Sermon based on Matthew 15:21-28

1. The Kingdom of Heaven is about what we deserve but what we believe
2. 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.”
3. 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’
4. 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.
5. 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