Olde Tymer
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● Matt 15:21-28 . . Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. A Canaanite
woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out: Lord, Son of David, have mercy
on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession. Jesus did not
answer a word.
. . . So his disciples came to him and urged him: Send her away, for she keeps
crying out after us. He answered: I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.
. . .The woman came and knelt before him and said: Lord, help me!.
. . . He replied: It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs.
She replied: Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their
masters' table.
. . .Then Jesus answered: Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.
And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Jesus' meeting with that woman wasn't happenstance.
● John 6:38 . . I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will
of Him who sent me
● John 10:30 . . I and my Father are unified.
Nor was his response impulsive.
● John 8:26 . .He that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things
which I have heard of Him.
● John 8:28 . . I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak these things as
the Father taught me.
● John 12:49 . . I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me,
He gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
● John 14:24 . .The word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who
sent me.
So then, I think we may safely assume God was in the middle of that meeting and
coached His son thru the whole scene. Which means of course God deliberately
maneuvered Jesus to a location where that woman could intercept him with her
greeting and with her request.
NOTE: The woman-- a Canaanite --greeted Jesus as "son of David" It's a mystery
how it came about that she was aware of Jesus' genealogy but had she, a Gentile,
been indifferent about it, that would've been understandable. Back then; a non
Jew's faith in that respect was indeed remarkable.
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● Matt 15:21-28 . . Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. A Canaanite
woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out: Lord, Son of David, have mercy
on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession. Jesus did not
answer a word.
. . . So his disciples came to him and urged him: Send her away, for she keeps
crying out after us. He answered: I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.
. . .The woman came and knelt before him and said: Lord, help me!.
. . . He replied: It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs.
She replied: Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their
masters' table.
. . .Then Jesus answered: Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.
And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Jesus' meeting with that woman wasn't happenstance.
● John 6:38 . . I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will
of Him who sent me
● John 10:30 . . I and my Father are unified.
Nor was his response impulsive.
● John 8:26 . .He that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things
which I have heard of Him.
● John 8:28 . . I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak these things as
the Father taught me.
● John 12:49 . . I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me,
He gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
● John 14:24 . .The word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who
sent me.
So then, I think we may safely assume God was in the middle of that meeting and
coached His son thru the whole scene. Which means of course God deliberately
maneuvered Jesus to a location where that woman could intercept him with her
greeting and with her request.
NOTE: The woman-- a Canaanite --greeted Jesus as "son of David" It's a mystery
how it came about that she was aware of Jesus' genealogy but had she, a Gentile,
been indifferent about it, that would've been understandable. Back then; a non
Jew's faith in that respect was indeed remarkable.
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