SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/20/2022 9:04 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Short Intro
to Matt. 15:21-28
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
15:21-28
Message of the verses: “21 And Jesus went
away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And
behold, a Canaanite woman came out from that region, and began to cry
out, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is
cruelly demon-possessed." 23 But He did not answer her a word. And His
disciples came to Him and kept asking Him, saying, "Send her away,
for she is shouting out after us." 24 But He answered and said, "I
was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 25 But she came
and began to bow down before Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" 26 And He answered and said, "It is not good
to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs." 27 But she said,
"Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their
masters’ table." 28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman,
your faith is great; be it done for you as you wish." And her daughter was
healed at once.”
I may have mentioned that this upcoming Sunday
morning in our Sunday school class that I begin to teach from the 11th
chapter of Hebrews and so it is just like God to show me more about faith as we
begin to study the “faith chapter” in Hebrews.
I will quote from John MacArthur introduction to the 42nd
chapter of his commentary which he entitles “The Quality of Great Faith.”
“The
Bible has much to say about faith. It
speaks of weak faith, strong faith, bold faith, rich faith, abiding faith,
steadfast faith, dead faith, precious faith, common faith, unfeigned faith,
working faith, obedient faith, and many other kinds.
“It
also speaks of little faith and great faith, and this text contains the second
reference in Matthew’s gospel in which Jesus speaks of great faith. Of the Roman centurion who asked for his
servant to be healed, Jesus said, ‘I have not found such great faith with
anyone in Israel’ (8:10). In both cases
the person expressing great faith was a Gentile, and in this second instance
the context seems to imply that the woman’s faith not only was for the
deliverance of her daughter but was also for personal salvation.”
The
following sections are what we will be looking at as we move through these
verses from Matthew 15:21-28. “The
Setting”; “The Qualities of Great Faith” and then the following sub-sections
from that section: “Repentant”; “Rightly
Directed and Reverent”; “Persistent”; “Humble”; and then the final
section: “The Lord’s Response.”
7/20/2022 9:20 AM
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