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MARK: Jesus #Unfiltered - Day 37
Today we read two amazing stories, however, we’ll focus just on the first.
When we read of the interaction between Jesus and the Syrophoenician woman, it’s easy to be taken aback. Having heard about Jesus, the woman is desperate for her daughter to be healed from demonic possession. One can only begin to imagine her anguish, absolutely desperate for her daughter to be free of this evil spirit. But Jesus (at first) seems disinterested saying, “First let the children eat all they want” and that it would be inappropriate therefore to tend to the “dogs” (a common way that Jews referred to a Greco-Roman philosophical movement of the time) before the children of Israel. Undeterred, the woman retorts that “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs”. Jesus’ response? He tells her that her daughter (even without seeing her) is healed!
How extraordinary! What are we to make of this? Was Jesus affirming the racial prejudices of the time? Clearly not, for whilst Jesus’ response is exactly what many would have expected, he uses the entire interaction to demonstrate the most remarkable news: that he has come not just for the Jew but also for the Gentile! Jesus has entered into the world that all may be saved.
This is good news not just for us, but for every single person. There is no one outside the reach of the Gospel - all are able to come to Jesus and receive the salvation that he offers. Likewise, our mission as disciples is not just that the good news would go to some, but that the good news would go to all. AL
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Heavenly Father, we thank you that Jesus came into the world not to die for some, but to die for all. Please help us to be unrelenting in the sharing of the Good News, that we may grow in desire to point every person to the Lord Jesus. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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By St Bart's ToowoombaToday we read two amazing stories, however, we’ll focus just on the first.
When we read of the interaction between Jesus and the Syrophoenician woman, it’s easy to be taken aback. Having heard about Jesus, the woman is desperate for her daughter to be healed from demonic possession. One can only begin to imagine her anguish, absolutely desperate for her daughter to be free of this evil spirit. But Jesus (at first) seems disinterested saying, “First let the children eat all they want” and that it would be inappropriate therefore to tend to the “dogs” (a common way that Jews referred to a Greco-Roman philosophical movement of the time) before the children of Israel. Undeterred, the woman retorts that “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs”. Jesus’ response? He tells her that her daughter (even without seeing her) is healed!
How extraordinary! What are we to make of this? Was Jesus affirming the racial prejudices of the time? Clearly not, for whilst Jesus’ response is exactly what many would have expected, he uses the entire interaction to demonstrate the most remarkable news: that he has come not just for the Jew but also for the Gentile! Jesus has entered into the world that all may be saved.
This is good news not just for us, but for every single person. There is no one outside the reach of the Gospel - all are able to come to Jesus and receive the salvation that he offers. Likewise, our mission as disciples is not just that the good news would go to some, but that the good news would go to all. AL
Questions
Prayer
Heavenly Father, we thank you that Jesus came into the world not to die for some, but to die for all. Please help us to be unrelenting in the sharing of the Good News, that we may grow in desire to point every person to the Lord Jesus. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.