Title: Faith and Healing
God said to Abraham
He said that I would give 'the children of the promise...' through Isaac.
But... the children of the promise that God had chosen as the 'chosen people', the Israelites,
You did not serve God properly.
The history of Israel in the Old Testament is... even if it is a history of 'disobedience and idolatry'
It is no exaggeration to say that they were a rebellious people who could not thank God for His grace.
'They depart quickly from the way I commanded them.
He made for himself a molten calf and worshiped it...' {Ex 32:8}
The Israelites who practiced idolatry and were stiff-necked
God uses a rod or
As a whip, he used them to punish them and bring them back.
Their descendants... today's 'Jews' as children of the promise
Jesus Christ above all else
You should receive and welcome them first. On the contrary, you were ostracizing and ostracizing the Lord.
In today's text.. recorded 'The Canaanite woman'
He is a Gentile who is despised by the Jews because of their proud ideology of chosen people.
However, this Canaanite woman came out crying out to Jesus, 'Lord, son of Tatach..'
Even the scribes who copied the Bible and taught the Bible throughout their lives
In the age of not knowing Jesus, God's chosen people
Not at all, not related...
He heard a surprising 'confession of faith' from a foreign woman who could not even come near the Jewish synagogue.
We must have a clear purpose in reading the Bible.
Some people read the Bible to teach others,
Another person... There are people who read the Bible in order to live according to the Word.
Those who read the Bible just to teach others
It is difficult to know Jesus.
'Thomas Akempis...' If you want to know Jesus deeply
First, he said that we can truly know the life of Jesus by living a life like that of Jesus.
'It means that you cannot fully know the Lord just by reading the Bible.'
There are two 'Gentiles' whom Jesus praised for their great faith.
A centurion and a centurion in the Roman army who prayed to the Lord to heal a servant's illness.
This is a Canaanite woman who came to her daughter today, calling on the name of the Lord with a problem.
What these two have in common is that they prayed and studied a lot about Jesus.
Otherwise, like a centurion
It is impossible to know the truth that Jesus is the ruler of all things and is the one who subjugates all things.
'And he put all things under his feet...' { Ephesians 1:22 }
The Syrophonic woman also... that even biblical scholars such as priests and scribes did not know.
I knew the genealogy of Jesus in detail.
Did these two people really acquire the knowledge of Jesus by themselves...?
As a Canaanite woman who could not come close to the Lord as a Gentile,
Standing afar off and calling on the Lord with a loud voice,
As a mother, it was the best way to heal her daughter, and it was a desperate cry...!
How much we know God is important.
To know is the Hebrew word for 'ya da'.
It's a term, but it means that soon, we will become one...
“When you know God rightly, you will have bold faith.”
"Lord, son of David..." In these short words,
The deep, knowledge and all faith of the Canaanite woman in Jesus is implied.
The Lord said, 'About this title' by which a foreign woman in Canaan called him.
You must have been quite surprised inside.
It is because these titles are easily heard even by the chosen Jews...
Those who want to receive grace must know what the Lord wants.
"I want mercy and sacrifice
I do not want to... I would rather know God than burnt offerings." {Hosea 6:6}
There is an old proverb that says, 'Noruchin sticks' are boiled for three years.
Grace {恩惠} must be received every day.
Like the scribes and Pharisees, if you habitually lead a life of faith by falling into the inertia of traditional beliefs
Like the Canaanite woman today, you cannot experience the answer of 'my daughter is healed'.
We must strive to know the Lord.
To the Lord, 'Your faith is great..'
Because the centurion and that Canaanite woman's faith came from the spirituality of knowing Jesus.
"Lord, Son of David," have mercy on me... {Matt 15:22}