There is a story in the bible that for a number of years I am puzzled
I don't find preachers preaching on it also. I myself don't preach on it
And I was thinking, "How does this reconcile with the grace of Jesus
Our adorable Savior Our lovely Lord?
You know, because this woman was a Syro-Phoenician woman
A Canaanite, she was a non-Jew And the bible tells us that
Jesus was in the northern most part That's the farthest he ever went
in His ministry To the northern part
where the gentiles were, of Israel. And He traversed about 20 miles
to be up there
And then the Canaanite woman A non-Jewish woman came and she said,
"Son of David! Have mercy on me! My daughter is grievously tormented
of the devil!"
And the bible says Jesus answered her not a word
I couldn't understand that
This kind, wonderful Savior Jesus, the Son of the living God
Eyes blazing with fire Amen?
Loving the sinner, hating sin Hating the devil
He's always rebuking the devil Welcoming sinners
This is our God And yet, He answered her not a word
Why? It wasn't too long ago that I began to study the names of God
And I found out she used a phrase that is only exclusive for the Jewish people
In another words, she came in pretense that she was Jewish
Because she heard about Jesus and His miracle-working power
so she came in pretense that she was Jewish because the title 'Son of David'
was exclusive for the Jewish people to use of their Messiah
Now don't forget Jesus when He first came He was sent to the lost sheep
of the house of Israel Only when He died, His salvation is for
the entire world But when He walked on earth
He was preaching to the seed of Abraham Alright? He was sent to fulfill
the promise to the patriarchs, the fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
So He has not yet died.
It was not the dispensation for the Gentiles and yet this woman
came in pretense saying, "Son of David!"
And He answered her not a word And finally when she said,
"Lord! Help me" Now it's no more Son of David
Now it's Lord You know one time I asked the Lord
Why is it Lord that You didn't answer her Just why don't You just give her a miracle
anyway? It will be so good on You
when the people read the bible You ever felt like you're helping
sometimes?
I mean it will be so good for that woman to come and say "Son of David"
even though she was not supposed to use it But you know, just give her the miracle
anyway. You know what the Lord said to me?
I'll never forget this The Lord said to me
If I had given her a miracle when she came in pretense
She will never, she can go back to a miracle, but she will never
never feel loved.
Because you can never feel loved when you are in pretense
Let's say you go for a date Alright? And you are pretending
to be someone you're not The person falls in love with you
A few weeks passed You will never feel loved
because you are in pretense So the Lord wants her to feel loved
Wants her to come clean How many know that you can come to Jesus
with all your warts and all your blemishes Because your need is your entitlement
to His fullness The throne of God is now called
the throne of grace It is not for perfect people
Grace means unearned, undeserved favor So you can come boldly
especially when you don't deserve it. To obtain mercy and find grace to help
in time of need