WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.480 This is Aaron, and open your Bibles up to Matthew chapter 15, and we're going to look at verses 21-39. 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:13.859 So if you've got a black church Bible, it's page 8-1. 00:00:13.859 --> 00:00:33.719 I don't know about you, but one of the things that I love about the Bible is its realism. 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:39.960 People often think it's kind of a fairy tale, a Bibleism once upon a time kind of book. 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:45.039 But I don't think you can read the Gospels and come away with that idea. 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:51.859 There's a realism. Scripture understands what life is like, and what you and I are like. 00:00:53.020 --> 00:00:59.260 And we saw that in our passage last week, didn't we, in Matthew chapter 15, and verses 18 onwards. 00:01:01.340 --> 00:01:05.280 It says, what comes out of the mouth, what you speak about, what's on your lips, 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:10.640 the reason that you speak in the way that you do, is because your heart proceeds from the heart. 00:01:11.900 --> 00:01:13.219 And this defiles a person. 00:01:15.140 --> 00:01:19.920 For out of the heart can be for false murder, adultery, sex, and anarchy, theft, false witness, slander. 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:22.140 These are what defile a person. 00:01:23.740 --> 00:01:26.000 But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone. 00:01:26.099 --> 00:01:27.340 It's not the outward acts. 00:01:29.460 --> 00:01:31.740 Your problem, and my problem, is my heart. 00:01:31.739 --> 00:01:34.420 That's very challenging, isn't it? 00:01:35.859 --> 00:01:38.959 The Pharisees, they came at the start of chapter 15 with a complaint. 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:44.099 They said, your followers, your disciples, they're not doing all the ritualistic stuff. 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:48.319 They aren't doing the religious stuff they're supposed to do. 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:50.140 They're not doing it properly. 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:52.659 They're breaking the rules. 00:01:53.199 --> 00:01:57.159 But Jesus says, our big problem, and your big problem, 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:00.579 it's not that you fail as through religious duties. 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.799 And your biggest problem this week, 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:07.319 it's not that you've not succeeded in what your goals were going to be, 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:11.699 but your big problem, and my big problem, is my heart. 00:02:13.539 --> 00:02:15.579 So how does Jesus follow on from this list? 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:19.060 And wonderfully, Jesus follows on from this list 00:02:19.060 --> 00:02:25.199 with three stories of abundant, extravagant, amazing grace. 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:27.860 The undeserved kindness of God. 00:02:29.699 --> 00:02:33.400 What is Jesus' solution to the big heart problem? 00:02:34.699 --> 00:02:36.480 It's a problem that we can't solve. 00:02:37.819 --> 00:02:39.539 And Jesus' answer is grace. 00:02:40.699 --> 00:02:41.580 Overwhelming grace. 00:02:42.379 --> 00:02:43.219 Abundant grace. 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:44.920 Overflowing grace. 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:47.159 And that is what these three stories are about. 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:48.979 They are wonderful stories. 00:02:49.539 --> 00:02:53.699 Because they move you and I to answer the question, 00:02:53.979 --> 00:03:01.019 how do we move from feeling dirty, or angsty, or weak, and shamed? 00:03:01.859 --> 00:03:09.419 How do we move from all of that to feeling clean, and forgiven, and hopeful, and satisfied? 00:03:10.539 --> 00:03:15.400 How do we make that transition, as much as we can, aside from the new creation? 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:19.020 And the answer is in these verses that we're looking at here. 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:23.080 It is the overflowing, abundant grace of God. 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:26.379 I love this little chunk of the Bible. 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:27.520 It's another sandwich. 00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:27.980 Do you remember? 00:03:28.420 --> 00:03:29.700 We had a sandwich the other week, 00:03:29.920 --> 00:03:33.420 where there were kind of two little end pieces, 00:03:33.580 --> 00:03:35.560 two bread, and then a filling in the middle. 00:03:35.980 --> 00:03:37.960 This is a slightly different sandwich. 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:41.140 It is a thick white bread, 00:03:41.540 --> 00:03:43.620 with a little filler in it. 00:03:44.620 --> 00:03:46.819 Because you'll see that both of the stories, 00:03:47.260 --> 00:03:49.879 from verse 21 to 28, 00:03:50.420 --> 00:03:51.900 are about bread, 00:03:52.219 --> 00:03:55.540 and then the one in 32 to 39 is about bread, too. 00:03:55.920 --> 00:03:57.400 And then you've got the little meat in the middle, 00:03:57.819 --> 00:03:58.620 with the miracles. 00:04:00.040 --> 00:04:00.800 So let's get into it. 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:01.939 Let's look at the first piece of bread, 00:04:02.020 --> 00:04:03.159 in verses 21 to 28. 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:06.879 And you'll see Jesus on the move again. 00:04:08.079 --> 00:04:10.500 Verse 21, he went away from there, 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:12.919 and he withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 00:04:14.519 --> 00:04:16.699 That's an interesting place for Jesus to go, 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:17.639 because historically, 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:19.159 these places, 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:22.719 were where the armies of God, 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:24.360 during times of famine, 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:26.159 armies from these places, 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:28.980 would raid Galilee and territory. 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:30.040 It's terrible business. 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:32.939 It's enemy-occupied territory. 00:04:34.020 --> 00:04:35.320 The two groups of people, 00:04:35.740 --> 00:04:37.240 these from Tyre and Sidon, 00:04:37.280 --> 00:04:38.160 they hated each other, 00:04:38.900 --> 00:04:40.980 and Jesus makes a deliberate trip there. 00:04:42.620 --> 00:04:44.420 It seems that his intention is to get some rest, 00:04:44.520 --> 00:04:45.440 to get some rest, 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:47.200 but when you're Jesus, 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:49.080 it's very, very hard to stay hidden. 00:04:50.340 --> 00:04:51.600 When you're well-known, 00:04:52.260 --> 00:04:54.340 it's hard to get a break, isn't it? 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:58.440 I was hearing this week, 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:01.340 a friend of mine was a sexual health teacher, 00:05:01.339 --> 00:05:02.159 in Dublin, 00:05:02.679 --> 00:05:03.179 to teenagers, 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:04.000 went around all the schools, 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:04.699 there were only a couple of them, 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:05.919 he went to thousands of schools, 00:05:06.599 --> 00:05:07.759 and taught about sexual health, 00:05:08.139 --> 00:05:09.899 in high schools in Dublin. 00:05:11.019 --> 00:05:12.719 He said he finally really enjoyed the job, 00:05:12.799 --> 00:05:15.000 apart from when teenagers saw him out in the street, 00:05:15.379 --> 00:05:16.079 they would say, 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:17.699 ah, it's a sex man, 00:05:17.919 --> 00:05:18.699 or they just showed up. 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:20.479 And he said that was fine, 00:05:20.599 --> 00:05:21.839 not when he was walking with his man, 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:24.339 or walking with his girlfriend. 00:05:25.659 --> 00:05:27.060 It's hard to get a break, isn't it, 00:05:27.060 --> 00:05:27.819 when you're well-known. 00:05:28.939 --> 00:05:30.180 It's hard to get rest points, 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:31.740 when you're well-known. 00:05:31.740 --> 00:05:34.420 And Jesus is quite well-known, 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:36.120 and he's well-known in a place that is, 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:38.240 the enemy of God's people. 00:05:39.900 --> 00:05:41.079 And so this Canaanite woman, 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:43.160 who knows about Jesus, 00:05:43.860 --> 00:05:44.500 who he is, 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:45.960 hears that he's coming, 00:05:46.500 --> 00:05:47.840 and goes up to him. 00:05:49.259 --> 00:05:50.199 It's really interesting, isn't it? 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:52.660 And Matthew calls her a Canaanite woman. 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:55.480 That word, Canaanite, 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:57.040 doesn't appear anywhere else in the New Testament. 00:05:58.040 --> 00:05:59.520 It's an archaic word. 00:05:59.660 --> 00:06:00.840 They didn't use it at the time. 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:03.680 It points the reader backwards, 00:06:04.080 --> 00:06:06.520 and pulls them back into the story of Israel. 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.720 It's like a journalist writing an article on Russia, 00:06:11.760 --> 00:06:13.200 and calling it USSR. 00:06:15.080 --> 00:06:16.939 We think that was odd, wouldn't we? 00:06:16.960 --> 00:06:18.740 It's not called USSR anymore. 00:06:19.400 --> 00:06:20.180 He says, what are you doing? 00:06:20.180 --> 00:06:22.879 What point are you trying to make by using that word? 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:24.600 What are you on about? 00:06:24.660 --> 00:06:26.020 And that's what Matthew is doing here. 00:06:26.019 --> 00:06:28.479 He's taking an Old Testament word, 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:30.439 and he's putting it in the Gospel. 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:32.879 And when we spot it, 00:06:32.979 --> 00:06:33.959 it's to make us think. 00:06:34.379 --> 00:06:35.799 Canaanite, that's a word that's not used. 00:06:35.919 --> 00:06:36.819 What was a Canaanite? 00:06:37.359 --> 00:06:38.319 Well, it was an enemy. 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:41.319 It was an enemy of God's people. 00:06:41.500 --> 00:06:42.579 It was an idolater. 00:06:43.599 --> 00:06:45.279 The Canaanites were unclean. 00:06:46.299 --> 00:06:47.779 And this Canaanite woman, 00:06:48.539 --> 00:06:49.819 is shouting at Jesus. 00:06:51.539 --> 00:06:52.019 Repeatedly. 00:06:52.019 --> 00:06:56.560 She surprisingly says to Jesus, 00:06:56.659 --> 00:06:57.500 do you see what she says? 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:00.120 Oh Lord, 00:07:01.339 --> 00:07:02.139 Son of David. 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:06.180 So you now became that woman, 00:07:06.659 --> 00:07:10.019 using the language of the Lord's people, 00:07:10.180 --> 00:07:10.740 Son of David. 00:07:10.740 --> 00:07:14.900 She is from the enemy of the Lord's people, 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:18.579 and yet she takes the language of the Lord's people on her lips. 00:07:19.699 --> 00:07:20.840 And she asks for, 00:07:20.900 --> 00:07:21.519 can you see it? 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:22.060 Mercy. 00:07:23.819 --> 00:07:24.259 Mercy. 00:07:25.620 --> 00:07:26.560 My daughter, 00:07:27.699 --> 00:07:29.480 is severely oppressed, 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:30.639 by a demon. 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:37.240 And Jesus is silent. 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:41.060 doesn't say a word. 00:07:45.379 --> 00:07:45.980 What's he doing? 00:08:04.300 --> 00:08:05.420 Silence is difficult, isn't it? 00:08:05.420 --> 00:08:06.439 Do you know how it is? 00:08:08.300 --> 00:08:09.120 Go to the doctor. 00:08:10.280 --> 00:08:11.340 Go to the GP tomorrow morning. 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:13.160 Do your symptoms. 00:08:13.400 --> 00:08:13.980 Say what's wrong. 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:16.480 And there's silence. 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:19.660 Say, what are you doing? 00:08:21.740 --> 00:08:23.460 Teachers say that one of the most important things 00:08:23.460 --> 00:08:24.319 a teacher can learn, 00:08:24.520 --> 00:08:25.840 is when to stop talking. 00:08:28.220 --> 00:08:30.580 Preachers should learn that one of the most important things 00:08:30.580 --> 00:08:31.460 a preacher can learn, 00:08:32.060 --> 00:08:33.100 is when to stop talking. 00:08:33.100 --> 00:08:35.960 Silence can be deafening, 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:36.500 can't it? 00:08:38.100 --> 00:08:39.460 So why is Jesus doing this? 00:08:39.620 --> 00:08:41.399 We want him to respond immediately, 00:08:41.620 --> 00:08:42.100 but he doesn't. 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:44.080 The silence of Jesus is very difficult sometimes, 00:08:44.139 --> 00:08:44.440 isn't it? 00:08:48.379 --> 00:08:49.620 The disciples say, 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:50.720 can I get rid of this woman? 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:53.440 I'm guessing, 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:54.759 and what they're saying there is, 00:08:54.800 --> 00:08:56.080 can't you just heal this girl, 00:08:56.220 --> 00:08:57.379 so we can get out of here? 00:08:57.379 --> 00:09:00.240 She is drawing attention to us, 00:09:00.299 --> 00:09:01.580 we've come for a break, 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:03.879 she's causing a scene, 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:05.500 she's speaking loudly, 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:07.059 she's an irritant, 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:09.419 this woman is an annoyance, 00:09:10.299 --> 00:09:11.360 we just want to be left alone, 00:09:11.620 --> 00:09:11.980 heal her, 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:12.500 get rid of her, 00:09:12.539 --> 00:09:12.759 Jesus. 00:09:15.059 --> 00:09:16.419 So Jesus responds with this, 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:18.799 this woman whose daughter is severely possessed, 00:09:18.939 --> 00:09:19.899 and in a terrible state, 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:20.580 mercy, 00:09:20.740 --> 00:09:21.080 mercy, 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:21.559 mercy, 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:23.000 my daughter is possessed, 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:23.919 just get rid of her, 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:24.199 Jesus. 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:27.399 But he says to her, 00:09:27.439 --> 00:09:27.779 doesn't he, 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:28.439 shockingly, 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:31.439 I was sent to the lost sheep of Israel, 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:32.539 and that's his first response. 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.299 You need to understand the movement of the Bible, 00:09:37.479 --> 00:09:39.019 God chose the people of Israel. 00:09:40.319 --> 00:09:41.639 God chose the people of Israel 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:43.240 to be his treasured possession. 00:09:44.939 --> 00:09:46.819 And they were to be like a greenhouse, 00:09:46.819 --> 00:09:48.759 you know what a greenhouse is? 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:52.480 A greenhouse is where you grow your plants, 00:09:52.579 --> 00:09:53.500 it's a hothouse, 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:56.319 where the plants grow and develop, 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:57.559 and are nurtured. 00:09:58.439 --> 00:09:59.779 And then when they're nurtured enough, 00:09:59.860 --> 00:10:00.219 and develop, 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:03.019 you take the plants outside the greenhouse, 00:10:03.179 --> 00:10:03.860 into the garden, 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:04.879 and they flourish. 00:10:08.459 --> 00:10:11.120 And the Lord had chosen Israel to be a greenhouse, 00:10:12.339 --> 00:10:13.719 to the rest of the world. 00:10:14.779 --> 00:10:18.019 It was to show what life with God looks like. 00:10:18.980 --> 00:10:21.199 And the Lord has taught the Israelites, 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:21.879 who he was, 00:10:21.939 --> 00:10:23.559 he'd resumed himself to them, 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:25.079 I am the Lord. 00:10:26.779 --> 00:10:31.239 And Israel had had covenant promises established with them, 00:10:31.299 --> 00:10:31.739 my God, 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:33.000 I will be your God, 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:34.759 and the God of your children, 00:10:35.059 --> 00:10:36.099 and you will be my people. 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:40.339 God had pledged himself to Israel, 00:10:41.379 --> 00:10:43.219 and they were to be the light of the world. 00:10:45.219 --> 00:10:47.699 They had to be the greenhouse of God, 00:10:47.700 --> 00:10:49.759 and from then, 00:10:50.160 --> 00:10:52.700 God's mission would go out into the rest of the world. 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:55.379 And so we see that Jesus, 00:10:55.500 --> 00:10:56.520 early on in his ministry, 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:59.060 is mainly focused on the Jews. 00:11:00.400 --> 00:11:01.920 So he's not lying here. 00:11:03.180 --> 00:11:05.340 But it still sounds just a little bit mean, 00:11:05.420 --> 00:11:05.940 doesn't it? 00:11:05.940 --> 00:11:09.120 This little girl is in trouble. 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:12.760 Why doesn't he just heal the daughter? 00:11:13.660 --> 00:11:15.240 And so the woman moves closer, 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:17.700 and this time she falls to his speech, 00:11:18.020 --> 00:11:19.100 and verse 25, 00:11:19.640 --> 00:11:22.660 she says these three amazing words. 00:11:22.740 --> 00:11:24.080 Children, we learn them inside the school. 00:11:24.160 --> 00:11:24.960 Do you remember what they were? 00:11:25.180 --> 00:11:26.180 One of the words we learned? 00:11:26.179 --> 00:11:29.139 Lord, help me. 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:33.099 That's all she's got. 00:11:34.439 --> 00:11:35.279 Lord, help me. 00:11:36.239 --> 00:11:37.299 That's her whole pitch. 00:11:38.379 --> 00:11:39.139 Help me. 00:11:39.459 --> 00:11:41.279 She has nothing to barter with. 00:11:41.539 --> 00:11:43.759 She has no credentials to present. 00:11:44.319 --> 00:11:45.319 And she knows that. 00:11:46.219 --> 00:11:47.399 And she knows that, 00:11:47.539 --> 00:11:48.500 apart from grace, 00:11:48.599 --> 00:11:49.719 her daughter is lost. 00:11:50.179 --> 00:11:52.139 Nothing in my hands I bring, 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:52.779 she could see. 00:11:52.779 --> 00:11:57.279 It's like if you take a child 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:59.799 into the operating theatre, 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:01.019 or into A&E, 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:03.659 and they're really unwell, 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:05.899 and you take them into the hospital, 00:12:06.019 --> 00:12:07.199 they're in your arms, 00:12:07.339 --> 00:12:08.259 and they are helpless. 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:10.220 And you take them, 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:11.860 and you give them to the nurse, 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:12.860 or to the doctor. 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:16.419 And you are placing your child, 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:17.639 and all your hopes, 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:19.500 into the hands of that doctor and nurse. 00:12:19.839 --> 00:12:21.980 And the woman brings all her hopes to Jesus, 00:12:21.980 --> 00:12:24.659 and it's a heart-rending request, 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:25.200 isn't it? 00:12:25.820 --> 00:12:27.899 Lord, help me. 00:12:29.779 --> 00:12:31.159 Jesus is our last hope. 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:35.120 What humility for this woman. 00:12:36.460 --> 00:12:37.340 What courage. 00:12:39.580 --> 00:12:41.279 And Jesus makes us even more uncomfortable, 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:41.700 doesn't he, 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:42.379 in his response. 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:43.539 Look what he says, verse 26. 00:12:45.420 --> 00:12:46.200 And he answers, 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:49.520 it is not right, 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:50.759 to make the children's bread, 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:51.800 and throw it to the dogs. 00:12:53.900 --> 00:12:55.440 What does that mean? 00:12:56.540 --> 00:12:58.500 Did Jesus just call her a dog? 00:13:00.520 --> 00:13:01.420 What's going on? 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:04.000 Look at some of the things, 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:04.680 that are going on. 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:06.600 Jesus is not calling this woman a dog, 00:13:06.680 --> 00:13:07.140 I don't think, 00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:08.360 in the slang sense, 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:09.580 that we use for children. 00:13:10.900 --> 00:13:12.280 It's a tiny little parable. 00:13:12.400 --> 00:13:13.460 It's a miniature parable. 00:13:13.460 --> 00:13:17.180 And like most of Jesus' parables, 00:13:17.280 --> 00:13:18.960 it reflects a kind of typical scene 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:20.000 from Jesus' daily life. 00:13:20.540 --> 00:13:21.660 And it's a Gentile parable. 00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:23.460 Jews didn't like dogs. 00:13:25.259 --> 00:13:26.960 Gentiles were okay with dogs. 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:27.620 For Jews, 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:28.940 dogs were unclean. 00:13:29.400 --> 00:13:29.940 They didn't help them. 00:13:31.280 --> 00:13:32.300 And the dog words here, 00:13:32.400 --> 00:13:33.759 it's a diminutive, 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:34.400 it means like, 00:13:34.700 --> 00:13:36.040 it's not like a garland dog, 00:13:36.040 --> 00:13:37.139 it's not a massive, 00:13:37.280 --> 00:13:39.019 kind of foaming at the mouth dog, 00:13:39.060 --> 00:13:39.740 it's a house dog. 00:13:39.740 --> 00:13:41.659 It's a pet little dog. 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:43.039 It's like the raised little 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:44.560 bundle of fur. 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:45.840 Willow. 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:48.600 It's like a level household pet. 00:13:52.460 --> 00:13:52.940 And he says, 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:55.320 you don't take the kids off the, 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:56.680 you don't take the food 00:13:56.680 --> 00:13:57.680 off the kids' plates 00:13:57.680 --> 00:13:59.039 and give it to the dogs. 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:03.500 He's basically reiterating the point. 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:04.139 It's the same point. 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:05.519 I come for the Jews first. 00:14:07.100 --> 00:14:08.580 I'm here for the Jews first. 00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:11.360 I am ministering to the Jews. 00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:12.779 It's an issue of chronology, 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:13.379 of timing. 00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:17.039 And to which he says, 00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:19.000 verse 27, 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:19.600 yes Lord, 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:22.360 yet even the dogs eat the crumbs 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:23.700 that fall from their master's table. 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:26.919 And Jesus answered her, 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:27.560 oh woman, 00:14:27.940 --> 00:14:29.159 great is your faith. 00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:31.720 Be it done for you as you desire. 00:14:31.980 --> 00:14:33.779 And her daughter was healed instantly. 00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:38.079 And so all of a sudden, 00:14:38.199 --> 00:14:38.720 Jesus says, 00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:40.720 your faith is amazing. 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:43.779 Great is your faith. 00:14:43.839 --> 00:14:44.819 It's only place in the New Testament 00:14:44.819 --> 00:14:46.779 where somebody is told that. 00:14:48.439 --> 00:14:49.360 This is great. 00:14:49.659 --> 00:14:50.699 You are fantastic. 00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:54.839 It's the highest commendation 00:14:54.839 --> 00:14:55.759 Christ can make. 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:57.279 And it's reserved for this woman 00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:58.779 from enemy territory. 00:14:58.779 --> 00:15:02.120 Who had nothing to bring to the table 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:03.100 except this request, 00:15:03.199 --> 00:15:03.659 this begging, 00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.500 this help me. 00:15:05.959 --> 00:15:07.319 Now what was it that was so great 00:15:07.319 --> 00:15:08.000 about this faith? 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:09.939 It is in the line, 00:15:10.079 --> 00:15:10.339 isn't it? 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.159 Yes Lord, 00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:12.579 yet even the dogs eat the crumbs 00:15:12.579 --> 00:15:13.839 that fall from the master's table. 00:15:14.220 --> 00:15:15.819 Here's what's so great about her. 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:17.059 She gets it. 00:15:18.699 --> 00:15:19.779 She's the first person, 00:15:19.899 --> 00:15:20.039 I think, 00:15:20.079 --> 00:15:21.000 to hear a parable 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:22.459 and actually understand it 00:15:22.459 --> 00:15:23.360 and believe it. 00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:24.800 And she says, 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:25.120 Lord, 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:25.620 yes, 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:27.320 I understand what you're saying. 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:29.539 I understand what you're saying, 00:15:29.800 --> 00:15:31.860 that there is so much grace, 00:15:32.800 --> 00:15:34.659 so much undeserved kindness, 00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:36.240 there is so much life, 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:38.220 there's so much restoration, 00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:39.899 there's so much fullness, 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:41.259 there's so much healing 00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:42.259 to go around. 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:44.639 There's an abundance of it. 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:46.560 And she says, 00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:48.200 I'll just take the overflow. 00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:51.100 I'm just happy with the bits 00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:51.940 that fall off the table. 00:15:53.800 --> 00:15:54.779 There's so much of it. 00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.800 That's enough for me. 00:15:58.659 --> 00:15:59.279 She says, 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.379 I know your priority, 00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.680 I know your chronology, 00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:03.740 I understand that Israel 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:05.519 is the greenhouse of God, 00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.379 and it's wonderful, 00:16:07.539 --> 00:16:07.740 Jesus, 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:08.960 that you're here for the Jews, 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:09.980 but I'm just happy 00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:10.500 with the crumbs. 00:16:12.560 --> 00:16:14.000 She's actually announcing 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:15.519 something wonderful. 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:16.379 She's saying, 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.639 God's grace, 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:18.920 which has focused on 00:16:18.920 --> 00:16:20.019 the people of God, 00:16:20.180 --> 00:16:20.560 Israel, 00:16:20.680 --> 00:16:21.139 the Jews, 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:22.240 for a long time, 00:16:22.300 --> 00:16:23.080 is overflowing. 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:25.100 It's overflowing 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:25.759 its boundaries 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:27.000 to the whole of the world. 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:29.120 She gets it. 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:32.220 It's like she plays 00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:33.440 poker with Jesus. 00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:36.080 You can describe it 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:37.440 in terms of a poker game. 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:38.820 She says, 00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:39.580 I see you, 00:16:39.899 --> 00:16:40.919 I see your mission 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:41.720 to Israel, 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:43.800 and I raise you 00:16:43.800 --> 00:16:45.879 the abundant love 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:46.600 of God, 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:48.100 of creation, 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:48.960 that is going to pour 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:49.780 across the face 00:16:49.780 --> 00:16:50.500 of all the earth. 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:53.540 So why is Jesus 00:16:53.540 --> 00:16:54.580 so reluctant to start? 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.240 I mean, 00:16:57.300 --> 00:16:58.680 if you read the story 00:16:58.680 --> 00:16:58.960 quickly, 00:16:59.040 --> 00:16:59.259 you might say, 00:16:59.300 --> 00:17:00.080 when he changed his mind, 00:17:00.160 --> 00:17:01.180 that is actually the case. 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.280 And we know that 00:17:02.280 --> 00:17:03.139 because when you read this 00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:04.279 in Mark's gospel, 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:05.259 he tells exactly 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:06.200 the same story, 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:07.740 but if you look 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.700 the grammar of the sentence 00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.140 is a little bit 00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:10.079 hidden in the English, 00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.480 she's healed right 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:12.000 at the beginning 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:13.120 at the very first request. 00:17:14.859 --> 00:17:15.559 Where she says, 00:17:15.620 --> 00:17:15.960 have mercy 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:16.640 of my daughter. 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:19.480 She's possessed, 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.380 you can heal her, 00:17:20.420 --> 00:17:21.380 and right at the start, 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.559 before the back and forth, 00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:23.279 that is when 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:23.980 the daughter is healed. 00:17:26.120 --> 00:17:27.019 So what is the rest 00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.400 of it about? 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:28.240 Why is there 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:29.000 this silence 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.740 of Jesus? 00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:31.620 Well, 00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:32.180 because Jesus 00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:33.420 is drawing out 00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:33.960 her faith. 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:37.539 He is creating 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:38.180 the opportunity 00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:39.759 for her great faith 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.620 to be exposed. 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.559 He's creating 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.120 the opportunity 00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:45.160 for the great faith 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:45.740 of this woman 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.900 who is part 00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:47.519 of a country 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:48.120 that hates 00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:49.220 the people of God, 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:50.559 but her faith 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.420 is put on display 00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:52.380 because it's so great. 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.860 She realises 00:17:55.860 --> 00:17:58.380 that from Jesus' table, 00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:00.799 each crust 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.460 is a treasure. 00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:04.000 each crumb 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:05.059 is a banquet, 00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.640 each morsel 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.059 is a meal. 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:10.200 And this lady says, 00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:11.079 there's enough for me. 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:13.279 There's enough for me. 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.400 There's enough. 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:18.799 And we need to 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.720 hear this story today, 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:20.019 don't we? 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:22.120 There's enough grace 00:18:22.120 --> 00:18:22.460 for you. 00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:26.059 Because we are 00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.559 like the disciples 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:27.220 in the other story, 00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:27.860 the other slice of 00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:28.059 branch, 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:28.819 so I can get 00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:29.420 the other slice of 00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:29.559 branch, 00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:30.140 verse 32. 00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:32.799 And the feeding 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.480 of the 4,000. 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:35.539 It's the lesser 00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:36.559 known miracle. 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:38.940 I've been doing 00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:39.819 the children's 00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:40.420 colouring sheets 00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:41.360 for the last little while. 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:41.819 They're not as good 00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.340 as they used to be 00:18:42.340 --> 00:18:43.059 when they used to be 00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.440 in Lichford. 00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:45.140 If you go on 00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:45.720 and you look for 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:47.579 colouring things 00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:48.259 for children, 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:50.120 feeding of the 5,000, 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:50.880 it's everywhere. 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:52.400 But you cannot find, 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.900 as far as I can tell 00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:54.579 on clip art 00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.319 or on the internet, 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.340 a drawing of 00:18:56.340 --> 00:18:57.440 feeding of the 4,000. 00:18:57.600 --> 00:18:58.400 I don't like it. 00:18:58.900 --> 00:18:59.500 It's like the 00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:00.559 forgotten about miracle. 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.919 It's like people 00:19:01.919 --> 00:19:03.119 kind of erased it. 00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.599 Look at 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:08.700 verse 32. 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.119 And Jesus 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:21.159 called his disciples 00:19:21.159 --> 00:19:22.379 to him 00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:22.740 and said, 00:19:22.859 --> 00:19:23.759 I have compassion 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:25.220 on the crowd 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:25.799 because they've 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:26.179 been with me 00:19:26.179 --> 00:19:26.759 three days 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.059 and they have 00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.619 nothing but eat. 00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:31.839 And I'm unwilling 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:32.659 to send them away 00:19:32.659 --> 00:19:33.099 hungry 00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.959 lest they faint 00:19:33.959 --> 00:19:34.439 on the way. 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:37.239 And the disciples 00:19:37.239 --> 00:19:37.979 said to him, 00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:38.699 where are we going 00:19:38.699 --> 00:19:39.439 to get enough bread 00:19:39.439 --> 00:19:40.419 in such a desolate place 00:19:40.419 --> 00:19:41.599 to feed such a great crowd? 00:19:41.719 --> 00:19:42.539 And Jesus said to them, 00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:43.459 how many loaves do you have? 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:44.500 They said, 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:44.859 seven 00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.939 and a few small fish. 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.139 And directly 00:19:47.139 --> 00:19:47.459 the crowd 00:19:47.459 --> 00:19:48.500 sat down on the ground 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.439 and took the seven loaves 00:19:49.439 --> 00:19:49.879 and fish 00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:51.079 and given them 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.359 thanks, 00:19:51.399 --> 00:19:51.959 he broke them 00:19:51.959 --> 00:19:52.479 and gave them 00:19:52.479 --> 00:19:53.119 to the disciples 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:53.839 and the disciples 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:54.919 gave them to the crowds. 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:56.539 And they all 00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.240 acted on the sacrifice. 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:57.940 And they took up 00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.880 seven basketfuls 00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.539 and the broken pieces 00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.019 left over. 00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:00.820 And those were 00:20:00.820 --> 00:20:02.060 actually 4,000 men 00:20:02.060 --> 00:20:02.960 besides women and children. 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.820 And after sending them 00:20:04.820 --> 00:20:05.100 away, 00:20:06.300 --> 00:20:06.920 the crowds, 00:20:07.060 --> 00:20:07.720 he got into the boat 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.380 and went to the region 00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:08.940 of Magadine. 00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.820 It's not a repeat. 00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.380 It's in a different place 00:20:15.380 --> 00:20:16.360 at a different time 00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:17.320 than the feeding of 5,000. 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.720 In a Gentile region. 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:20.240 And there's a couple 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:21.160 of details that jump out, 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.500 aren't there? 00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.800 That question is 00:20:23.800 --> 00:20:24.240 astonishing, 00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:24.640 isn't it? 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.420 Of the disciples. 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:27.740 In verse 32, 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:29.000 where are we to get 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.500 enough bread 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.560 in such a desolate place 00:20:30.560 --> 00:20:31.779 to feed such a great crowd? 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:33.279 They say this to Jesus 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:34.560 who in the previous chapter 00:20:34.560 --> 00:20:36.320 had fed 5,000 people. 00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.680 A chapter ago, 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.400 he fed more people 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.220 with less bread. 00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:42.840 He fed more people 00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:43.820 with less produce 00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:44.980 and his disciples 00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.660 asked him, 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.560 how on earth 00:20:46.560 --> 00:20:47.060 are we going to feed 00:20:47.060 --> 00:20:47.600 these people? 00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.940 Because they 00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:51.039 so easily 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:52.140 forget the grace of God. 00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:54.980 they so easily 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:56.060 forget the grace of God. 00:20:56.120 --> 00:20:57.300 How stupid can you be 00:20:57.300 --> 00:20:59.060 like us? 00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.540 We hear about 00:21:02.540 --> 00:21:03.220 God's grace 00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.700 every week, 00:21:03.800 --> 00:21:04.100 don't we? 00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:07.040 We confess our sin 00:21:07.040 --> 00:21:08.400 very clearly 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:09.180 and very deliberately 00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:10.540 every Sunday morning. 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.680 We receive God's 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.040 assurance 00:21:13.040 --> 00:21:13.900 of pardon 00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:14.520 very clearly, 00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.200 very deliberately. 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:18.759 and yet many of us 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.380 are satisfied 00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:20.279 living with a kind of 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.680 low grade level 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:23.000 of guilt and shame. 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.519 There are many of us 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.279 where our minds 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:27.819 go back over and over 00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:29.000 and over our sins 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.759 and suffer that 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.640 which we did 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.420 years ago, 00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:32.380 decades ago. 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.660 Why? 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.819 Because you and I, 00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.600 we imagine 00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:37.340 that there's not 00:21:37.340 --> 00:21:38.400 enough bread for us. 00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:41.140 Because we think 00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:41.799 there's not enough 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.720 bread for us. 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:45.140 I'm different. 00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:48.519 If only you knew, 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.100 if only you could 00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:52.000 get inside my head 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.420 and my heart 00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.120 and see what I like, 00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.640 I'm different. 00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.140 That's what we think. 00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:57.940 But there is enough 00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.279 bread, 00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:59.299 it is overflowing. 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.519 Look at verse 37. 00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.140 They ate 00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:03.000 and were 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.700 satisfied. 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:06.880 They took 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.880 seven basketfuls 00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.480 of broken pieces. 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.740 Why that detail? 00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:12.599 Because the writer 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.319 wants you to understand 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.839 there was so, 00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.440 so much. 00:22:16.120 --> 00:22:16.740 So if you remember 00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.120 the last 00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:17.700 few years ago, 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.259 I think a couple 00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.740 of weeks ago, 00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:20.440 the disciples, 00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.819 there was 00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.720 twelve baskets 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.240 left over. 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:23.839 Do you remember that? 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.160 How many disciples 00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:25.480 were there? 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.120 Twelve disciples. 00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.960 How many tribes 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.620 of Israel were there? 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.120 Twelve tribes 00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:29.519 of Israel. 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.299 It's shown you 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:31.799 this is volatility 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:33.700 that God's grace 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.079 is enough 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.460 for the people 00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:34.839 of Israel. 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.700 But you know 00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.220 when he feeds 00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:38.000 on the four thousand 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.799 it's about God's 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.079 abundance. 00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:40.059 So look at what it says. 00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.859 It says there were 00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.879 seven loaves, 00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:44.539 seven baskets. 00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.439 God created 00:22:47.439 --> 00:22:47.740 everything 00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.339 and there is 00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:50.199 in seven days. 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.099 And here through 00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.899 his son he creates 00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.279 anew. 00:22:54.659 --> 00:22:55.419 There is more 00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:55.839 than enough 00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.379 with God. 00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.500 There is more 00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:58.980 than enough 00:22:58.980 --> 00:23:00.019 grace for you. 00:23:01.179 --> 00:23:01.859 There is more 00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.279 than enough 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.720 forgiveness 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.559 for you. 00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.859 And you may 00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.460 be desperately 00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.980 hungry. 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.480 You may be 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.339 desperately sick. 00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:10.980 You may be 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.940 desperately guilty. 00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.680 But Jesus 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:15.120 can feed a crowd 00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:15.880 with crabs. 00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.960 And he's able 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.460 to feed you 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.839 in needs. 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.799 There is more 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.160 than enough 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.680 to go around. 00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:25.000 And we forget 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.180 this, 00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.519 don't we? 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.700 And the 00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.039 disciples 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.579 say to you, 00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:28.960 look at verse 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.440 33. 00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:31.580 where are we 00:23:31.580 --> 00:23:31.880 to get 00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.539 enough bread 00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.120 in such a 00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:33.960 desolate place 00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.480 to feed 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.279 such a crowd? 00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.680 We need 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.200 the woman's 00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.680 faith in 00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.400 God's goodness. 00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:41.620 Let's look at 00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:41.880 the meat 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.299 and the sandwich 00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.799 really quickly. 00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:44.860 Not only is 00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.259 there enough 00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.900 bread for us, 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.240 but look at 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.480 the middle 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:46.779 section, 00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.700 verse 29 00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.279 and 31. 00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:49.480 The meat 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.100 and the sandwich. 00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:52.279 Jesus went up 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.600 from there 00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:53.259 and walked 00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.660 beside the 00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.240 Sea of Galilee 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.660 and he went 00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.019 up on the 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.400 mountain and 00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:55.779 sat down. 00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.240 And great 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.220 crowds came to him, 00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:59.019 bringing with 00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.860 them the 00:23:59.860 --> 00:24:00.120 lame, 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.600 the blind, 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.000 the crippled, 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.380 the moot, 00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:01.759 and many 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.160 others. 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.339 And they put 00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:03.660 him at his 00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.360 feet and he 00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:04.839 healed them. 00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.579 So that the 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.339 crowd wondered 00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:08.920 when they saw 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.360 the moot 00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:09.839 speaking, 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.700 the crippled 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.779 healthy, 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.380 the lame 00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.839 walking, 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.160 the blind 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.519 seeing, 00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:17.960 and they 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.500 glorified 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.920 the God 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.259 of Israel. 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.240 The way 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.779 it's written, 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.400 literally, 00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.299 they are 00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:26.360 carrying people 00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.980 up to Jesus 00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.460 and they just 00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:27.960 drop him. 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.819 drop him 00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.380 in front of 00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:29.680 Jesus. 00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.640 And he 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.079 healed them. 00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:32.500 Here's my 00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.759 son, 00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.160 here's my 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.460 friend, 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.019 here's my 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.279 neighbour, 00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:34.660 here's my 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:34.900 husband. 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:36.839 And so 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.500 the crowd 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.440 wonders. 00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:38.799 Can you 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.380 imagine the 00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:39.839 celebrations 00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.839 on the side 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.059 of that 00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.440 mountain? 00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.299 And they 00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.059 glorified the 00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.360 God of 00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.620 Israel. 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.500 People are 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.839 bringing their 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.299 friends to 00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.579 Jesus. 00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.220 People are 00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.700 bringing their 00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.799 family to 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.000 Jesus. 00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.420 People are 00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:50.880 bringing their 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.539 colleagues to 00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:51.759 Jesus. 00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.160 People are 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.539 bringing their 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.120 neighbours to 00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.519 Jesus. 00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.880 And they're 00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.299 bringing people 00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.240 who have got no 00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.960 way of getting 00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.259 out of 00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.799 themselves. 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.299 And Matthew 00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.799 wants you 00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.160 and I to 00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:03.579 see that 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.660 God's grace, 00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:06.519 God's super 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.259 abundant, 00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.120 overflowing 00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:09.200 grace is not 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.840 just sufficient 00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:10.740 for us, 00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.340 but it's for 00:25:12.340 --> 00:25:12.840 others. 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:15.880 It's for the 00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.279 people that we 00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.720 love. 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.519 It's for the 00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:18.940 people that we 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.640 care for. 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.480 It's for the 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.860 people that we 00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.120 know. 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:24.519 God's 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.119 God's 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:31.719 solution for 00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:32.279 our heart 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.899 problem is 00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.439 abundant 00:25:33.439 --> 00:25:34.059 grace. 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.539 And this 00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.279 Canaanite woman 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.539 trusted in it. 00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.539 There was the 00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.799 fuzzy understanding 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.159 of the 00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.579 disciples. 00:25:44.979 --> 00:25:45.439 There was 00:25:45.439 --> 00:25:46.059 increasingly 00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:47.219 bitter opposition 00:25:47.219 --> 00:25:47.719 from the 00:25:47.719 --> 00:25:48.239 Pharisees, 00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.099 trusting in 00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.579 their religious 00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.459 practices, 00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.600 promises, 00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.680 but her 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.759 faith is 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.000 in the 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.500 goodness of 00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:53.759 God. 00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.860 Her ability 00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.539 to trust that 00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.120 he will bring 00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.920 life with 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.640 his death, 00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:03.000 and grace 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.680 where there is 00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.620 shame and 00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:05.120 forgiveness, 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.259 where there is 00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.539 guilt. 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:09.779 This 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.579 moment's 00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:12.039 belief that 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.559 someone's faith 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.100 is like a 00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:14.120 flare going up 00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.759 into the sky 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.460 that we see. 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.500 it is 00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.940 awesome. 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.720 And it 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:18.980 is why 00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.400 Jesus 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.340 painfully 00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:21.039 draws it 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.299 out of 00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.480 her. 00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.299 So for 00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.700 those of 00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.420 you this 00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:28.640 morning who 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.059 do not 00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.620 believe that 00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:30.480 God is good 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.100 enough to be 00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:31.720 really trusted, 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:34.980 and for 00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.319 those of 00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.759 you who do 00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.220 not think 00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.700 this morning 00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.100 that there's 00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:38.039 enough bread 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.740 for you, 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.259 and for 00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.640 those who 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.120 think you've 00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.759 wandered too 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.620 far away 00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:46.000 you look 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.519 in faith, 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:49.539 you look 00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.179 in faith to 00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.399 him, 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.379 because his 00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:54.479 grace is 00:26:54.479 --> 00:26:55.219 super 00:26:55.219 --> 00:26:55.979 abundant 00:26:55.979 --> 00:26:58.079 and overflowing, 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.919 and there is 00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.500 bread at the 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.759 table, 00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:03.819 and there's 00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.399 wine at the 00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:04.639 table, 00:27:05.959 --> 00:27:06.819 and there's 00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.159 more than 00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:07.579 enough for 00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:07.739 you. 00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.119 We're going 00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.659 to use the 00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:11.379 prayer of 00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:12.259 humble access 00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.079 before we 00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.339 sing. 00:27:14.219 --> 00:27:14.979 It's after 00:27:14.979 --> 00:27:15.919 the hymn of 00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.259 your sheets. 00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:17.659 This is a 00:27:17.659 --> 00:27:18.519 prayer from 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:18.839 the book of 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.399 common prayer, 00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.339 and Cranham 00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.979 wrote this. 00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.539 It is a 00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:24.979 beautiful, 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.279 beautiful prayer 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.000 that uses 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.839 the words 00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:29.000 of the 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.259 Savior. 00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.579 You'll see 00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.399 that in the 00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:35.099 third paragraph 00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:36.319 it speaks 00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:37.119 about as we 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.539 come to the 00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:37.979 Lord's table 00:27:37.979 --> 00:27:38.819 that we eat 00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.599 the flesh 00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.039 of your 00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.739 dear son 00:27:40.739 --> 00:27:41.519 Jesus Christ 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.000 and we 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.500 drink his 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:42.679 blood. 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.120 We know 00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.380 we don't 00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:43.700 do that 00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.180 literally. 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:44.779 Don't 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.220 misunderstand 00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.700 it. 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.860 But as 00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:48.279 we come 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.620 to the 00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:48.960 table, 00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:49.940 we do 00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.560 partake. 00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.039 And we 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.400 do by 00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.360 faith feed 00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:56.019 on Christ. 00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.420 Jesus 00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.259 says this is 00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.660 this is my 00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.220 body 00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.960 given for 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.220 you. 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:03.980 This is my 00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:06.180 blood 00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.980 spilled for 00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.160 you. 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.700 The blood of 00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.279 the everlasting 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:09.039 covenant given 00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.320 for you. 00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.000 You drink of it. 00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.019 And as we do 00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.480 that, as we 00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.519 exercise faith in 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.060 Christ, we are 00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:15.840 made clean by 00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.360 his body. 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:17.880 And our 00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.700 souls washed 00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.300 through his 00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:20.080 most precious 00:28:20.080 --> 00:28:20.519 blood. 00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.480 There is a 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.140 fountain filled 00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.640 with blood 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:24.519 drawn from 00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.960 Emmanuel 00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.480 saints. 00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.359 Let's just 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.759 take a moment 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.559 in the silence. 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.039 Let's read 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.440 through this 00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.180 prayer of our 00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.539 own. 00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.139 And then we'll 00:28:32.139 --> 00:28:32.440 read through 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.799 it together. 00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:32.879 Amen. 00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.619 Amen. 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.619 00:28:33.619 --> 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