HOW MUCH GRACE?

What do you make of this?... (Matt 15:29-39)                  

Jesus has returned to Galilee from an arduous trip to the coast. The highlight?... a Canaanitish mother of a demon-possessed girl was met with undeserved divine grace, rather than being shunned as a pathetic puppy dog.                          

Is there any more grace to spare for others?                    

Let’s see!...

Huge crowds of people follow Jesus and fling down their crippled loved-ones at His feet. 

Why?...because they’re tired of carrying them all the way up this hill!                           

Not only does He heal them, He then feeds maybe 10,000 people with just a handful of loaves and a few little fish.

How many loaves? Seven (7)                                     

How many spuris (capacious picnic baskets) FULL of left-overs?                                       

Seven (7)...obviously this prime number is a favourite with God!

No - there’s no limit to divine grace. The sad part is that they glorified the God of Israel, not realizing He was sitting right there in front of them!

What would you have done?