Crumbs from the Table Matthew
15:21-28
This passage has some interesting things
in it. Some people get caught up in Jesus calling this woman a dog. They go to
great lengths to excuse Jesus’ slur by saying the Greek word meant your pet puppy,
just for laughs go out on the street and address the woman going by as your pet
puppy and see what happens. Jesus did in fact call this woman a dog. He was
expressing what the other people were thinking.
To understand this passage we need
to remember Jesus knows the thoughts of the people around Him. He knows what the
woman will say and do. He knows before the woman even shows up that He will heal
her daughter. So why give her a hard time, call her a racial slur type name? Because
he is expressing what the Jews are thinking, because he is going to use her
faith to send a message.
This woman does not blink. She will
settle for nothing less than help for her daughter. She understand even a crumb
of what Jesus is offering the Jews will be enough to heal her.
While this woman will settle for a
crumb, Jesus has been offering whole loves of bread to Jews and very few are
eating. It is no accident that the feeding of the five thousand comes right
after this. It’s like God saying; “I can feed thousands with just seven loaves
of bread, I am offering you so much spiritual food and not many are eating.”
The centurion
The strangers come while the
children thumb their nose at the meal.
You are now the Children of God!
So many “Christians” are not
eating, not even crumbs, thumbing their nose at the meal Jesus has provided.
If a crumb will drive out demon’s and
a word can heal the paralyzed, what are we missing out on.
Do you want the food Jesus offers?
Are you malnourished and settling for less than crumbs?
Matthew 8:5-13
When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, 6“Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” 7And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, £ ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith. 11I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, 12while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.
When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, 6“Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” 7And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, £ ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith. 11I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, 12while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.
1.
Matthew 15:21-28
2.
Luke 18:1-8
3.
Luke 15:11-32
4.
Matt 7:7-11
5.
Luke 11:5-13
6.
Matthew 10:1-15
7.
Luke 15:1-10
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