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Syrian Phenicia Woman's Faith

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[Mark 7:28]

"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

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Jesus, who had preached the gospel in the Jewish region of Gennesaret,

went to the area of Tyre outside Judea. And he entered a house.

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Jesus did not want to tell people that he was there.

But it could not hide Jesus coming to the town.

People soon realized that Jesus came to their neighborhood.

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Upon hearing that Jesus was there, a woman came.

This woman sat down on her knees before Jesus.

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This woman was a Greek, Syrian Phenicia. This woman was a stranger to the Jews.

The Jews thought the Gentiles very unclean.

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The woman was determined to be humiliated by the Jews and came to Jesus.

This woman eagerly asked Jesus.

“Jesus, my daughter is now haunted. Please fix my daughter.”

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In a desperate need of a woman, Jesus said: “We must feed our children first.

It is not right to take our children's bread and throw it to a dog.”

This was a somewhat shocking answer to Jesus' words.

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Jesus said that the ‘children’ were expressions of ‘Jews’,

and the expression ‘dogs’ was a figurative point of ‘Gentiles.’

The reason why Jesus answered this differently was to test

how great the faith of Syrian Phenicia woman was.

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But to a woman who came to Him with expectation and hope for Jesus,

it would have been a very thick, How did this woman respond to Jesus' reply?

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The Gentile woman who listened to the Word more desperately to Jesus.

“Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

This woman is good at crumbling and pleading for mercy to Jesus.

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Jesus saw the great faith of this woman.

“Woman! Your faith is great! It will be what you want.

You may go, the demon has left your daughter.”

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When she heard that, she rushed home.

And she went straight to her daughter who was lying in bed and checked her,

and as Jesus said, the demon was gone and fully restored.

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At first, Jesus ignored the favor of Syrian Phenicia woman.

Jesus also said that he could not fix it by insulting her.

But this Syrian Phenicia woman did not give up believing in the sincerity of Jesus.

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Through this woman, Jesus showed what kind of person a true believer is.

Those who have true faith are not to give up their faith in any difficulty,

but to believe and trust Jesus to the end.

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The Jews considered the Gentiles to be unclean. They have ignored the Gentiles

from the time they were born to be unrelated to the grace of God.

Jesus, however, through this woman has made known that anyone

who has true faith can receive the grace of God and be a people of the kingdom of God.

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I hope that we can check our faith through this woman.

Depending on the situation, faith in Jesus in ones own way is not the right faith.

We must firmly believe that whatever difficulties we face,

God is good and that His love for us does not change.

I want you to remember these words today so that you can be friends

who are completely trusting in Jesus in any difficulty like this Syrian Phenicia woman.

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