A nameless mother with great faith

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A nameless mother with great faith

• Kingsville Church of Christ
• May 11, 2008

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NAMELESS MOTHER

• Matt. 1521-28
• 21Then Jesus when thence, and departed into the
  coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22And, behold, a woman
  of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried
  unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou
  Son of David my daughter is grievously vexed
  with a devil. 23But he answered her not a word.
  And his disciples came and besought him, saying,
  Send her away for she crieth after us. 24But he
  answered and said, I am not sent but unto the
  lost sheep of the house of Isreal. 25Then came
  she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
  26But he answered and said, It is not meet to
  take the childrens bread, and to cast it to
  dogs. 27And she said, Truth, Lord yet the dogs
  eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters
  table. 28Then Jesus answered and said unto her,
  O woman, great is thy faith be it unto thee even
  as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole
  from that very hour.

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NAMELESS MOTHER

• THERE A MANY PRESSURES ON MOTHERS
• Career
• Household
• Children
• Cooks
• Try to please their husband
• VALUE OF A WIFES FUNCTIONS
• 985/Week or 51,220/Year

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NAMELESS MOTHER

• A MOTHERS PRESSURE IS REALLY NOTHING NEW
• Eve was blamed for the first sin and had a son
  who killed his brother.
• Hagar was sent away with her son Ishamael, and
  almost died
• Jochebed hid Moses in the river
• Mary delivered Jesus in a stable and fled to
  Egypt to escape Harod
• The mother in our text had a daughter who was
  demon-possessed

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NAMELESS MOTHER

• HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN A PERSON WHOS CHARACTER
  COULD BE SUMMED UP IN FOUR WORDS?
• Great is your faith vs. 28
• THREE REMARKABLE THINGS
• First, She crossed great barriers
• She was a woman
• She was a gentile
• She was a canaanite

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NAMELESS MOTHER

• THREE REMARKABLE THINGS (Contd)
• Faith requires that we cross barriers that may
  stand in our way
• Time
• Culture
• Pride
• Science
• Second, She persisted
• The silence of Jesus vs. 23
• The rebuke of the disciples vs. 23
• The behavior of Jesus vs. 24
• Third, She relied on the Grace of Jesus
• Even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from
  their maters table.

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A nameless mother with great faith

• Kingsville Church of Christ
• May 11, 2008