Matthew 15 -What Did the Disciples Expect?

 

Matthew 15 – What Did the Disciples Expect?

 

Jesus rejected the man-made traditions of the scribes and Pharisees because they focused on the outside and ignored the inner person. These men were plants that God did not plant and blind guides who were leading people astray. “Let them alone!” was our Lord’s counsel. The Word of God alone carries God’s full authority and supersedes all other forms of authority. Even the disciples had a hard time understanding the message that the heart makes a person clean or unclean (Rom. 14:14,17).

 

Again, the disciples were wrong. Jesus seemed to ignore the woman, but He wanted only to increase her faith. His delays are not His denials. Jesus was ministering in gentile territory, and the people “glorified the God of Israel.” The Jews, whom Jesus was first sent rejected Him, while the Gentiles received and worshipped Him.

 

The disciples had already forgotten the miracle of feeding the five thousand! When you are faced with a crisis, take time to review His past mercies; remind yourself that He does not change. The first feeding was with the Jews. This feeding of the 4,000 was among the Gentiles. Jesus blessed them with the same sort of miracle, proclaiming that His worldwide kingdom had in fact begun.

 

Try to respond to people today the way Jesus responded. Ask Him for discernment.

 

 

 

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