Our paragraph topic is: (The Canaanite woman) Part 3.
The Canaanite woman came out of the country. She came to plead for her daughter. She came because she knew that he was the answer. She came because she believed that he could save her daughter from the demons. She came because she had faith in the word that she heard about him. She came because nothing or no one else could help and she had tried them all.
She cried out to him. She pleaded with his disciples. She wept for her daughter that she may know peace. And Christ answered her not. But she would not be turned. She would not be moved. She would not relent. She had heard the word and she believed that he could. She had heard the word of what he had done for others and she knew that he would save her daughter. She knew that he would help her if only she could plead with him for her daughter. So she came out of her country and cried out to him to save her daughter. Christ answered her not. But he answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Christ was not sent. He came of his own. He came to save. He came to free. He came to sanctify. He came to justify. He came that mankind would be restored to their rightful place before God our Father. But he was sent by God to lost sheep of the house of Israel. He was sent by God to bring back the lost. He was sent by God to restore to the house of Israel, those that had gone astray and were lost. And to the rest he came.
The Canaanite woman came. She came for her daughter. She came because of the word. She came because she knew that he would save. Why do we come? Why do we seek him out? Why do we pray? Why do we plead to him for mercy? Do you know that he is the one? Do we believe that he can save? Do we know in our hearts that Christ is the Son of God and can provide for us? Do we believe that Christ is the Son of God and he can protect us from harm, can heal our wounds, can bring us joy and peace and happiness? Or do we seek him that we may know worldly goods? Do we seek him that we may live prosperously in this world? Do we seek him that he may provide for us in this world. For the world is corrupt. The world is evil. The world is on the path of destruction. Do we know this and accept it or do we believe that having Christ with us in this world will redeem us?
Christ died that we may have spiritual life with the father. For God said that if you eat of the forbidden tree then you must die. And the spirit of man died on that day that he eat of the forbidden fruit. But Christ came and restored what was lost. Christ came and gave mankind new life that we may know spiritual life in him. He did not come that we would know worldly life. He came that the life that is within us, the spiritual life, would be restored, the spiritual life would be given back to mankind, if they chose to believe. For it is through belief that we are restored. It is through belief that we have eternal life in him. It is through belief that we are baptized in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And new life is restored and given. Christ came of his own to save all mankind. But he was sent by God to the lost house of Israel that they may be given new life in him.
Do you believe? Do you know? Do you seek because you seek worldly relief? Or do you seek because you believe that he is the one, that he is the truth, that he is the way to eternal life? For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that we may have life everlasting. The Canaanite woman believed. What do you believe?
The Canaanite woman came out of the country. She came to plead for her daughter. She came because she knew that he was the answer. She came because she believed that he could save her daughter from the demons. She came because she had faith in the word that she heard about him. She came because nothing or no one else could help and she had tried them all.
She cried out to him. She pleaded with his disciples. She wept for her daughter that she may know peace. And Christ answered her not. But she would not be turned. She would not be moved. She would not relent. She had heard the word and she believed that he could. She had heard the word of what he had done for others and she knew that he would save her daughter. She knew that he would help her if only she could plead with him for her daughter. So she came out of her country and cried out to him to save her daughter. Christ answered her not. But he answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Christ was not sent. He came of his own. He came to save. He came to free. He came to sanctify. He came to justify. He came that mankind would be restored to their rightful place before God our Father. But he was sent by God to lost sheep of the house of Israel. He was sent by God to bring back the lost. He was sent by God to restore to the house of Israel, those that had gone astray and were lost. And to the rest he came.
The Canaanite woman came. She came for her daughter. She came because of the word. She came because she knew that he would save. Why do we come? Why do we seek him out? Why do we pray? Why do we plead to him for mercy? Do you know that he is the one? Do we believe that he can save? Do we know in our hearts that Christ is the Son of God and can provide for us? Do we believe that Christ is the Son of God and he can protect us from harm, can heal our wounds, can bring us joy and peace and happiness? Or do we seek him that we may know worldly goods? Do we seek him that we may live prosperously in this world? Do we seek him that he may provide for us in this world. For the world is corrupt. The world is evil. The world is on the path of destruction. Do we know this and accept it or do we believe that having Christ with us in this world will redeem us?
Christ died that we may have spiritual life with the father. For God said that if you eat of the forbidden tree then you must die. And the spirit of man died on that day that he eat of the forbidden fruit. But Christ came and restored what was lost. Christ came and gave mankind new life that we may know spiritual life in him. He did not come that we would know worldly life. He came that the life that is within us, the spiritual life, would be restored, the spiritual life would be given back to mankind, if they chose to believe. For it is through belief that we are restored. It is through belief that we have eternal life in him. It is through belief that we are baptized in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And new life is restored and given. Christ came of his own to save all mankind. But he was sent by God to the lost house of Israel that they may be given new life in him.
Do you believe? Do you know? Do you seek because you seek worldly relief? Or do you seek because you believe that he is the one, that he is the truth, that he is the way to eternal life? For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that we may have life everlasting. The Canaanite woman believed. What do you believe?
