Even though when she appears in
Scripture, she isn't yet a child of God.
Even though she had no covenant with
Him at all. She set an example for us to
follow. She left us a lesson we would all
do well to learn by doing something that
caught Jesus' attention.
Something that positioned her to receive
exactly what she needed from Him.
Something that lifted her from the
spiritual lowlands into the ranks of the
handful of people in the New Testament
who received from Jesus the ultimate
compliment: "Great is your faith!"
Let's look at the Matthew 15 account of
what happened. It says that when Jesus was
traveling through the coastlands of Tyre and
Sidon: "And, behold, a woman of Canaan
came out of the same coasts, and cried unto
him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord,
thou son of David; my daughter is grievously
vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a
word. And his disciples came and besought
him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth
after us. But he answered and said, I am not
sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of
Israel" (verses 22-24).
Talk about a less than warm welcome!
at woman got one, didn't she? Not only
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caught Jesus' attention.
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caught Jesus' attention.
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TO GET
YOU
THERE:
1
The Canaanite
woman who came
to Jesus asking Him
to deliver her daughter
is an example of
how powerful
humility can be.
Matt. 15:22
2
The Canaanite
woman humbled
herself under the
lordship of Jesus,
even though initially
what He said to her
seemed tough.
Matt. 15:25-26
3
Instead of
arguing with
Jesus, she
agreed with
Him and
refused to get
offended.
Matt. 15:27
4
Because the
Canaanite
woman received
Jesus' words
humbly, they
moved her into
a place of faith.
Matt. 15:28
5
Humility isn't
putting yourself
down; it's submitting
to Jesus, rolling your
cares over on Him,
and trusting Him
to exalt you.
1 Pet. 5:5-6
You might not
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think a Canaanite
woman from an idol-
worshipping culture
would have much
to teach us as born-
again believers. But
the one whose story is
recorded two dierent
times in the Gospels
most definitely did.
