The Canaanite Woman's Faith. Matthew 15.21-28
Jesus heals at a distance:
healing in this story is almost incidental.
Tyre/Sidon 30 miles nw of Gennesaret
Woman comes out of the Pagan environment to meet Jesus.
"O Lord, Son of David".
She wins the approval of Jesus Christ - not because of the words she uses but because of her faith.
Jesus' atttiude to Pagan belief.
A story that would have been siezed on by the authorities.
Racism
Sectarianism
"dogs" - a way of referring to Gentiles?
"The woman's faith - which wins her request - is not belief in Jesus as israel's Messiah, but the persevering faith which admits humbly that she has no right to immediate help but is prepared to take second place to Israel. "
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