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Matthew 15 verse 21, that's 
where we are. 

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We have finally come to the only
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Jesus says no to somebody. 
I've been telling you about it 

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from Matthew chapter 1. 
I love to emphasize it because 

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it's, it's, it's quite ironic, I
think in the setting of the 

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Gospel, like I've told you 
before, if I was to map out my 

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own year of preaching, even 
though I, I know how important 

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healing is and I believe in it, 
I would never put as many 

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healing sermons in a year as the
gospels actually force you to 

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preach on healing because they 
go, OK, that's way too much 

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healing. 
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emphasize healing that much, 
which is funny because we're 

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actually going to go from this 
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And then right after this, 
again, guess what happens after 

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he heals this woman's daughter? 
Surprise, he heals a ton more 

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people after that. 
So next week we're going to have

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specifically a Christmas sermon,
but after that will continue 

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again. 
So it's one of my favorite 

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passages. 
It's surprising because instead 

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of becoming evidence that God 
does not want to save, instead 

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of becoming evidence that God 
does not want to heal, instead 

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of becoming evidence that God 
does not want to deliver, or 

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instead of showing that God's 
promises come to us 

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automatically, it's actually 
more evidence that our own faith

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has a necessary role to play in 
receiving from God. 

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Not going to have any biblical 
gymnastics for you today. 

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Not going to get fancy. 
Don't have any slick preacher 

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moves. 
We're going to read out loud and

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we're going to see Yep, Yep, 
Yep. 

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And we're going to go through it
verse by verse together. 

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I want to give you some context 
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For context, we're, we're almost
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months on the earth before his 
crucifixion and before his 

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resurrection. 
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even in his last six months or 
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That might be surprising because
you're going, man, we're only in

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chapter 15, but it goes to 28. 
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when we get to chapter 21, we're
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So the whole, so verse 21 is the
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and then everything else we're 
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play by play of his last week in
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So it's, you know, we're kind 
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know, 20 chapters of, you know, 
he of three years and then we 

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get, you know, 7 chapters of 
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So it really breaks it down. 
And then, and then we only get a

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couple of moments of his post 
resurrection, you know, because 

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remember he was here for another
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but we don't get a lot of that. 
So our context lets us know that

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his timing, where He is, and 
what he's doing from from 

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chapter 21 to 28. 
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week, but what is he doing with 
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It's going to be interesting 
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So you're in chapter 15, verse 
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And Jesus went away from there 
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Tyre and Sidon. 
And behold, a Canaanite woman 

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from that region came out and 
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Have mercy on me, O Lord, son of
David, my daughter is severely 

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oppressed by a demon. 
But he did not answer her a 

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word. 
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begged him, saying, Send her 
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us. 
He answered, I was sent only to 

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the lost sheep of the House of 
Israel. 

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But she came and knelt before 
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And he answered, it is not right
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throw it to the dogs. 
She said, yes, Lord, yet even 

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the dogs eat crumbs that fall 
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Then Jesus answered her whole 
woman, great is your faith, be 

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it done for you as you desire. 
And her daughter was healed 

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instantly. 
God, we thank you so much for 

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your compassion and for your 
wisdom. 

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You know what we need when we 
need it, and You're always right

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on time. 
I pray that light and revelation

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would come to your church today.
I pray that I would make the 

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appropriate and right 
applications with your word. 

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That we would see exactly what 
You intend for US, open up more 

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of the treasures of Christ for 
us, Lord. 

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That we would love Him more, 
that we would know Him better, 

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that we would be more thankful 
and even more Worshipful. 

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And I pray that you would build 
our faith for all that you have 

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intended for us to receive from 
you. 

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And not only as receivers, but 
as ministers that we would carry

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out the gospel message in power 
to heal the sick, to raise the 

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dead, to cast out demons, to do 
the works that you did in 

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greater works because you've 
gone into the Father and now 

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sent the Holy Spirit to fill us 
and equip us for ministry. 

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We thank you for it all in Jesus
name, Amen. 

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So where is Jesus going? 
The Scripture tells us he is 

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leaving Israel and he goes to 
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So what do we know about these 
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You may remember them from 
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I'm going to quote to you from 
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says then he began to denounce 
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mighty works had been done 
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Do you remember that Jesus 
dropping bombs and and 

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condemning these cities where 
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miracles among all of his own 
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And then he steps out of the 
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be judged harshly. 
Capernaum, will you be lifted 

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up? 
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This is the very city where that
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Jesus lays his head here, he 
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his headquarters is here. 
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Did they build their whole 
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the moment? 
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So he rebukes them for it. 
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woe to you, Bethsaida. 
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you had been done in Tyre and 
Sidon, they would have repented 

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long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
But I tell you, it will be more 

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bearable on the day of judgment 
for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

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That's heavy. 
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exalted to heaven? 
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Hades. 
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you had been done in Sodom, it 
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day. 
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more tolerable on the day of 
judgment for the land of Sodom 

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than for you. 
So Jesus has earlier rebuked 

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certain cities in Israel. 
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Because they were unbelieving. 
They were saying, well, we'll 

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receive those who received 
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But largely there was not 
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Largely there was not 
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Largely there was not love for 
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And now he has gone to Tyron 
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clearly showed is like, let me 
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these people some some scummy 
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He references Sodom. 
They go, Oh, yeah, but Capernaum

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and the Capernaites who would 
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be like, we're so much better 
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He says it'll be better for them
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you. 
Really. 

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Don't you know what's happening 
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Don't you know why it was 
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That wasn't happening in 
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No, a much greater sin was 
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The direct rejection of the Lord
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I thought that was filthy. 
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destroyed it with fire from 
heaven, and yet it's not as bad 

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as it gets. 
It gets way worse to reject the 

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Lord of glory when He has come 
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mercy, when you meet Him with 
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stubbornness and hard 
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a real problem for you. 
So these low places, Jesus has 

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now left Israel. 
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it's kind of, if you bear with 
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up rectangle generally. 
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the north of Israel. 
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hundreds of miles from Jerusalem
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visit Tyre and Sidon up until 
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What have we seen in the 
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We've seen a desperate father 
plead for his child, the leader 

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of a synagogue. 
He was a devout Jew whose 

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daughter died. 
He was tested, but Jesus told 

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him, don't be afraid, just 
believe. 

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We've seen another father plead 
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He asked Jesus if you can do 
anything, Lord. 

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And Jesus quickly corrected the 
man's if and changed it to no, 

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no, no if you can believe. 
And now we see a desperate 

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mother, tested, seemingly 
ignored by Jesus, then told no 

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by Jesus to ultimately receive 
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He's gone to a dark place, a 
wicked region, cities that are 

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not Jewish. 
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So the disciples, it's very 
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that they've never been here 
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It's very possible and very 
likely that until the Lord takes

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them out of Israel, that they've
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They're Jewish boys and they've 
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They're they're very young as 
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20. 
How do we determine these 

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things? 
Well, we determine these things 

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because we just know what 
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and how they who they would call
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So it's possible maybe Peter was
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married, but still they might be
on field trip with Jesus going 

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Jesus, our mom's not going to 
want us to be here entire 

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inside. 
And we've never seen anything 

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like this. 
We haven't been in places like 

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this before. 
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choose to go and this is where I
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So here they are in this 
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22. 
Behold, a Canaanite woman from 

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that region came out and was 
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So Canaanite, not a Jewish 
woman, she cries out, shouting, 

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pleading, have mercy on me. 
O Lord, son of David, my 

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daughter is severely oppressed 
by a demon. 

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The Jewish audience, remember 
who Matthew wrote to. 

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Matthew's primary first 
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was to the Jews. 
So he's saying, hey, Jews 

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remember all these prophecies 
and they're going, yeah. 

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And he goes, Jesus fulfilled it.
And they go interesting. 

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So over and over Matthew keeps 
showing the Jewish reader, but 

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this shouldn't be lost on us 
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With this Canaanite non Jew 
woman is using messianic Jewish 

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language to honor the Lord Jesus
Christ. 

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So the Jewish audience wouldn't 
miss this. 

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We shouldn't miss it either. 
She calls him Lord. 

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First of all, that term could 
have been used in a lot of 

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contexts. 
It could certainly apply to God,

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but it could also apply to 
anyone who you would want to 

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just come underneath and to, to 
just show submission to 

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acknowledge their authority. 
So, so far, so good, but it's 

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not as perfect as it could be 
yet because we don't know. 

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Are you just being respectful to
the rabbi or are you, do you 

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understand the Lord that you're 
actually talking to? 

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Thankfully, she goes farther and
she clarifies the whole thing. 

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She says son of David. 
Now that's different. 

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You've just communicated 
something much of oh, Mr. so and

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so. 
OK, there's a lot of Mr. so and 

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so's in the world. 
Son of David. 

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That's interesting. 
That ain't nothing. 

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That's something to be the son 
of David is what it is to be 

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David's descendant. 
To be a descendant of David is 

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to be the king of Israel. 
And specifically son of David is

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language that is referencing the
Messiah. 

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She's saying, I know who you are
and I am coming to you in that 

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way. 
I'm not saying, hey, I hear 

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you're the Jewish rabbi who does
magic tricks. 

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Could I please have a magic 
trick? 

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She's heard testimonies, She's 
heard something. 

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That's how faith comes by 
hearing about the word or 

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hearing the word of God. 
So now she knows like he's here,

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he came all the way here. 
Well, he's my answer. 

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I'm going to go to the son of 
David, to the Messiah and to the

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Savior of the world. 
What are we seeing here? 

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Well, Jesus is always king, but 
who he is to you will determine 

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what he does for you. 
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He's always king, but the 
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She's saying I know who you are 
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Already we're seeing and and we 
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everything's not happening 
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Do you think there were a lot of
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Sidon? 
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it's kind of crazy that, you 
know, this long into his 

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ministry that there's anybody 
left who needs healing. 

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I mean, when you read over and 
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came and he healed them all and 
you're like, dude, what did that

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Did he do one at a time? 
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instances laid out throughout 
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him healing different people in 
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Sometimes he spits in the dirt, 
makes mud and rubs it in your 

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eyes. 
Sometimes it it looks different.

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You never know what's coming. 
Sometimes he just touches you. 

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Sometimes he just speaks. 
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How many people had a need but 
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But how many people came to 
Christ with their need and then 

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didn't receive? 
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to our answer. 
It's 0. 

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Was she tested? 
Absolutely she was tested. 

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Will your faith be tested even 
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It is absolutely and entirely 
possible that the Lord will test

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you. 
I don't have time today to 

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unpack how I'm how I want to 
distinguish between trials and 

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tests. 
That's just language that I use 

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just for the sake of 
understanding, whereas I 

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categorize trials. 
I said I don't have time. 

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Here we go. 
I categorize trials more of this

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thing was intended to destroy 
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This thing is happening because 
the world is broken. 

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The devil is bad and you're 
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offensive than talking about you
now. 

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So the trial, the tribulation, 
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and it's not supposed to, but it
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This thing is harming me and 
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maybe it's not even having a 
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not a lesson from the Lord. 
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happening and it's bad, it's 
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Can the Lord get me through it? 
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Then there's something else 
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this as this is the Lord's 
deliberate and personal test for

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his servant, for his servant, 
for his servants advantage and 

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for his servants blessing. 
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God tested Abraham, I want you 
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That's a test. 
That's not Isaac got ran over by

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an ox cart and broke his leg and
now Abraham's like, I'm not sure

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what we're going to do about 
that's the world is broken and 

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bad things happen. 
Lord, will you heal my son? 

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This is different though. 
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will you give me Isaac? 
Will you sacrifice your son for 

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me? 
That's a test. 

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And he goes, well, he was the 
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But Abraham obeys the Lord, and 
of course, he still receives the

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fullness of his promise. 
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sacrificed. 
So the Lord is testing this 

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woman. 
The Lord will test your faith as

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well. 
What else do we see is going on 

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here about this woman? 
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evil. 
She comes to the good to be rid 

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of the evil. 
Simple stuff. 

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Thank you pastor. 
Obvious demons are still 

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oppressing people today. 
Demons are still possessing 

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people today. 
They have no authority over 

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God's people and we are 
commanded to drive them out 

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under the authority of Jesus. 
Remember the disciples have 

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already cast demons out. 
They came back rejoicing. 

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They said even the demons obey 
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And Jesus responded very 
unimpressed and he said don't 

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rejoice because demons obey you.
It's not a big deal. 

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Rejoice because your names are 
written in the Lamb's book of 

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life. 
Rejoice because your names are 

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written in heaven. 
That's why you should rejoice. 

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Of course demons obey you guys. 
What else would they do? 

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Did you minister in my name? 
Do you go in my authority? 

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Yes, Lord. 
OK. 

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Like again, it's it's not a big 
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It's like your children coming 
in and say, look, I killed a 

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spider. 
Like of course you did. 

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You're big. 
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You stepped on them. 
This is the perspective that the

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Christian should have. 
And yet often times we need to 

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grow in this area of ministry. 
In the West, a lot of our demon 

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possessed people are put in 
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A lot of them are in prison. 
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who's left, we categorize it 
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mental illness. 
Mental illness is a thing. 

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The brain could be sick just 
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And also demon possession seems 
to be a common thing in the 

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scriptures. 
So I think we could sometimes be

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naive and go, well, what's your 
perspective on all that, Pastor?

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Well, I'm not naive enough to 
say there's a demon behind every

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door. 
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that there's not. 
That's my perspective on the 

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supernatural. 
And I'm not, I'm not naive and I

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don't care what anyone thinks. 
I know it's sometimes it's 

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popular as Christians be like, 
everything's not supernatural. 

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Yeah. 
OK. 

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And then other times you could 
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We go, everything's natural, 
like it is what it is, literally

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whatever it is, it is. 
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know how to walk and how to move
and how to minister in that 

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circumstance. 
And the Lord wants to bring 

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that. 
So this woman understands good 

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and evil. 
She comes to the good to be rid 

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of the evil. 
She cries out, have mercy on me.

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O Lord, son of David, my 
daughter is severely oppressed 

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by a demon. 
Verse 23. 

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But he did not answer her a 
word. 

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Why is the Lord ignoring this 
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He didn't answer her. 
Please, please, please help me. 

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Lord Son of David, I know who 
you are. 

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I know you're the Messiah. 
Why didn't he answer? 

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Doesn't he love this woman? 
Doesn't he love her daughter? 

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Doesn't Jesus? 
Didn't he come to destroy the 

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works of the devil? 
Hasn't he come to set the 

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captive free? 
Hasn't he come to give abundant 

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life? 
Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. 

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He's shown His nature and His 
character repeatedly, and He 

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reveals it here again. 
But we see even more of our 

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Lord's ways and even more of His
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The Lord is testing this woman, 
and the Lord is testing her 

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faith, testing her for what is 
the question? 

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The Lord is testing for 
sincerity. 

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The Lord tests for hunger. 
The Lord tests for depth. 

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The Lord tests for faithfulness.
There are all kinds of reasons 

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that the Lord would test. 
Like we said throughout 

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Scripture, we see the Lord test 
certain individuals. 

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Why does He do it? 
The Lord tests to draw out 

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someone's best. 
He tests to purify something. 

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He says there's some gold there,
but I want to strengthen it. 

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I want to make sure there's no 
impurities. 

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So he applies the heat and he 
applies the heat, and he applies

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the heat and the gold liquefies.
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The impurities float to the top.
And the Lord says, ah, this is 

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pure. 
This is stronger than ever now. 

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It is a gift to the gold. 
It is a gift to you when the 

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Lord tests your faith. 
It is a gift to Abraham when the

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Lord tests his faith. 
It's a gift to Moses when the 

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Lord tests him. 
You look at the Lord, he's not 

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flighty, but he is testing his 
people. 

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So he tells, he tells Moses, 
that's it. 

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I'm going to kill them all. 
I'm sick of them. 

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I'm mad at them and I'm going to
kill him and Moses, like Lord, 

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Lord, Lord, like, hang on, 
let's, let's, let's think this 

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out for a second. 
You know, I don't want everybody

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to say about you that, you know,
you have delivered them from 

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Egypt, but you weren't strong 
enough to deliver them into the 

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promised land. 
And Lord, the other thing is 

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like, if you're going to kill 
them, then kill me first. 

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And the other thing, So what's 
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Was the Lord angry at his 
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Absolutely. 
He was angry at His people. 

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There's a lot of evidence that 
he was angry at his people. 

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And still, what's he doing? 
He's strengthening his servant. 

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He's strengthening and testing 
Moses. 

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He is growing and maturing 
Moses. 

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Why? 
Because Moses is going to need 

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it. 
Moses, buddy, you're at the 

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beginning of the beginning. 
I bet Moses is was probably glad

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in that moment when he comes 
down off the mountain after 

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meeting with the living God and 
coming down with his law to find

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the people worshipping false 
gods once again that they were 

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just delivered from. 
They're going, we're having a 

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godless wicked festival to 
celebrate a golden calf. 

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And God's going, I'm going to 
kill him. 

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And Moses going, no, no, no. 
And the Lord goes, let me 

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strengthen my servant, I'm going
to kill him, Moses. 

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No, Lord, don't do that. 
And building the heart of a 

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shepherd inside of Moses even 
more, because he's going to, 

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He's got a lot of shepherding 
ahead of him. 

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You're at the beginning, Moses. 
You're at the beginning also. 

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You're not going to go into the 
Promised land personally because

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of your own sin. 
But he doesn't tell him 

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everything at once. 
What's he doing? 

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He's strengthening the spine of 
a servant, building his 

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conviction, building his 
resiliency. 

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The Lord is faithful to deliver,
and he reminds him. 

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What does he remind the Lord of?
His own word. 

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Of his own word, Remember, Lord,
which you said to Abraham and 

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Isaac and Israel. 
Remember, Lord, what's he 

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reminding me? 
Did the Lord forget his word? 

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No. 
What is this? 

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This is friendship. 
This is the this is the one who 

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walks with God. 
And this is what the Lord is 

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looking for. 
He's looking for fellowship and 

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friendship. 
But Moses was being tested. 

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So the Lord does test to draw 
out someone's best wise parents.

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You've done this with your 
children. 

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You challenge your children's 
thinking. 

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They say something, it might 
even be good and true. 

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But what do you do? 
You, you, you come at them with 

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an angle that you know they're 
going to be hit with at some 

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point in their lives at some 
point in the future. 

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And they say, well, I think this
and you go, I share their 

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conviction. 
I believe what they believe. 

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I'm glad they believe it. 
But I, I question how much 

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foundation there is under it. 
I question if they know why they

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believe it. 
So I do this to my boys all the 

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time. 
I hear them say something and I 

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go, is there are there roots 
under there or or is that are 

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they mimicking daddy and mommy? 
Praise God for that. 

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I want that. 
That's a good thing, not sorry 

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for that. 
And also let me make sure the 

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foundation is properly there. 
I don't want them to just match 

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the paint color. 
I want them to have the 

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foundation that needs to be in 
place. 

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So I'll ask a question that'll 
sometimes trouble them. 

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They go, what's he saying? 
Is he on my side or not? 

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I'm just going stand on your own
2 feet. 

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You got this. 
Do you know where this leads? 

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Do you know what this means? 
What am I doing? 

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I'm testing my sons to 
strengthen my sons. 

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It's for their good. 
I believe what they believe. 

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I want what they want for the 
reason that they want it. 

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But I still want them to be 
strengthened and to be grown 

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through it. 
So you might do that to to even 

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represent views other than your 
own temporarily, but you're 

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doing this with skill and with 
love, to test them, to purify 

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them, to strengthen them, and to
reveal a more complete truth to 

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them. 
Our God does the same for us. 

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And this is what Jesus is doing 
for this woman. 

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00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,080
He is drawing her out and he is 
drawing her in. 

453
00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,480
Jesus has done this over and 
over and over. 

454
00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:13,920
We've seen it throughout the 
Scriptures. 

455
00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,840
He makes an extreme and 
polarizing statement. 

456
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,280
Why? 
To divide and to sift. 

457
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,400
Well, I don't want to be divided
in the bad direction. 

458
00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,400
Good news. 
You get to cast your vote in 

459
00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:24,960
which direction you're divided 
onto. 

460
00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,600
You get to pick. 
The Lord didn't say I'm cutting 

461
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,720
the line right here. 
The Lord said I'm setting the 

462
00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,600
standard. 
What will you do with the 

463
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,040
standard? 
Well, I'm walking away. 

464
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,720
Eat my flesh and drink my blood.
This is a hard saying. 

465
00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,080
Who can bear it? 
I'm out of here. 

466
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,240
It's yours. 
That's your vote to cast. 

467
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,760
It's your loss, but it's your 
vote to cast instead. 

468
00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:46,640
What does he want? 
He wants you to be drawn in. 

469
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,440
He did put up a barrier though, 
because they literally didn't 

470
00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,400
know what he was talking about 
when he said you have to eat my 

471
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:57,480
body and drink my blood. 
They thought he meant eat his 

472
00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,560
body and drink his blood. 
They thought he meant 

473
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:04,200
cannibalism. 
So in all fairness to them. 

474
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:10,440
And yet Peter and the 12 going. 
I don't know what that means. 

475
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,800
Are you leaving too? 
It's a great time. 

476
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,320
If you guys wanted to leave, 
where would we go? 

477
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,920
You have the words of life. 
That's the right answer. 

478
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,280
And because you're sticking 
around, you'll get to hear the 

479
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,800
full truth unpacked. 
You'll actually share that meal 

480
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:29,600
with me, my last meal, where I 
turn the message of Israel into 

481
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,160
the cup of the new covenant in 
my blood. 

482
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:38,200
And they'll go, oh, will you 
stick with him long enough? 

483
00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,320
Will you walk with him? 
Will you press in when he goes? 

484
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,960
Here's the standard and go. 
I have to step around that. 

485
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:45,480
You're not getting away from me,
Lord. 

486
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:50,240
Like Elijah with Elijah. 
Elijah tested him. 

487
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,880
He's he's following the prophet.
He's following he, he. 

488
00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,960
So Elijah is the prophet. 
He has Elijah his helper. 

489
00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,440
Jah and Shah, That's what we 
confer to them henceforth. 

490
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,320
So Jah tells Shah, you follow 
me. 

491
00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:05,960
And he goes, OK, I'm following 
you. 

492
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,120
I'm welcome with you. 
And then it's revealed that Jah 

493
00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:14,280
is going to be carried up and JA
tests Shah and tells him, hey, 

494
00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:15,880
why don't you go do this? 
Why don't you go do something 

495
00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,680
else? 
And Elijah says, there's no 

496
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,040
chance, there's no way in this 
world that you'll be caught up 

497
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,360
into heaven without me standing 
there. 

498
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,680
I will be present with you until
the end. 

499
00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:27,120
And Elijah goes, settle for 
yourself. 

500
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,760
Do whatever you're going to do. 
He's not going make sure you 

501
00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,240
stick with me. 
Make sure you get a double 

502
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,600
portion of the anointing. 
Make sure you get my mantle on 

503
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,040
you. 
Make sure, make sure, make sure,

504
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,600
make sure you do what you're 
going to do. 

505
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:39,800
I'm going to do what I'm going 
to do. 

506
00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,200
What is that? 
That's a test to purify, to draw

507
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,000
in, to pull closer, not to push 
away. 

508
00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,760
This is what the test of the 
Lord does. 

509
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,760
Notice when it's a test of the 
Lord, there's always reward. 

510
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,600
There's always reward. 
There's always blessing, trials 

511
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:56,720
and tribulations. 
Sometimes it's just like, well, 

512
00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,720
that was miserable and I'm glad 
it's over. 

513
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:00,800
That wasn't a test from the 
Lord. 

514
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:05,640
Then a test from the Lord is I 
am purifying you deliberately to

515
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,240
reward you and strengthen you 
continually. 

516
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,360
That's how I categorize those. 
Again, we can't do a full unpack

517
00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:18,840
on that today. 
Still in verse 23, he did not 

518
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,240
answer her a word. 
Why? 

519
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,960
Because he's testing her and his
disciples came and begged him 

520
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,640
saying send her away for she's 
crying out after us. 

521
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,480
So his disciples, they've seen 
it all before. 

522
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,040
They know exactly what's about 
to happen here. 

523
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,680
They've got a track record with 
Jesus for years now. 

524
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,040
They know literally every single
person who's ever come to him 

525
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:37,880
for anything has received from 
him. 

526
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,920
So they know, they know 
something's going on here. 

527
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,760
We don't know what he's doing, 
but can you send her away? 

528
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,840
She's annoying. 
We're not supposed to be hanging

529
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,480
around Canaanite women. 
We're good Jewish boys, whatever

530
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,000
their motive was like, can you 
just, can we get her out of 

531
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,160
here? 
We were, we were having a meal. 

532
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,960
We were doing whatever we were 
doing in this house. 

533
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,280
And now she barges in. 
She's not going to shut up. 

534
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,200
Can you just send her? 
Lord, compassionate disciples 

535
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:03,000
that they are, Can you just get 
this over with more quickly? 

536
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,520
Get her out of here so she'll 
leave us alone. 

537
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,120
Verse 24 And he answered, so 
he's answering them. 

538
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,120
I was sent only to the lost 
sheep of the House of Israel. 

539
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,280
That's interesting because what 
he's doing is he's making the 

540
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:23,000
test more difficult for her. 
He's been ignoring her and now 

541
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,200
she hears him say to the 
disciples like she's not even 

542
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,760
standing there potentially. 
I was sent to the lost House of 

543
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:28,880
Israel. 
Boys, you know this. 

544
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,960
What's he doing? 
Testing her, drawing her in? 

545
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,160
But it's an interesting 
statement because he says I will

546
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,960
send only the lost House of 
Israel, which makes which makes 

547
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,960
all of us go wait a second. 
I seem to remember a certain 

548
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,040
centurion. 
I seem to remember a certain 

549
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:49,560
Roman killer, a Roman oppressor 
who you blessed his servant and 

550
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:53,160
you rewarded his faith. 
So really, Lord, what? 

551
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,000
You were only sent to the lost 
House of Israel. 

552
00:26:56,280 --> 00:27:01,040
Our Lord comes first to Israel, 
but thankfully not only to 

553
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,800
Israel, which is why he'll soon 
be telling his disciples to go 

554
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,320
into all the world and make more
disciples, which of course is 

555
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,040
how you and I got here as non 
Jews today. 

556
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,680
And by the way, do you remember 
what impressed Jesus with the 

557
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:19,760
Roman centurion faith? 
I haven't found faith like this 

558
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,960
even in Israel. 
So that was his complaint about 

559
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,160
everybody else. 
My own people don't believe. 

560
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,000
And you got these outsiders 
coming and going. 

561
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,160
I know who you are. 
I know who you are. 

562
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:32,480
I know your nature and 
character. 

563
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,280
How? 
How? 

564
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,400
They don't know the Scriptures 
like the Jews do, but they know 

565
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,520
enough about God somehow, some 
way. 

566
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:41,840
And they have a trust and an 
expectation. 

567
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,800
And by their faith they're 
placing a demand on Him. 

568
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,600
They won't be shunned. 
They won't be dismissed. 

569
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,760
This woman certainly will not be
dismissed so easily. 

570
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:54,720
She is not put off at all by 
what the Lord is saying, But 

571
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,600
Jesus does here what he's done 
many times, says something 

572
00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,840
divisive, says something 
polarizing, so that the hungry 

573
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,040
and the humble will press in 
further. 

574
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,120
He knows that some will turn 
away. 

575
00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:08,280
He doesn't want them to. 
But that is the test. 

576
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,280
Remember, go sell everything you
have, give it to the poor, and 

577
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,360
come follow me. 
What's the motive? 

578
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,360
Did he offer that guy ultimate 
treasure? 

579
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,960
Ultimate treasure? 
This guy could have been a 

580
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,840
disciple of Jesus and walked 
with the Lord throughout his 

581
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,000
ministry. 
Come on, like how insane is it? 

582
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,280
But he went away sad because he 
had a lot of money in his bank 

583
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,240
account. 
He thought he had great wealth 

584
00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:37,920
and he hung on to his dung. 
He hung on to the refuse, He 

585
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,080
hung on to the trash when he 
could have walked with the King.

586
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,360
And he thought, well, that's a 
big sacrifice for me. 

587
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,600
No, it's not. 
You can't sacrifice for Jesus. 

588
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,880
In one sense you can, because 
you can feel pain and 

589
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,880
crucifixion of the flesh. 
But in the other sense, you and 

590
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,760
I could never sacrifice for the 
Lord, because sacrifice implies 

591
00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,840
loss. 
You and I can never lose. 

592
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,880
When we choose Him, we always 
gain, we always get better, and 

593
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,360
we always get more. 
So go sell everything you have. 

594
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:08,600
Give to the poor. 
Come follow me. 

595
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,120
The Lord's motive is to refine. 
The Lord's motive is to clarify.

596
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,360
The Lord's motive is to 
strengthen what's already there.

597
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,200
You're hanging around the 
teacher, you're hanging around 

598
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,600
the rabbi. 
Will you press in to really be a

599
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,640
disciple or are you content 
with, I'd like to hear a sermon 

600
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:24,960
every now and then from the 
Lord. 

601
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,600
But you know, I'm not like 
devoted, like, you know, Jesus 

602
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,520
person or something, like I'm 
not going to go off the deep 

603
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:34,280
end. 
So where does she do when she 

604
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,000
hears, Oh, he's only come for 
the law. 

605
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,640
First he ignored me, and now 
he's clarified why he's ignoring

606
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,520
me. 
Oh, he's only come for the lost 

607
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,200
House of Israel. 
Keep going. 

608
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:49,200
Verse 25 But she came and knelt 
before him, saying, Lord help 

609
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:54,360
me, What is she? 
So Jesus ignores she's, she's 

610
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,080
speaking. 
He speaks and now she comes and 

611
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,840
kneels before him, bowing down 
before him. 

612
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,000
Lord help me. 
That is a good posture and that 

613
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,080
is a good prayer. 
Let's see where it gets her. 

614
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:16,480
Verse 26 and he answered, it is 
not right to take the children's

615
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:21,880
bread and throw it to the dogs. 
So here we have a woman in the 

616
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:26,760
floor begging in front of Jesus.
And what analogy does he make? 

617
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,640
What reference does he draw? 
He refers to dogs. 

618
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,240
So there's some, there is some 
important clarification to make 

619
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:38,560
here because it seems like the 
Barb goes really deep here, but 

620
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,440
actually it's actually a 
kindness that he's showing. 

621
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:45,920
So the Jews often times referred
to non Jews as dogs. 

622
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,720
There was two different words 
that you could use for a dog. 1 

623
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:52,960
is like the mangy, wandering, 
roaming lost dog. 

624
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,400
This is The Dirty, filthy one 
that you go get out of here, you

625
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,080
mutt. 
Nobody knows you, nobody owns 

626
00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:58,440
you, nobody loves you. 
You're filthy. 

627
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,320
The other dog is the beloved 
house pet. 

628
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:06,840
So non Jews know that many Jews 
refer to them as dogs in the 

629
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,280
racial sense. 
Like we're better than you. 

630
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,240
You're a bunch of dogs. 
That's not the one that Jesus 

631
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:16,600
uses here. 
Instead, he uses the the warmer 

632
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,080
tone. 
So Jesus is not using a 

633
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,200
different Jesus is not using a 
racial insult. 

634
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,000
He's using the word that would 
refer to this beloved household 

635
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,080
pet. 
So he's not shaming her away, 

636
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,160
and he actually does show a 
light of hope and tenderness to 

637
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,560
her. 
And of course, at the same time,

638
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,680
he has also just raised the 
stakes again and made her test 

639
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,160
more difficult because it was 
still a more clear and 

640
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:42,000
deliberate no. 
So he did say no, but he was, 

641
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:46,200
hey, look, I can't take the 
children's bread and give it, 

642
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,000
you know, to the puppies in the 
house. 

643
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,280
So he ignored her. 
And then he goes, I've only come

644
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,360
to the lost children of Israel. 
And that she was Lord begging in

645
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,480
front of him and pleading 
eyeball to eyeball. 

646
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,200
She's at his feet looking up at 
him and he's looking down at her

647
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,160
and he goes I can't take the the
children's bread and and give it

648
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:07,160
to the puppies. 
So this is her her third 

649
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,560
rejection. 
She is very wise. 

650
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,960
She is very humble. 
She doesn't get offended. 

651
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,880
Verse 27 yes, Lord, what did she
do Immediate agreement. 

652
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,320
Like we were saying, what part 
of the body of Christ are you? 

653
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,840
I don't care. 
Did you say I'm in the body of 

654
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,480
Christ? 
Then I rejoice, I celebrate. 

655
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,400
It's good enough for me. 
What's your position? 

656
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,160
Position under Jesus. 
That's all I know. 

657
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,640
That's good enough for me. 
That was the only place I ever 

658
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,640
wanted to be. 
Count me in. 

659
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,320
I love it and I'm thankful for 
it. 

660
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:42,600
Yes, Lord. 
Yet even the dogs eat the crumbs

661
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,440
that fall from their master's 
table. 

662
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,440
Wow. 
Very wise woman. 

663
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,920
Very humble woman. 
Not offended, not discouraged. 

664
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:55,240
She receives his terms and 
adapts herself to them. 

665
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:57,520
I'll take whatever terms you 
set. 

666
00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,640
You're the master. 
I can't. 

667
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,440
I can't give the children's 
bread to the dogs. 

668
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:06,720
The dogs will take the crumbs, 
Master. 

669
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,720
And he's going you. 
I love faith. 

670
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,800
I love faith. 
I marvel to lack of faith. 

671
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:15,360
And I marvel when I see real 
faith. 

672
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:19,360
You have passed the test. 
You have walked all the way 

673
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,480
through. 
I put some barriers in front of 

674
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:25,800
you for your good, to draw you 
in, to draw you near, to 

675
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,000
strengthen you, to purify you, 
to bless you. 

676
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,320
What a humble and godly woman to
take this approach to the 

677
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,720
Master. 
This is something we should 

678
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,760
learn from her. 
You cannot receive from God when

679
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:43,280
you're mad at God, and if you 
think God has personally created

680
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,800
your circumstances, you will 
often be mad at God. 

681
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,000
She knows there's a devil. 
She's come to Satan's enemy so 

682
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,400
that Jesus will bind the 
strongman and take this woman's 

683
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:57,800
daughter out from Satan's house.
She goes with boldness. 

684
00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:01,760
We should do the same. 
We go to God with gratitude and 

685
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,040
with boldness because we know 
who He is. 

686
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,600
So going to God with boldness is
not based upon your personality.

687
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,199
I've got a bold personality, 
Irrelevant. 

688
00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:13,719
I've got a shy personality. 
Also irrelevant boldness to 

689
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,400
approach. 
The throne of grace is based 

690
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,159
upon the grace of God. 
It's based upon his nature. 

691
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,120
It's based upon his character, 
not I've got an outgoing 

692
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,159
personality. 
So I'll just kind of barge in 

693
00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:24,840
there and say, hey, Lord, here's
what you're going to do. 

694
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:28,040
No, no, you're going to go to 
the Lord with wisdom. 

695
00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:29,800
You're going to go to the Lord 
with kindness. 

696
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:30,960
You're going to go to the Lord 
with grace. 

697
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,400
You're going to go to the Lord 
with gratitude, but you're going

698
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,560
to go to the Lord reminding him 
of his word like Moses. 

699
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,719
Lord, remember what you said. 
I didn't write this script, 

700
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:41,440
Lord. 
I didn't make this up. 

701
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,440
I know who you are, I know what 
you've done, so I know what 

702
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:49,000
you'll do. 
We go to God with boldness 

703
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,360
because we know who He is. 
Do you want to have influence on

704
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,360
authority above you and anywhere
in life? 

705
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:58,160
These are good principles. 
You do it. 

706
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,400
You don't do it with demands and
commands. 

707
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,560
You do it with submission. 
And your boldness isn't based on

708
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,480
you. 
It's based upon the nature and 

709
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,960
the character of the one that 
you're appealing to and your own

710
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:11,600
desperation and hunger. 
You will be strengthened by God 

711
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,800
and God will be glorified when 
you come to Him in this way. 

712
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,480
Remind Him of His own word and 
adapt yourself to it. 

713
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,840
I need to qualify myself. 
Whatever you say I am, I need to

714
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,520
obey. 
Whatever you expect. 

715
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,720
That's the category that I need 
to put myself into. 

716
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,680
If you call me a dog in your in 
your house, then I say yes. 

717
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:36,200
So that means you feed me and 
you water me and you make sure 

718
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,160
that I am dewormed and all the 
other things that we need as a 

719
00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:43,760
as a dog in the Lord's house. 
You take him at his word and you

720
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,960
go and the Lord goes. 
The dog does get taken care of 

721
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,040
by the master. 
What is that? 

722
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,440
What are you? 
You're you're pleading to his 

723
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,800
nature and his character. 
Don't think for a second that 

724
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,080
she is wringing something out of
Jesus that he doesn't want to 

725
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,040
give. 
That's right. 

726
00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:01,480
How do we get it from the Lord? 
And he's going, all right, I 

727
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,880
give up. 
How stupid. 

728
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,320
That's not what that's not 
what's happening. 

729
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,680
So we remind Him of His own 
word. 

730
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:17,440
We adapt ourselves to it. 
Yes, Lord, even the dogs eat the

731
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,360
crumbs from the fall from the 
Master's table. 

732
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,400
Then Jesus answered her. 
Verse 28. 

733
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:26,640
Oh woman, great is your faith, 
be it done for you as you 

734
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,600
desire. 
And her daughter was healed 

735
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,480
instantly. 
The test is passed and Jesus 

736
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:35,800
rejoices in it. 
Great is your faith. 

737
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:37,800
That's what he always points 
out. 

738
00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:41,760
You lack faith. 
Where was your faith? 

739
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,400
Why don't you believe? 
Only believe. 

740
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,320
That's great faith. 
That's great faith. 

741
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:49,640
These are the things that he 
marvels at. 

742
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,840
It's all you see him marveling 
at throughout the gospels. 

743
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,720
No faith, great faith. 
No faith, great faith. 

744
00:36:57,080 --> 00:37:00,200
It's what impresses him. 
It's what he loves, it's what he

745
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,840
likes, it's what he wants. 
It's what he expects to see. 

746
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,320
Do you really believe that Jesus
did something that he didn't 

747
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,000
want to do? 
Do you really believe that Jesus

748
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,040
just did something that he 
wasn't supposed to do? 

749
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,000
Was he? 
Was he sent only to the House of

750
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,280
Israel and he's not allowed to 
do anything else? 

751
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:21,600
He's supposed to obey the will 
of the Father. 

752
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,680
Did he just disobey the Father? 
Of course not. 

753
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:26,920
He's revealing the full will of 
the Father. 

754
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:31,760
This was a test for her good. 
If this woman had walked away 

755
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,200
after Jesus told her that her 
daughter couldn't have the 

756
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:38,040
children's bread, do you think 
that her daughter would have 

757
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:43,440
been healed and delivered? 
No. 

758
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:45,840
Why would it? 
Why would her daughter have been

759
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:47,960
healed and delivered? 
If Jesus said if he had sat 

760
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,800
there in silence and she just 
goes well I'll move on, she 

761
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,360
wouldn't have received because 
it was her faith that pressed 

762
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,560
in. 
She pressed Him and she was 

763
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,680
rewarded. 
How often has my faith been 

764
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:05,240
feather light and paper thin? 
Far from being tested by my 

765
00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:07,840
Lord, I've often just been moved
into doubt just by looking at my

766
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:12,520
circumstance. 
Withering, withering, small 

767
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,200
faith, weak faith, not trusting,
not standing. 

768
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:18,920
We have to. 
We have to make sure we avoid 

769
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:23,320
condemnation over that, but we 
also have to be honest about 

770
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,080
that. 
We've talked much in our church 

771
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:29,960
about faith, how faith is not a 
formula, but faith will always 

772
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,520
find an action when it's real in
the heart. 

773
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:37,120
I have no doubt that many of us 
could get an A+ on a paper test 

774
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:40,240
regarding the promises of God. 
Is it God's will to blank? 

775
00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:42,160
Is it God's will to blank? 
Is it God's will to blank? 

776
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,120
And yet that paper test does not
guarantee the fulfillment of 

777
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,160
those promises in our day-to-day
life. 

778
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,840
Why? 
Because this brain can have 

779
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,040
possession of knowledge that 
this heart is not walking in 

780
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,800
revelation of and is the 
revelation knowledge of the 

781
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,760
heart that actually brings the 
promises of God to bear in our 

782
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,080
lives. 
And this one must be contended 

783
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:01,920
for. 
This one can be learned once and

784
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,160
locked in. 
This one has to be renewed with 

785
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:07,080
the Word and with the promises 
afresh all the time. 

786
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,920
And I've just answered why we 
don't see what the Scriptures 

787
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:12,760
promise us. 
Did you just say it's our fault 

788
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,920
1000 times? 
Yes. 

789
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:18,160
Allow me to be that preacher who
said that thing. 

790
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,200
Now, can you apply that to a 
million categories? 

791
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,960
No, there's, there's a lot more 
nuance, I suppose. 

792
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,800
And yet I will not unsay what 
the scriptures have plainly 

793
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,680
said, that faith is how we press
in and receive the promises of 

794
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:31,120
God. 
Amen. 

795
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:36,960
So I am saying what I am saying 
and I'm not saying what I'm not 

796
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:40,320
saying, and we can talk through 
details in particular scenarios,

797
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:44,000
all without condemnation, but 
the Word is the final answer. 

798
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,600
Let the Word of God be found 
true. 

799
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,160
Let every man, pastor, 
Christian, be found a liar. 

800
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:51,720
Because God's ways are right and
best. 

801
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:57,480
But pressing in does something. 
Pressing in moves us, it changes

802
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,560
us. 
And this is where how we receive

803
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,240
the promises through faith and 
patience. 

804
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:06,240
We receive the promises, that's 
how. 

805
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:08,880
Because if faith was an 
instantaneous thing, then there 

806
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,160
is no period of standing. 
There is no period of trial. 

807
00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:16,000
There is no period of testing. 
It's well, God said it Well then

808
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000
how did you ever even have the 
problem to begin with? 

809
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,480
How did anything ever happened? 
How did anything ever go wrong? 

810
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:26,480
The Lord wants the friendship. 
He wants you, his Moses, to come

811
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,920
up the mountain. 
He wants you and me as the 

812
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:33,320
Canaanite woman to come sit at 
His feet and to press in and to 

813
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,320
fellowship with him and get to 
know Him and allow Him to bless 

814
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:40,920
us and strengthen us. 
I know a testimony of a man. 

815
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,640
He was miraculously healed of an
incurable blood disease and a 

816
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:47,040
heart defect when he was 16 
years old. 

817
00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:50,520
And he didn't have healing 
preaching or teaching or 

818
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:52,760
anything else. 
He just had his Bible says, his 

819
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:54,600
16 year old. 
He would have strong days and he

820
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,960
would have weak days. 
So some days he wouldn't even be

821
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:59,120
able to talk. 
And other days he would have 

822
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:01,280
fuller strength. 
But he was slowly dying. 

823
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,280
His family knew it. 
The doctor knew it. 

824
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,240
The preacher who would sometimes
come and visit recognized it. 

825
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,000
But one day he was reading his 
Bible and he found a promise for

826
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,760
healing in his Bible. 
And it it just landed in his 

827
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:16,120
heart. 
And he's going how that how that

828
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:17,680
get there? 
That's that's a problem. 

829
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:19,200
Is that right? 
Is that real? 

830
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:23,360
So he begs his mother send for 
the pastor so that he can come 

831
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,040
and tell me if this is what I 
think it is, if this says what I

832
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,400
think it says. 
The short answer, surprise, yes.

833
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,960
So the minister finally comes. 
I forget how long it takes him 

834
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:36,680
to come. 
I remember if it was a few days 

835
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:40,040
or longer. 
But the minister finally comes. 

836
00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:42,400
And the day that the minister 
came, the young man couldn't 

837
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,400
speak that day. 
So he was frustrated. 

838
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:49,640
But he, he, he, he was able to, 
to hold his Bible and but he was

839
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:53,040
just gesturing and shaking and 
but he wanted to ask the pastor,

840
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:55,000
does does this mean I can be 
healed? 

841
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:57,200
And he's just, all he could do 
was mumble. 

842
00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:00,440
He said he was just, all he 
could do is make sounds. 

843
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:02,520
And he said he was a pitiful 
sight. 

844
00:42:03,240 --> 00:42:07,280
And the minister patted him on 
the head and said, it won't be 

845
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:10,560
long now, son. 
And that was it. 

846
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,720
That was the that was the, the 
visit from the minister that 

847
00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:16,680
day. 
He said later he said, I thank 

848
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,200
God that I couldn't speak that 
day. 

849
00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:23,080
He said because based off the 
way the the minister ministered 

850
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:27,040
to him, if you could call that 
ministry, I pray God would let 

851
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:29,560
me get run over by a bus before 
I would ever minister to anyone 

852
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:33,240
that way. 
But he was thankful that that 

853
00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:36,680
man didn't speak to him about 
the Scriptures that day because 

854
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,760
this boy goes on to gain 
strength and to stand on God's 

855
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,520
promise. 
When he regained strength after 

856
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:43,360
a few days, he just said, you 
know what? 

857
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:46,480
You know, nobody answered this 
for me, but I'm going to take 

858
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:50,000
Jesus's words and assume that 
they're true, which is always a 

859
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:53,520
good way to approach the Bible. 
And he said, I'm going to assume

860
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:55,640
they're true for now, and I'm 
going to assume they're true for

861
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:57,600
me, and I'm going to assume 
they're true for today. 

862
00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:59,800
And yet, reading them, he still 
saw it. 

863
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:05,440
Well, OK, he still didn't know. 
What do you do though? 

864
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:07,800
And this is where you and I want
that formula. 

865
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:11,200
Hey, give me the script that I 
can lock in and go, OK, what did

866
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,440
the guy do next? 
Well, the the point is he got 

867
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:17,080
the word of God into his heart. 
And when the word of God is in 

868
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:20,200
your heart and when the word of 
God is in my heart, it will find

869
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:23,040
its appropriate application. 
It might drive you to the feet 

870
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:25,040
of Jesus. 
It might cause you to be like 

871
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:27,600
the the centurion. 
And Jesus says, all right, I'll 

872
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:29,160
come to your house. 
And he goes, no, no, no, no. 

873
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:32,720
You just say the word. 
You just say the word. 

874
00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:34,000
You don't have to come to my 
house. 

875
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:36,200
What do you think you're doing? 
You don't tell Jesus what to do.

876
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:37,520
And Jesus goes, I love your 
faith. 

877
00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:40,920
So it's not, it's not a boldness
based upon you. 

878
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:43,800
It's a confidence in Christ. 
I know who you are. 

879
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:47,320
Oh, you have all authority. 
I'm a man under authority. 

880
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:48,600
I have men under me under 
authority. 

881
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,680
But you are the authority. 
You just speak it and the thing 

882
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,480
will happen. 
Our faith matters. 

883
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:57,640
So thankfully, this young man, 
his faith was made strong in the

884
00:43:57,640 --> 00:43:59,880
word of God when nobody else 
would stand with him. 

885
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:02,040
And he was healed and 
strengthened. 

886
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,720
He becomes a a pastor and 
preacher lived to 80 some years 

887
00:44:05,720 --> 00:44:07,360
old before he went home to be 
with the Lord. 

888
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:09,920
What did what did the Lord do 
for him in that season? 

889
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:13,920
The Lord revealed his hunger. 
The Lord revealed his own 

890
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:17,960
confidence in him. 
I'm going to close with Luke 

891
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:30,200
chapter 18. 
Luke chapter 18, verse one. 

892
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:34,080
And he told them a parable to 
the effect that they ought 

893
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:36,720
always to pray and not lose 
heart. 

894
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,720
Everybody say not lose heart, I 
use heart. 

895
00:44:40,240 --> 00:44:42,480
He said. 
In a certain city there was a 

896
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:48,640
judge who neither feared God nor
respected man, and there was a 

897
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:51,840
widow in that city who kept 
coming to him and saying, Give 

898
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:57,440
me justice against my adversary.
For a while he refused, but 

899
00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:01,520
afterward he said to himself, 
Though I neither fear God nor 

900
00:45:01,720 --> 00:45:05,880
respect man, yet because this 
widow keeps bothering me, I will

901
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,200
give her justice so that she'll 
not beat me down by her 

902
00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:12,560
continual coming. 
And the Lord said, Hear what the

903
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:17,400
unrighteous judge says, And will
God not give justice to his 

904
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,880
elect, who cry to him day and 
night? 

905
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:24,480
Will he delay long over them? 
I tell you, He will give justice

906
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:28,600
to them speedily. 
Nevertheless, when the Son of 

907
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:33,320
Man comes, will he find faith in
the earth? 

908
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:40,120
So of course our God is just. 
Our God is not uncaring or 

909
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:43,760
unkind like this wicked judge. 
But his point is, even a wicked 

910
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:49,320
judge, when pestered, will 
deliver what his responsibility 

911
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:51,960
it is to deliver. 
Jesus's argument is not that 

912
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:54,360
your God is a wicked God who you
must pester. 

913
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:58,920
His argument is how much more 
will your loving Father give to 

914
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:03,880
those who pursue and seek Him? 
This woman comes to Jesus back 

915
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:08,200
to the the Canaanite woman. 
She comes to Jesus in a 

916
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,760
particular moment in His 
ministry, which is why she gets 

917
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,920
the particular response she 
gets, because He was first 

918
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:17,120
called to the lost House of 
Israel, but he was not only 

919
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:18,520
called to the lost House of 
Israel. 

920
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,640
Which is why you and I, 
Canaanites and worse and beyond,

921
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,480
can come to the Lord right now, 
today, without delay. 

922
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:29,160
We can press in, we can pursue. 
Jews do not have a special 

923
00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:31,360
access. 
The only people who have access 

924
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:34,840
to God are people who are under 
the blood of Jesus. 

925
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:38,560
That's it. 
So any Jew who's worshipping 

926
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:40,840
according to Old Testament 
standards, which are extremely 

927
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:45,160
few by the way, Side note, 
modern Jews are not operating in

928
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:48,080
in the Old Testament covenant 
for the most part. 

929
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:51,160
It's just a a cultural thing, 
but the only people who have 

930
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:54,120
access to God are people who 
have been given access by the 

931
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,240
blood of Christ. 
And how have you received that 

932
00:46:56,240 --> 00:46:59,200
access? 
By God's grace through your 

933
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,920
faith. 
God wants to save the whole 

934
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:04,280
world. 
Is the whole world saved, 

935
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:07,960
Church? 
No, but by faith, the whole 

936
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:10,280
world can receive the grace of 
God. 

937
00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:12,360
We can receive all the grace of 
God. 

938
00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:15,920
If even an unjust judge will 
reward persistence, how much 

939
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:20,120
more will God answer you, His 
people, His children? 

940
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:24,000
Healing is the children's bread,
and you are the children of God.

941
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:28,040
You eat from the master's table 
and you say, well, what if I 

942
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:29,080
wasn't? 
What if I was a dog? 

943
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:33,160
Well, even the dog, Then even as
a dog you have right to claim 

944
00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:38,640
provision, protection, whatever 
it is you need, and yet you're 

945
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,440
not a dog. 
You are a child of God. 

946
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:44,720
The question remains, will the 
Son of Man find faith on the 

947
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:47,520
earth? 
More specifically, will the Son 

948
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:51,160
of Man find faith in you and 
this woman? 

949
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:53,800
We see the fullness of what 
Jesus has taught us to do 

950
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:57,240
earlier. 
Ask, seek, and knock. 

951
00:47:58,720 --> 00:48:00,760
Is it the begging that gets the 
work done? 

952
00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:04,400
It is the praying with a 
persistent heart that changes 

953
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,600
you and I. 
It is the praying with a 

954
00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:10,960
persistent heart that shifts our
perspective to actually see what

955
00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:15,280
the Lord has already provided. 
This is, these are the means by 

956
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:17,440
which the Lord has chosen to 
grow and mature and work through

957
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,360
us. 
There's mystery here, Church. 

958
00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:23,600
I cannot decode it for you. 
I have not decoded it all for 

959
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:25,000
myself. 
There are things I think that 

960
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,680
are out of our jurisdiction. 
And I just say, praise the Lord 

961
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:31,080
for his beautiful mysteries. 
And yet, what do we see? 

962
00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:33,640
What do we know for sure? 
We know that our faith matters 

963
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:37,280
and our faith needs to look like
something asking, seeking, and 

964
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,760
knocking. 
So be encouraged when the Lord 

965
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:43,400
seems silent and know that He's 
drawing you in. 

966
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:46,920
Be strengthened when the Lord, 
when the Lord seems slow and 

967
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:50,320
know that He wants to build you 
up and stand firm on His word. 

968
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:56,320
Ask and it will be given. 
Seek and you will find knock and

969
00:48:56,320 --> 00:49:00,320
the door will be opened. 
God, we thank you for your word.

970
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:03,360
It's so powerful, it's so 
refreshing and so encouraging. 

971
00:49:03,720 --> 00:49:06,760
We pray that you would show us 
and bring us revelation and 

972
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:10,040
light. 
Help us to know you more, Help 

973
00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:13,360
us to enjoy you more deeply, and
help us to be a people of a 

974
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:18,520
deliberate and bold faith that 
pursue You even though you seem 

975
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:22,640
to deflect at times. 
Your purpose is for our good. 

976
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:27,000
You don't test us to condemn us.
You don't test us to reject us. 

977
00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:32,200
You test us to purify us, to 
make us more like you, to make 

978
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:36,640
us more humble, to make us more 
hungry, to make us lean in. 

979
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:38,680
It's all that you've done and 
all that you've said. 

980
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:42,840
And God has trials and 
tribulations and difficulties as

981
00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:45,080
all the results of the curse. 
Those things also come. 

982
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,120
We thank you that you deliver us
from evil. 

983
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:52,760
Strengthen your people. 
God help us to to truly believe,

984
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:56,320
not just to know with our heads,
but to leave with, but to 

985
00:49:56,320 --> 00:50:00,840
believe with our hearts that we 
would receive the fullness as we

986
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:06,280
ask, as we seek, as we knock. 
Draw us near as your friends and

987
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:09,720
as your children. 
We love you, we thank you in 

988
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:13,960
Jesus name and now the Lord 
bless you and keep you. 

989
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:19,080
The Lord make his face Shinedown
upon you and be gracious to you.

990
00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:23,240
The Lord lift up his countenance
upon you and give you great 

991
00:50:23,240 --> 00:50:26,800
peace in Jesus name, Amen.