.399
 The only people

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:04.939
 in the Gospel

00:25:04.939 --> 00:25:05.459
 of Matthew

00:25:05.459 --> 00:25:06.619
 commended for

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.039
 their faith

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:08.359
 are Gentiles.

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:10.059
 This woman

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.500
 here,

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.359
 and the centurion

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:13.980
 whose faith

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.379
 was like

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.579
 nobody else's

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.099
 in Israel.

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:21.179
 this Canaanite

00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:22.159
 woman knew

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.939
 she was in

00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.539
 the presence

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.279
 of the son

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.799
 of David.

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.199
 This was her

00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:26.579
 Lord,

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:27.919
 and he alone

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.519
 was able to

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.919
 show her

00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:29.519
 the mercy

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.779
 she needed.

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:32.459
 Very unlike

00:25:32.459 --> 00:25:33.339
 the Pharisees

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.019
 we just saw.

00:25:34.419 --> 00:25:35.879
 They didn't

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.259
 care.

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.179
 They thought

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:39.000
 he was a

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.359
 kook.

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.819
 But not

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.419
 this woman.

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.099
 She sees him

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.879
 for who he is.

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:46.300
 He's the son

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:46.720
 of David.

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:48.000
 The Messiah.

00:25:49.820 --> 00:25:50.640
 He goes on

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.000
 to say,

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.720
 be it done

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.100
 for you

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.880
 as you desire.

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.200
 And at that

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.580
 moment,

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.320
 her daughter

00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:56.380
 was instantly

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:57.220
 healed.

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.220
 But did you

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.560
 notice?

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.720
 The focus

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.300
 isn't on the

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:00.560
 healing.

00:26:01.280 --> 00:26:01.780
 The focus

00:26:01.780 --> 00:26:02.340
 is on the

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:03.380
 faith of

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.860
 this woman.

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.220
 Her persistent,

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.260
 humble faith.

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:09.000
 Jesus is

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.300
 saying,

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.900
 O woman,

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.340
 you are

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.920
 right.

00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:13.860
 I am

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.639
 the son

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:15.159
 of David.

00:26:16.219 --> 00:26:16.959
 And I

00:26:16.959 --> 00:26:17.319
 am your

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.759
 Lord,

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.359
 and you

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.959
 are welcome

00:26:18.959 --> 00:26:19.479
 to my

00:26:19.479 --> 00:26:19.959
 table.

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.359
 Receive

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:22.179
 my

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:22.939
 mercy.

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.259
 And he

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.899
 heals

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:26.219
 her daughter.

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:30.059
 What we're

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.559
 seeing here

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.099
 is this.

00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:35.199
 Access

00:26:35.199 --> 00:26:35.679
 to the

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:35.959
 kingdom

00:26:35.959 --> 00:26:37.419
 is no

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:37.859
 longer

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.539
 a matter

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.859
 of

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.439
 ethnicity.

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.979
 It's a

00:26:40.979 --> 00:26:41.179
 matter

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.679
 of faith.

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:43.299
 what you

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.600
 believe

00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:44.140
 about this

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.500
 man,

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.519
 Jesus

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.180
 of

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.759
 Nazareth.

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.279
 And when

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.779
 we compare

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.440
 and contrast

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.820
 it to the

00:26:50.820 --> 00:26:51.060
 way of

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:51.900
 the Pharisees,

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:54.160
 this woman's

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.740
 response

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:56.600
 is striking.

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.620
 So if I

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:57.860
 were to

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.200
 summarize

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.840
 what is

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.240
 the point

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.620
 of this,

00:26:59.720 --> 00:26:59.900
 it would

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.380
 be this.

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.340
 Gentiles

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:03.799
 now have

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:05.100
 unrestricted

00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:06.740
 access to

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.940
 the saving

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.660
 grace of

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.759
 God by

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:11.039
 faith in

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.379
 Jesus.

00:27:12.159 --> 00:27:13.460
 Jesus is

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.819
 doing a

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.539
 game changer

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.240
 up in

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.680
 Tyre and

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.079
 Sidon.

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.000
 He's

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.420
 healing

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.180
 Gentiles.

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:21.940
 He's

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.799
 welcoming

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.579
 their

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.119
 engagement

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.779
 of him.

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.279
 Now,

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.819
 a couple

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.440
 walkaways

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.299
 from this.

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.059
 Here's

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.859
 how I

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.220
 want you

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.460
 to be

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:35.700
 thinking

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.319
 about this.

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:38.939
 remember

00:27:38.939 --> 00:27:40.339
 that you

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.700
 have

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.259
 Gentile

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.679
 roots.

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.480
 Remember

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:42.779
 that.

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.000
 Remember

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.279
 that.

00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:45.299
 Remember

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.859
 you are

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.700
 a Gentile

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.159
 according to

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:47.460
 the flesh.

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:48.099
 By and

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.419
 large,

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.099
 the majority

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.399
 of us

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:49.679
 in this

00:27:49.679 --> 00:27:49.939
 room

00:27:49.939 --> 00:27:50.659
 are

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.480
 Gentiles

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.379
 according

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:52.799
 to the

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.159
 flesh.

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:53.899
 And

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.220
 remember

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.519
 there was

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:54.859
 a time

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.200
 when we

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.419
 were

00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:56.419
 outside,

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.119
 we had

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.599
 restricted

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.220
 access

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:59.159
 to the

00:27:59.159 --> 00:27:59.500
 God of

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.599
 the

00:27:59.599 --> 00:27:59.939
 Bible.

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.439
 Remember

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.799
 that.

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.500
 Jesus

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.000
 said to

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.340
 the woman

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:04.820
 at the

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.080
 well,

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:06.400
 salvation

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:06.820
 is from

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:06.980
 the

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.320
 Jews.

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.220
 And

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.480
 we had

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.460
 restricted

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.880
 access,

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.360
 but no

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:12.759
 more.

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.160
 Jesus

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.779
 has

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:16.080
 opened

00:28:16.080 --> 00:28:16.240
 the

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.480
 way.

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:17.940
 And

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.160
 so

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.779
 remember

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.140
 your

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:20.039
 Gentile

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.440
 roots,

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.120
 but

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:22.480
 rejoice

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.259
 in your

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.779
 Jewish

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.360
 Messiah.

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.480
 Because

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:25.900
 He has

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.480
 opened

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.059
 the way

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.559
 for you

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:27.880
 as a

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.460
 Gentile

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.460
 to come

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.200
 into

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.779
 a

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.420
 saving

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.279
 relationship

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.220
 with the

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.580
 God of

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:33.720
 the

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.100
 Bible.

00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:35.799
 You

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.059
 remember

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.759
 in Matthew

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.420
 27

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:37.880
 when Jesus

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.299
 died on

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.759
 the cross

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.680
 and

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.220
 immediately

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.019
 afterwards

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.299
 the

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.680
 curtain

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.539
 was torn

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:42.940
 in two

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.640
 from top

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.160
 to bottom.

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:44.900
 It's a

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.360
 picture of

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.580
 God

00:28:45.580 --> 00:28:46.120
 opening

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.860
 up a

00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.160
 way.

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.100
 That's

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:48.519
 not just

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.039
 good news

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.759
 for Jews.

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.240
 That's

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.140
 great news

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:53.120
 for Gentiles.

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.279
 God

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.539
 has

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.279
 opened

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.740
 the way

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.279
 for all

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.740
 people

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.019
 through

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.440
 Jesus

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:57.940
 to come

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.180
 into

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.460
 His

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.720
 holy

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.259
 presence.

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.339
 And it

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.500
 was

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.680
 through

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:00.819
 the

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.200
 shedding

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.519
 of

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:01.819
 Jesus

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.339
 blood

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:02.900
 that

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.059
 He

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.700
 secured

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.259
 our

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.859
 access

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.619
 to

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:05.859
 the

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.200
 holy

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.579
 living

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.019
 God

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:08.160
 forever.

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.680
 Remember,

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.079
 rejoice,

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.759
 cry out

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.180
 for help.

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.839
 If you're

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.039
 in a

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.220
 hard

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.720
 place,

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.220
 take your

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.700
 cues from

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:23.900
 this

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.319
 Canaanite

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:24.599
 woman.

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.460
 Help

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.839
 me

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.240
 Lord.

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.640
 Lord,

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.039
 help

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.299
 me.

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:30.859
 Lord,

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.120
 help

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:31.359
 me.

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.539
 In this

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.099
 passage,

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.980
 four times,

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.839
 the word

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.480
 Lord shows

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.740
 up.

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.900
 When she

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.339
 first

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.980
 acknowledges

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.480
 Jesus,

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.160
 when she

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.779
 comes and

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.799
 falls at

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.259
 His feet

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.680
 and says,

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.039
 Lord,

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.559
 help

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:45.859
 me.

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:45.880
 Help me.

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:52.480
 In

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.700
 verse

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.380
 26,

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.680
 excuse me,

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.640
 verse 27,

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.160
 she says,

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:56.600
 yes,

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.140
 Lord,

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.540
 that's the

00:29:57.540 --> 00:29:58.160
 third time.

00:30:00.060 --> 00:30:00.500
 For even

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:00.960
 the dogs

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.360
 eat the

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:01.800
 crumbs that

00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:02.420
 fall from

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.759
 their

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.600
 master's

00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:03.940
 table.

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.480
 That

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:04.759
 word

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.200
 master

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:06.180
 is another

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.560
 way of

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:07.080
 translating

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.620
 the Greek

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:08.000
 word

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.980
 Lord.

00:30:09.800 --> 00:30:10.300
 From

00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:10.480
 their

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.120
 Lord's

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.680
 table.

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:12.660
 Four

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.580
 times in

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.120
 this brief

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.640
 passage,

00:30:14.780 --> 00:30:15.200
 we see a

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.900
 Gentile woman

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.500
 referring to

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.880
 Jesus

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:19.160
 as her

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.500
 Lord.

00:30:21.040 --> 00:30:21.660
 Cry out

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.100
 to her.

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.200
 Cry out

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.580
 to your

00:30:23.580 --> 00:30:23.960
 Lord,

00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:24.860
 brothers and

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.180
 sisters.

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.380
 He may

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.860
 be Jewish,

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.600
 but He

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:27.940
 is your

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.240
 Lord.

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.740
 And He

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:29.980
 has a

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.480
 compassionate

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.259
 heart to

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.400
 you.

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.800
 When He

00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:32.160
 says,

00:30:32.540 --> 00:30:33.080
 O woman,

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.240
 could it

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:37.120
 be that

00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:37.480
 He is

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:37.940
 saying the

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.440
 same to

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:38.759
 you?

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:39.900
 O

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.280
 Michael,

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.060
 O dear

00:30:42.060 --> 00:30:42.400
 one,

00:30:43.560 --> 00:30:44.340
 O you

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:45.640
 of great

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.620
 little faith,

00:30:47.020 --> 00:30:47.440
 come to

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:47.740
 me.

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.700
 Well,

00:30:51.780 --> 00:30:52.300
 scene one

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.720
 is we

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.920
 see Jesus

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.960
 interacting with

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.680
 this Canaanite

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:55.960
 woman.

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.759
 And what

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.200
 we see

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.860
 happening here

00:30:58.860 --> 00:31:00.440
 is God

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.200
 through Christ

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.640
 has made

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.779
 a way for

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:04.100
 Gentiles to

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:05.039
 have unrestricted

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:06.920
 access to

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.600
 God's grace.

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.140
 The next

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:10.680
 scene takes

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.180
 place,

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.100
 we see that

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:12.559
 happening,

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.519
 starting in

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.700
 verse 29

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:16.920
 through 31.

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:19.240
 Jesus leaves

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.259
 Tyre and

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.720
 Sidon,

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.339
 and He

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:22.380
 goes south

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:23.200
 and He

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.079
 ends up

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:25.200
 on a hill

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:26.220
 by the

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.519
 Sea of

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.980
 Galilee

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.700
 and He

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.360
 sits down

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:29.519
 and it's

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.259
 the posture

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.779
 of teaching

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.860
 and then all

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.740
 these crowds

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.480
 start bringing

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.380
 people in

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:35.920
 various kinds

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.420
 of physical

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.319
 need to

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.460
 Jesus and

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.819
 He starts

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.500
 healing them

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.759
 one after

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.100
 another.

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:42.299
 And so

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:43.160
 it's striking.

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.259
 So in

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.799
 verse 30,

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.420
 and great

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.120
 crowds came

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.319
 to Him

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:47.220
 bringing with

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.019
 them the

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.319
 lame,

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.819
 the blind,

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.279
 the crippled,

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.680
 the mute,

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.160
 and many

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.579
 others,

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.440
 and they

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:51.879
 put Him

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.200
 at His

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.379
 feet,

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:52.740
 literally

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.480
 threw Him

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:53.879
 down at

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.240
 His feet.

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.619
 They're like,

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.559
 only you can

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.899
 do something

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.559
 about this.

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.200
 And look

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.420
 what He

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:58.720
 does.

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.680
 And He

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.259
 healed them.

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.019
 Do you

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.339
 know why

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.740
 He healed

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:01.920
 them?

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.220
 Because He

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.879
 had compassion

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.319
 on them.

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.700
 And so the

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.440
 compassion with

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.740
 which He

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.259
 spoke to

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.779
 the Canaanite

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.759
 woman is

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.379
 the compassion

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.859
 in action

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.299
 we're seeing

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.680
 right here

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:10.960
 as He

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.200
 heals

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.559
 people.

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.839
 But you

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.139
 know what's

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.500
 interesting?

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.399
 It's who

00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:16.819
 the crowds

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.119
 are.

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:19.079
 At the

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.299
 end of

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.099
 Matthew 14,

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.519
 Jesus,

00:32:20.679 --> 00:32:21.139
 after walking

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.339
 in the

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.639
 water,

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.759
 they go

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.519
 to this

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.039
 place called

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.539
 Gennesaret.

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:25.519
 And when

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.099
 Jesus shows

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.359
 up,

00:32:26.459 --> 00:32:26.879
 all these

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.619
 people flock

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.159
 to Him

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:29.119
 and everyone,

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.000
 as many

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.659
 touched Him

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.159
 were made

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.599
 well.

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.500
 All these

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.039
 were Jews.

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.099
 What's

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:36.019
 happening here?

00:32:36.219 --> 00:32:36.919
 These crowds?

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.459
 These aren't

00:32:38.459 --> 00:32:38.919
 Jews.

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.559
 These are

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.299
 Gentiles.

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.139
 Thousands

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:44.740
 of Gentiles

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.860
 coming to

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.400
 Jesus,

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.740
 bringing people

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.400
 to be healed.

00:32:49.280 --> 00:32:49.620
 And here's

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.080
 how I know

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:50.400
 that.

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.300
 In Mark

00:32:51.300 --> 00:32:52.160
 chapter 7,

00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:53.420
 Mark makes

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.060
 it clear that

00:32:54.060 --> 00:32:54.960
 Jesus is in

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.800
 Decapolis,

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.680
 which is a

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.220
 Gentile

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.120
 region.

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.380
 But in

00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:00.040
 this text,

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.480
 if you look

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.040
 at the end

00:33:01.040 --> 00:33:02.060
 of verse

00:33:02.060 --> 00:33:02.660
 31,

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.259
 we see,

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:03.940
 so that the

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.600
 crowd wondered.

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.180
 He's healing

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.440
 them.

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.580
 They're amazed

00:33:06.580 --> 00:33:07.460
 at what's

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:07.840
 happening.

00:33:08.020 --> 00:33:08.380
 They saw

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.740
 the mute

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.200
 speaking,

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.240
 the crippled

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.620
 healthy,

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.080
 the lame

00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.460
 walking,

00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:11.700
 and the

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.380
 blind seeing.

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:13.380
 And they

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.540
 glorified the

00:33:14.540 --> 00:33:15.960
 God of

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.500
 Israel.

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.580
 There's no

00:33:18.580 --> 00:33:19.700
 reason to

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.860
 include the

00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:21.860
 God of

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:23.100
 Israel if

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:23.660
 this were

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:25.160
 Jewish people

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:26.400
 giving praise

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.180
 to God.

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:29.380
 These are not

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.160
 Jewish people.

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.320
 These are

00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:32.240
 Gentile people.

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.020
 And so what

00:33:34.020 --> 00:33:34.740
 we see happening

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.600
 in this scene

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.580
 is that

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:38.680
 Jesus is

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.140
 providing

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:40.260
 unrestricted

00:33:40.260 --> 00:33:41.620
 access to

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.879
 hundreds if

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.719
 not thousands

00:33:43.719 --> 00:33:44.579
 of people.

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.379
 He heals

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:46.459
 one after

00:33:46.459 --> 00:33:46.959
 another.

00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:48.759
 One after

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.159
 another.

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.579
 Now if you

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.099
 were on that

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.459
 hill with

00:33:52.459 --> 00:33:53.099
 Jesus watching

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.639
 this happen,

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:58.179
 I think you

00:33:58.179 --> 00:33:59.439
 would be glad

00:33:59.439 --> 00:34:00.839
 to just stay

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.639
 with Jesus as

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.119
 long as you

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.339
 could.

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:03.839
 And that's

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.279
 what we see

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.859
 happening in

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.699
 the final scene.

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:07.099
 Scene 3,

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:07.799
 starting in

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.420
 verse 32.

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.659
 this is where

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.420
 Jesus feeds

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:12.139
 the 4,000.

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.880
 Jesus heals

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.980
 all these people

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.599
 in need because

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:15.880
 of His

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.440
 compassion.

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.480
 He's welcoming

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.340
 the Gentiles.

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.800
 And in

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.500
 scene 3,

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.639
 we see in

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.280
 verse 32,

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.119
 Jesus calls

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.680
 His disciples

00:34:26.680 --> 00:34:27.119
 to Him and

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.440
 says,

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.659
 I have

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.519
 compassion on

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.159
 the crowds

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:31.920
 because they

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.440
 have been with

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.059
 Me now three

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.880
 days and I'm

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.559
 nothing to eat

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.519
 and I'm

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.500
 unwilling to send

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.900
 them away

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.639
 hungry lest

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.079
 they faint

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.559
 on the way.

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.840
 These are the

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.719
 same crowds.

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.139
 These are the

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.579
 people He's

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.099
 been healing.

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.380
 These are

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.559
 Gentile crowds.

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.579
 And so what

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.179
 we see going

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.300
 on here is

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.659
 this.

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:52.000
 These Gentiles

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.679
 who came out

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.599
 to see Jesus

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:55.460
 weren't planning

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.039
 on spending

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.800
 three days with

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:56.940
 Him.

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.579
 They've run

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.119
 out of food.

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.940
 Jesus knows

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.239
 this.

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:00.920
 He has

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:02.000
 compassion on

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.260
 them.

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.099
 And so He

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.539
 tells His

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:03.960
 disciples,

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.800
 hey, I've

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.480
 got compassion

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.980
 on them.

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.719
 Let's do

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.360
 something about

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.559
 it.

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.079
 And I can

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.760
 just see Peter

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:09.280
 saying to

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.320
 Andrew, oh

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:11.900
 no, Master's

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.460
 having one of

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.079
 His compassion

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.579
 moments.

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.340
 What does

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:14.840
 this mean for

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.360
 us now?

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.280
 The disciples

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.920
 say to Him,

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.519
 where are we

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.900
 going to get

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.519
 enough bread

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.199
 in such a

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:24.440
 desolate place

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:25.119
 to feed

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:26.559
 4,000 dudes?

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.760
 Probably

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.179
 8,000 to

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:29.320
 10,000 people

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.800
 altogether.

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:31.039
 Jesus says,

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.699
 how many

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.260
 loaves do you

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:32.539
 have?

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.240
 They say,

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:34.380
 seven loaves

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:35.300
 and two fish

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:36.500
 probably dried

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.640
 fish for

00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:38.860
 transport.

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.920
 Carry around

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.220
 with Him.

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.800
 I want you to

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.240
 see something

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:47.880
 really sweet.

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.380
 So here we

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:54.500
 have 8,000 to

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:56.039
 10,000 Gentile

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:58.340
 dogs around

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.740
 Jesus.

00:35:58.739 --> 00:36:01.500
 and His

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:03.299
 12 disciples,

00:36:03.859 --> 00:36:04.219
 these

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:06.019
 children of

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.399
 Abraham.

00:36:07.899 --> 00:36:08.639
 What is

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.259
 Jesus going

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:09.679
 to do?

00:36:11.979 --> 00:36:12.699
 He's going

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.239
 to take

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:13.819
 the bread

00:36:13.819 --> 00:36:14.119
 of the

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.479
 children

00:36:14.479 --> 00:36:16.899
 and He's

00:36:16.899 --> 00:36:17.359
 going to

00:36:17.359 --> 00:36:18.159
 share it

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:19.339
 with the

00:36:19.339 --> 00:36:19.739
 dogs.

00:36:21.419 --> 00:36:21.739
 And so

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.159
 the feeding

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.539
 of the

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.199
 4,000

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:24.459
 shows

00:36:24.459 --> 00:36:25.279
 Jesus

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:26.679
 doing the

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.539
 very thing

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:29.259
 that He

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:29.940
 spoke of

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.259
 with a

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:30.739
 Canaanite

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.059
 woman.

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.659
 It was

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.299
 tongue-in-cheek

00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:33.679
 then,

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.519
 but here

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.419
 it's on

00:36:36.419 --> 00:36:36.859
 glorious

00:36:36.859 --> 00:36:37.460
 display.

00:36:38.819 --> 00:36:39.419
 His

00:36:39.419 --> 00:36:40.079
 compassion

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:41.719
 in action.

00:36:42.319 --> 00:36:42.460
 He

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.899
 takes this

00:36:43.899 --> 00:36:44.319
 bread,

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:46.119
 He gives

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.879
 thanks for

00:36:46.879 --> 00:36:47.059
 it,

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.599
 He breaks

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:48.919
 it,

00:36:49.379 --> 00:36:50.139
 and then

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:51.339
 He gives

00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:51.819
 it to

00:36:51.819 --> 00:36:52.099
 His

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.639
 disciples

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.619
 who then

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.619
 distribute it

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.259
 to the

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.779
 crowds.

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.400
 Now what's

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:00.059
 amazing about

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:01.119
 this is

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.940
 some of the

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.940
 language here

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:04.259
 at the risk

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:05.460
 of making

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:06.079
 you yawn.

00:37:07.859 --> 00:37:09.239
 When Jesus

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:09.940
 gives thanks

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.519
 for this,

00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.440
 it's a

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:12.019
 one-time

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.420
 event.

00:37:12.819 --> 00:37:13.099
 Pop,

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:13.819
 give thanks,

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.299
 done.

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:14.960
 When He

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.460
 breaks the

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.719
 bread,

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.279
 pop,

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:16.920
 one-time

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.219
 event,

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.880
 done.

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.539
 But the

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:21.059
 language of

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.400
 when He

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:22.239
 gives the

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:22.779
 disciples,

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:24.300
 it's

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.880
 ongoing

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.560
 language.

00:37:26.700 --> 00:37:27.420
 He gives

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:27.840
 and gives

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.300
 and gives.

00:37:29.080 --> 00:37:29.740
 He keeps

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:30.220
 giving them

00:37:30.220 --> 00:37:30.519
 bread.

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:31.860
 He keeps

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.400
 multiplying

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:32.900
 it out.

00:37:33.600 --> 00:37:34.000
 So I

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.540
 don't know

00:37:34.540 --> 00:37:35.880
 if you

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.560
 have imagined

00:37:36.560 --> 00:37:37.760
 this miracle

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:38.920
 as the

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.820
 miracle actually

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.680
 taking place

00:37:40.680 --> 00:37:41.300
 in between

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:42.240
 people passing

00:37:42.240 --> 00:37:42.660
 the bread

00:37:42.660 --> 00:37:43.060
 from one

00:37:43.060 --> 00:37:43.320
 to the

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.560
 other.

00:37:44.560 --> 00:37:45.220
 What we're

00:37:45.220 --> 00:37:45.740
 reading here

00:37:45.740 --> 00:37:46.320
 is the

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:47.519
 miracle was

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.400
 taking place

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.180
 at the

00:37:49.180 --> 00:37:49.900
 ground zero

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.560
 of Jesus.

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:52.340
 He was

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:53.039
 multiplying

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.579
 the bread.

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.759
 He kept

00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:55.279
 handing it

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:55.519
 out,

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.380
 giving it

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.599
 out,

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.019
 and the

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.380
 disciples

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:57.799
 would give

00:37:57.799 --> 00:37:58.139
 it out.

00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:00.179
 The

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.940
 satisfier,

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.099
 the multiplier,

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.900
 is the

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.400
 one doing

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.619
 it.

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.119
 The miracle

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.739
 is happening

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.579
 at Jesus.

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:07.980
 He kept

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.519
 giving and

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:08.940
 giving and

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.199
 giving,

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.019
 and He

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.739
 eventually

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.799
 gave so

00:38:11.799 --> 00:38:12.559
 that all

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.059
 8,000 to

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.619
 10,000

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.039
 people,

00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:14.400
 men,

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:14.759
 women,

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.360
 and children,

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.659
 ate to

00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:17.360
 their fill.

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.480
 Not just

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:18.920
 crumbs.

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:21.260
 He satisfied

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:21.659
 them.

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.820
 And there

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:24.400
 were seven

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:27.320
 baskets left

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.619
 over.

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.619
 He takes

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:30.019
 the bread

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.280
 of the

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.800
 children of

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:31.139
 Abraham,

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.619
 and He

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.240
 distributes

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:33.860
 it to the

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.340
 Gentile

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:34.840
 dogs,

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:36.480
 because He

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.099
 had compassion

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.539
 on them.

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.500
 What we see

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.300
 happening here

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:41.539
 is that Jesus

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:43.059
 is giving

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:44.099
 unrestricted

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:45.700
 access to

00:38:45.700 --> 00:38:47.280
 these Gentiles,

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:48.300
 to God's

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:48.700
 grace,

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:50.320
 by faith.

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.800
 In verse

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.340
 38,

00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:56.639
 Matthew

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.119
 just

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:58.500
 reiterates

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:59.079
 the numbers.

00:38:59.260 --> 00:38:59.920
 Verse 39,

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.300
 Jesus,

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.240
 after satisfying

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:01.559
 them,

00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:02.059
 sends them

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.420
 away.

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.159
 He gets

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.440
 in the

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:04.240
 boat and

00:39:04.240 --> 00:39:04.720
 heads back

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:05.260
 to Magadan,

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.059
 which is

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:07.059
 back in

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.860
 Jewish

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.760
 country.

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.420
 These

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.159
 three scenes

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:12.500
 are Jesus

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:13.440
 interacting

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:14.000
 with

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:15.180
 Gentiles.

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:15.960
 And in

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.460
 each of

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:16.980
 these scenes,

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.440
 we see

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:17.860
 Jesus'

00:39:18.200 --> 00:39:18.800
 compassion,

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:20.480
 O woman.

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.159
 He heals

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:23.260
 every Gentile

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:23.980
 laid before

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.680
 Him out

00:39:24.680 --> 00:39:24.940
 of His

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.420
 compassion.

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.579
 And here,

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.320
 the feeding

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.579
 of the

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.159
 4,000,

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.059
 from His

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.400
 lips,

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.280
 He says,

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.360
 I have

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.820
 compassion

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.200
 on the

00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:32.519
 crowds.

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:34.139
 All three

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:35.119
 scenes work

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.820
 together to

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:37.000
 show that

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:38.860
 Gentiles now

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:40.280
 have unrestricted

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:41.200
 access to

00:39:41.200 --> 00:39:42.039
 God's mercy

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.900
 grace and

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:44.259
 grace through

00:39:44.259 --> 00:39:44.940
 Jesus,

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:46.320
 their

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:46.840
 Jewish

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.460
 Messiah.

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:49.239
 And that's

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:49.820
 really good

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:50.259
 news for

00:39:50.259 --> 00:39:50.519
 us.

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:52.599
 So this

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:52.960
 morning,

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.139
 I want to

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.579
 remind you

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:55.000
 of this.

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.139
 The

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:56.619
 kingdom of

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:58.500
 heaven is

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.440
 a multi-ethnic

00:39:59.440 --> 00:39:59.900
 kingdom.

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.440
 It's a

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.880
 diverse

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.519
 kingdom.

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.719
 The citizens

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.679
 of the

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:05.579
 kingdom come

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.559
 from varying

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.199
 ethnic

00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:07.880
 backgrounds,

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.079
 ones.

00:40:08.660 --> 00:40:09.200
 But they're

00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:10.660
 united with

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 one faith

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:12.260
 in the

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 one Jewish

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 Messiah,

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 the compassionate

00:40:15.640 --> 00:40:16.200
 King,

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:17.160
 Jesus.

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 So this

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:19.860
 morning,

00:40:20.640 --> 00:40:21.220
 remember your

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:23.180
 Gentile roots.

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.519
 Remember that

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.200
 you were once

00:40:25.200 --> 00:40:27.039
 outside of

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:28.019
 the covenant

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:29.440
 and now,

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:30.500
 because of what

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.260
 Jesus has done

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:31.920
 on the cross,

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:33.320
 He now brings

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:34.700
 you into

00:40:34.700 --> 00:40:35.360
 the covenant.

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:35.980
 A new

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.360
 covenant.

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:37.480
 A new

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:37.760
 covenant

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:38.100
 covenant that

00:40:38.100 --> 00:40:39.360
 He has

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:40.120
 established

00:40:40.120 --> 00:40:41.520
 in His

00:40:41.520 --> 00:40:41.940
 blood.

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.220
 There's more

00:40:46.220 --> 00:40:46.640
 that we can

00:40:46.640 --> 00:40:46.980
 say,

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:48.760
 but let me

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.200
 just close

00:40:49.200 --> 00:40:49.720
 with this.

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 If what

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:52.860
 we're reading

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:53.280
 here is

00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:53.580
 true,

00:40:54.700 --> 00:40:55.100
 if the

00:40:55.100 --> 00:40:55.440
 Jewish

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.320
 Messiah is

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:56.820
 the Lord

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:57.260
 of both

00:40:57.260 --> 00:40:57.800
 Jews and

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.380
 Gentiles,

00:40:58.860 --> 00:41:00.260
 that's really

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:00.780
 good news

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:01.320
 for Jews

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:02.060
 and Gentiles.

00:41:02.600 --> 00:41:03.080
 That's really

00:41:03.080 --> 00:41:03.460
 good news

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:03.940
 for us.

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:06.160
 That's really

00:41:06.160 --> 00:41:06.860
 good news

00:41:06.860 --> 00:41:08.200
 for the city

00:41:08.200 --> 00:41:08.900
 of Kenosha.

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:11.140
 A primarily

00:41:11.140 --> 00:41:12.380
 Gentile

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:13.320
 city.

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:15.120
 God has

00:41:15.120 --> 00:41:15.760
 made a way

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:16.900
 to give

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:17.820
 unrestricted

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.700
 access to

00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:19.620
 every person

00:41:19.620 --> 00:41:20.140
 living in

00:41:20.140 --> 00:41:20.579
 this city

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:22.400
 to God's

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:22.780
 saving,

00:41:23.220 --> 00:41:23.740
 transforming

00:41:23.740 --> 00:41:24.240
 grace.

00:41:25.240 --> 00:41:25.880
 Let's pray

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.220
 together.

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.640
 God in

00:41:28.640 --> 00:41:28.840
 heaven,

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:29.940
 we thank you

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.579
 so much

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:32.079
 for this

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:32.700
 passage in

00:41:32.700 --> 00:41:33.160
 the Bible.

00:41:33.159 --> 00:41:34.699
 Lord Jesus,

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:35.739
 our Lord

00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:36.079
 Jesus,

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:36.659
 we give you

00:41:36.659 --> 00:41:37.139
 the praise,

00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:37.539
 do your

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:37.859
 name.

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.179
 God,

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:39.699
 we ask

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.079
 that you

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:40.559
 would draw

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.219
 to yourself

00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:41.679
 many,

00:41:41.839 --> 00:41:42.639
 many Gentiles

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:43.500
 and that you

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:43.899
 would show

00:41:43.899 --> 00:41:44.559
 your compassion

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:45.000
 to them,

00:41:45.399 --> 00:41:46.899
 especially the

00:41:46.899 --> 00:41:47.559
 greatest work

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.139
 of compassion

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:49.219
 you did by

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:50.019
 giving yourself

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.759
 on the cross.

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:52.119
 We give you

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:52.879
 praise and

00:41:52.879 --> 00:41:53.279
 glory.

00:41:53.859 --> 00:41:54.119
 It's in the

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:54.659
 name of Jesus

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:55.239
 we pray.

00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:56.339
 Amen.

00:41:56.339 --> 00:41:56.480
 Amen.

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:56.539
 Amen.

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:56.559
 Amen.

00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:56.579
 Amen.

00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:56.619
 Amen.

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:56.639
 Amen.

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:56.659
 Amen.

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:57.099
 Amen.

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:58.480
 Amen.

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:58.539
 Amen.

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:58.559
 Amen.

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:58.619
 Amen.

00:41:58.619 --> 00:42:00.619
 Amen.

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:00.659
 Amen.

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:00.679
 Amen.

00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:00.699
 Amen.

00:42:00.699 --> 00:42:01.139
 Amen.

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:03.139
 Amen.