HOW DESPERATE?

The Pharisees in Capernaum are so jealous of Jesus’ authority they have been plotting how to kill Him, while the Jews in Nazareth feel offended by their local carpenter.  

What now?...(Mark 7)                                                       

Here come more Pharisees all the way from Jerusalem to fault Jesus but all they can come up with is the washing of hands!                                                            

Jesus throws their accusations right back in their faces...   

“This people honour me with their lips but their heart is far from me”.                                       

Yup, clean hands but defiled hearts.

He’s not finished with them yet and hammers it home...              

“You really reject the commandment of God that you may keep your own tradition!”

Over what??  “Honour thy father and mother”

This is not just Moses’ Law – it is the Word of God!                                                                                           
Who is this warning for? Anyone with ears – that’s everyone!

Jesus has had enough and heads off to Tyre and Sidon for a breather.                                                  

Here comes a woman to fault Jesus? No!                  

This most unlikely Gentile is so desperate for her daughter she falls at this Jew’s feet. Yes, she is just like a puppy dog begging at a Jew’s table for crumbs from the children.

Next to be blessed is a deaf man in Decapolis who has this Jew’s spit.... applied to his tongue!

This Jesus does all things well, so how desperate are you for healing from Him?