"O WOMAN, GREAT IS THY FAITH"

Why does Jesus now wander off to the Mediterranean coast?                                   

Is He looking for some well-earned R&R? (Matt 15:21-28)                                          
Here comes the highlight of his visit, in fact...                                                            
This is a turning point!....just watch who He meets there...

The mother of a Canaanitish demon-possessed girl.

Who could possibly be more unlikely to benefit from the Messiah’s visit than these females, in an area once settled by Canaan’s descendants who are despised by Jews as cursed!                                                                                                   

They are at the bottom of the barrel – the dregs of human society.

This woman honours Jesus for who He is: “O Lord, thou Son of David”                  

As a Jew, He sees her as nothing but a puppy dog (Gk: kunarion) looking for crumbs off the table and dismisses her with:                                                     


“I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel”

She then does what no Jew had done...           


...came and worshipped Him saying: “Lord, help me”

Would you beg in worship at the feet of this Jew?