Sermon based on Matthew 15:21-28
- The Kingdom of Heaven is about what we deserve but what we believe
- Before Jesus saw the Canaanite woman, he was approached by the religious leaders
- They criticized Him for allowing His disciples to eat without the ceremonial “washing of hands.”
- Jesus teaches them and His disciples about what truly makes a person ‘unclean’
- It’s not what goes into the mouth and out the body
- It’s what comes from the heart and out the mouth that makes him ‘unclean’
- The Canaanite woman, without pretense or airs, falls before Jesus and cries out “Kyrie!”
- She literally humiliates herself by allowing the Lord to refer to her as a ‘dog.”
- But she has such a faith that it doesn’t matter. She believes He can heal her daughter
- Jesus praises her for her faith and does as she wishes.
- Like her, because of our sin, we are but dogs before the Lord and His table
- As we cry out “Kyrie” to Him and repent of our sins, He hears us
- Let us seek to feast from His table with such repentance and faith