Lesson 4112

 (Lesson 4112)(04-26-23) Matthew 15:21-28

    “ Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.”

    In today’s quote, Jesus removed a devil from the daughter of a Gentile woman because of her faith.

    There is another very important lesson in today’s quote that goes largely unmentioned in today’s “Christian” study. That lesson is that Jesus said, “I am not sent “but” (only) unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” He even referred to the Gentiles as “dogs” in this lesson.

    Far too many, so called Christians, today, refer to Jesus’ lessons, meant solely for the Jews, as a basis for their own warped doctrine. 

    We must all, and always, remember that true Christianity DID NOT, and COULD not come into existence UNTIL AFTER Jesus had completed His sacrificial ordeal, and ascended back to the Father in heaven.~