The Excluded Become The Included (Matthew 15: 21-28)

02/14/23 • 23 min

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The Excluded Become Included (Matthew 15 21-28)

I. Introduction – Putting People in Boxes.

II. A Gentile Woman Demonstrates Faith

21 Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.” 23 But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us. But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Matthew 15: 21-24)

Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!” 26 But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.” 27 And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.” (Matthew 15: 25-27)

III. The Excluded Become Included.

Verse 28.

28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

(Matthew 15: 28)

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The Excluded Become Included (Matthew 15 21-28)

I. Introduction – Putting People in Boxes.

II. A Gentile Woman Demonstrates Faith

III. The Excluded Become Included.

Verse 28.

28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

(Matthew 15: 28)

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The Heart of the Matter - Corruption From Within (Matthew 15 10-20)

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The Heart of the Matter - Corruption from Within (Matthew 15: 10-20)

10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” 12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” 13 But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.” 15 Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.” 16 So Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

I. A Turning Point.

II. The Heart of the Matter.

III. Internal Obedience over Man-made Rules.

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Ministering Outside the Box. (Matthew 15: 29-31)

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Ministering Outside the Box. (Matthew 15: 29-31)

I. Jesus Heals Great Crowds of People.

29 Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there. 30 Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them. 31 So the multitude marvelled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

(Matthew 15: 29-31)

II. Another Example - The Parable of the Wedding Feast.

And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. 4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’ 5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them [a]spitefully, and killed them. 7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9 Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ 10 So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.

(Matthew 22: 1-14)

III. Closing Illustration.

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The Excluded Become Included (Matthew 15 21-28)

I. Introduction – Putting People in Boxes.

People love to put other people in boxes. I some countries the boxes are quite delineated and are called things like the class or the caste system. I know in countries like USA and Canada you don’t think you have a class system, but the truth of the matter is we really do because we divide people up into different groups based on ethnicity of earnings. In