[FBC] Matthew 15 - A Mother's Love For A Demon-Possessed Child - 2013.09.29
Channel: Foundation Bible Church
Date: 2013-09-30

Matthew 15: 21 - 28
If you were making up a religion, you wouldn't give Jesus the words to say he uses in this passage. 

We don't go to Jesus strutting, we go to Jesus on our knees. We are either on our knees or we are in rebellion.

Some observations from a difficult passage:
1. Jesus didn't need to touch the daughter to heal her. Jesus' miracles weren't just marvelous acts, they were signs God uses for a larger purpose. 
2. Jesus knew the heart and mind of the pagan mother. He knew what she was capable of. She resorted to no bribes or deals. She knelt and believed Jesus could heal.
3. This expression of faith by a gentile woman was a lesson to his Hebrew apostles.
4. Faith is trusting in Jesus regardless of ethnicity.  

One final thought - don't give up if God doesn't answer prayer immediately.