Lesson 3287

 (Lesson 3287)(01-02-21) Mark 7:24-30

    “ And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.”

    Today’s quote relates that, because of her obvious faith, Jesus removed a devil from the daughter of a Gentile (Greek) woman.

     He performed the miracle only after telling the woman that, being a Gentile, she should be last in line behind the Jews. 

    Remember, the ministry of both John the Baptist, Jesus and the twelve apostles, was to educate ONLY the Jews about the new law of rebirth by faith in Jesus Christ Himself. They were NOT to preach to the Gentiles: “These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them, saying, “Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not.” (Matthew 10:5)~