Carlos R Gonzalez Weins on Matthew 15 - 11 years ago
Jesus was taught a lesson by the woman from Canaan to rectify his patriarchal and tribal views about his mission. She is saying to Jesus I am worthy of your attention and you Jesus did not come here only for them. Jesus 's response is clear, he reconsiders saying that he needs to expand his views and learn more about women and other cultures. That is Good News for the world.
Carlos R Gonzalez Weins on Matthew 15 - 11 years ago
Jesus was taught a lesson by the woman from Canaan to rectify his patriarchal and tribal views about his mission. She is saying to Jesus I am worthy of your attention and you Jesus did not come here only for them. Jesus 's response is clear, he reconsiders saying that he needs to expand his views and learn more about the women and other cultures. That is Good News for the world.
Carlos R Gonzalez Weins on Matthew 15 - 11 years ago
Jesus was taught a lesson by the woman from Canaan to rectify his patriarchal and tribal views about this mission. She is saying to Jesus I am worthy of your attention and you Jesus did not come here only for them. Jesus 's response is clear, he reconsiders saying that he needs to expand his views and learn more about the women and other cultures. That is Good News for the world.
Elizabeth Lee or anyone else that may be confused. Until after Christ was crucified, salvation was not open to the gentiles necessarily to that fullness. This is NOT A STATEMENT OF DEGRADATION. After the crucifixion, whomsoever will! Salvation is open to everyone! The woman that Christ is going to heal is a gentile woman, so that should show you a lot. She was a Gentile who had the FAITH. She knew exactly who Jesus was. If you keep reading. You learn that the Jews called the Gentiles dogs. The Jews despised the Gentiles. Not Jesus. Jesus did NOT deny her. He healed her daughter.
Jesus is saying in Matt 5 24, that the the house of Isreal jews were to be saved first. Act 2nc chapter tells how the Jew from every nation met at Jerusalem, to hear the gospel and about 3000 souls were saved. The Gentiles were saved at a later time, when Peter went to preach to them. This woman was not a Jew, that 's why Jesus told her that. But, because of her faith, her daughter was healed by Jesus..
There are so many things that defile the man. For example, unfaithfulness, impure heart, fornication, evil thinking, plotting against someone etc. all these can defile the man and the points mentioned in the next verse that is work of the flesh..
Jesus was saying that He came to seek and to save all that are lost and not just the children of Israel. For the gospel and salvation is for everyone no matter what your ethnicity,
YB Elizabeth has an interesting question, but I disagree with your answer. Many native Americans, over the two thousand some years since the resurrection, continued in their tribal religions. Read John 3 16, and reconsider your position. Faith in Jesus is the only thing that will save someone, not being born a Native American, or being born Hispanic. Please keep in mind that being a NativeAmerican does not make you saved by default, and being Asian or White does not make you less capable of being saved. To say that Jesus can only save certain ethnicities is discounting His love for sinners it is not His will that any perish .
We are in the world but not of the world Jesus is trying to show us that even though we are in the world and the world is all around us we need to keep ourself from the world and keep jesus in our heARTS
This is a very important verse in the Bible.I Believe that if our worship of God is lip service it means that we do not have a relationship with Him because we do not know Him and He is not in that most important place our hearts.We need to stop giving lip service to God and begin to worship Him from our hearts,in Spirit and in truth.
The heart attitude carries Power of what I speak or confess or worship or the teachings that I give or the Gospel that I preach or the offering that I give.
I notice the only commandment almost universally denied is the only commandment denoting and honoring Jesus Christ Son of GOD as creator, and thus the only legitimate personage qualified to be our Savior.
Joel 2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of ISRAEL, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of ISRAEL. Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 22 Ye men of ISRAEL, hear these words;
To George Hartwell's question: I believe that this simply means if we continue in sin then we will surely die the death that is spoken of. But, if we believe in Jesus as our Lord and Savior then our sins be forgiven and we are cleansed and will not suffer this death that is mentioned but have everlasting life.
Rosalinasaysonkotapay on Matthew 15 - 12 years ago
(This is my response to Lurline's comment dated 9/15/2013 at 5:20pm on Chapter 15 about verse 4):
God is a JUST GOD. He will NOT let it happen that His words shall NOT make known unto ONE flesh before the end come...In the last days, God shall pour out His Spirit upon ALL flesh ( Acts 2:17)...To pour out His Spirit means to make known His words ( Proverbs 1:23)...This shall be done after the gospel shall be preached to ever creature ( Mark 16:15-16) in all nations ( Matthew 28:9-20)...in all the world, and then shall the end come ( Matthew 24:14).
Re: with respect to Lurlines comment on Mathew 15:4, if I may offer, I can relate to your feelings about your parents with much simalar story. It may take a bit, but if you are willing to seek God in this he will show you that ironically, you are quite Blessed. You have a wonderful opportunity to allow God to Be your True Father that provides trusting worth, delight, and the purist Love that you always never had but always desired in your being, you'll be able to recognize it, For you never had it. The Holy Spirit will Be Your Awesome Mother that will tell you a lot of what the Father is saying, Jesus, Gods Son, knows your story and will allow you to forgive your parents completely, He says, Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I Will come in to him, and Will sup with him, and he with Me. Rev: 3:20 (KJV).
Christianity is following the commands and teachings of Jesus Christ, while Churchanity is following the commands and teaching of human church leaders. When church leaders put themselves in place of God and tell their followers to obey their human teachings, rather than the spiritual truths of God from Jesus Christ, then church members are seduced into following false human doctrine and thus false religion. It is following the commands of Jesus, the Son of God, that saves our soul. Following the false beliefs of human church leaders makes our worship of God "in vain" and totally worthless in God's eyes. We must not allow blind human leaders to lead the blind. We must follow the light of the world, namely Jesus Christ and his teachings. He is our savior, not church leaders.
Jesus was truly saing that whatever that has been planted by the devil shall be aprooted, eg diseases, false teaching, failure and every thing that opposes the right....
He was sent to Israel, His people. The other nations who see the Israelites walk not according to the course of this world may follow in the light that Israel is to be to the heathen. If they do they will not perish.
Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of ISRAEL.
Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 22 Ye men of ISRAEL, hear these words;
God is a JUST GOD. He will NOT let it happen that His words shall NOT make known unto ONE flesh before the end come...In the last days, God shall pour out His Spirit upon ALL flesh ( Acts 2:17)...To pour out His Spirit means to make known His words ( Proverbs 1:23)...This shall be done after the gospel shall be preached to ever creature ( Mark 16:15-16) in all nations ( Matthew 28:9-20)...in all the world, and then shall the end come ( Matthew 24:14).