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Matthew 15:21-28
Posted On 08/18/2008 16:09:44 by steve
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21: Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22: 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.
23: But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24: But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25: Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26: But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
28: 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. Jesus brought his message first to the Jews. Only after his rejection and death by the Jews was the disciples directed to bring the message to the Gentiles. The Jews were God’s chosen people but again and again they had rejected God. You can see this over and over again in the Old Testament. The Jews reject God, God punishes them by allowing another country to conquer them, they turn back to God and God saves them only to have his people reject him again once they are saved and no longer need him. Once the Jews had rejected his Son God selected a new group of people to call his chosen people. They are the ones who have accepted his Son Jesus as their Savior.
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