How Great Is Your Faith?
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The Example Of Great Faith:
The Example Of Great Faith:
I.It refuses to be discouraged.
It refuses to be discouraged.
A.The Gentile (Syro-Phoenician) woman had lots of opportunity to give in to discouragement.
The Gentile (Syro-Phoenician) woman had lots of opportunity to give in to discouragement.
1.She had come seeking help for her daughter (22).
She had come seeking help for her daughter ().
2.But Jesus, “answered her not a word” (23).
But Jesus, “answered her not a word” ().
3.The disciples said to “send her away” (23).
The disciples said to “send her away” ().
4.Jesus said that He wasn’t sent to her (24).
Jesus said that He wasn’t sent to her ().
5.Then He turned and went into a house to get away from her! (cf. ).
Then He turned and went into a house to get away from her! (cf. ).
24 From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be hidden.
B.Despite all of the discouragement this woman was persistent.
Despite all of the discouragement this woman was persistent.
1.She “cried out to Him” to “have mercy” (22).
She “cried out to Him” to “have mercy” ().
2.When He didn’t answer she kept crying out “after” Him (23).
When He didn’t answer she kept crying out “after” Him ().
3.When He went into the house she followed Him and worshipped Him (25).
When He went into the house she followed Him and worshipped Him ().
4.She would not be discouraged from making her plea to the Man she knew to be her daughter’s only hope (cf. ).
She would not be discouraged from making her plea to the Man she knew to be her daughter’s only hope (cf. ).
26 The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
5.She’s a good example for us (, ; , ).
She’s a good example for us (, ; , ).
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
5 yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ”
II.It rests in humility.
It rests in humility.
Even after all the discouragement she had faced she came into the house and worshipped at His feet, calling Him Lord (; cf. ).
25 For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and fell at His feet.
1.Jesus tests her humility with the “little dog” analogy (26).
Jesus tests her humility with the “little dog” analogy ().
2.She shows herself to be a worthy example for us (27; , ; ).
She shows herself to be a worthy example for us (; , ; ).
4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
8 He has shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
B.Great faith cannot exist without humility ().
Great faith cannot exist without humility ().
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
It rewards persistence and humility.
A.The Lord rewarded her great faith with her daughter’s healing (28).
The Lord rewarded her great faith with her daughter’s healing ().
B.However, great faith bring far greater spiritual rewards (; ; ).
However, great faith bring far greater spiritual rewards (; ; ).
6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for
“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
10 Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.