8/11/2008

the kingdom is like.......

Saturday August 22nd, Matthew 15: 25 The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said. 26 He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs." 27 "Yes, Lord," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." 28 Then Jesus answered, "Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted." And her daughter was healed from that very hour. Not yet!!!! Make the bait a bit more attractive, it is not right that you, a dog, a bitch, should get anything from the kingdom, it is only for those who are clean. Yahhhh! Jesus you tell her, now you are finally getting it right. Who does she think she is, this foreigner, this pagan, this dog……… NOW!!!!!! Her response is her getting the kingdom, Pull up Now….. and the hook is set. The disciples are caught in their own narrow kingdom view. As Jesus reels them in, he emphasizes the point. In contrast to Peters little faith doubting statement, IF, then let me walk on the water like the gods do, this dirty dog, unclean, common, foreign, pagan, woman, gets the kingdom. Great is her faith, healed is her daughter, a little sore and wiser are the disciples. The Kingdom is like…….

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