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<div class="SSN_title">"PREVAILING FAITH"</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. THE OBSTACLES HER FAITH HAD TO OVERCOME.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. The silence of Jesus. "He answered her not a word."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. I think one of the most difficult things in our Christian walk is the silence of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. We pray and nothing seems to happen.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. We don't see any changes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. If anything it seems that things are getting worse.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. This woman of Canaan was crying after Jesus and He was ignoring her, it is as though He did not even hear her.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. She was driven by her desperate circumstances.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. According to her own account, her daughter was grievously vexed by a devil.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. It is hard to see our children being destroyed by their foolish decisions and actions, as they flirt with worldy things.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. They seem to come to that age where they resent our sound advise.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. They want to rebel against their upbringing, and find their own way.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">e. You may be having a hard time with your child, but I dare say that you are not ready to declare that they are grievously vexed with a devil.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. She was addressing Him by one of His messianic titles. Son of David.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. And she was calling for mercy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Hard to understand when we know how compassionate Jesus is to understand His ignoring her.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. When Jesus finally speaks, it is not to her, but to His disciples.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The disciples had begun to intercede for her. They said, "Send her away for she is crying after us."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. What they were suggesting is that He would heal her daughter so that she would leave them alone.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Still not addressing her but in response to His disciples, He said, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Jesus was declaring that she was outside of the covenant that God had made with Israel. Jesus was sent as the fulfillment of the promises of God to the descendants of Abraham.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. If the silence of Jesus was difficult to face, His words, when He spoke, must have been even more difficult to receive.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. You are outside of the scope of those I came to minister to.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. She was not deterred by His words.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. She came and worshipped Him and said, "Lord help me."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. The statement of Jesus to the woman. "It isn't right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The Jews had little use for the Gentiles. Some of them declared that God made the Gentiles only to stoke the fires of hell. It was common for the Jews to call the Gentiles dogs.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. The word they used for dog was a reference to the wild vicious dogs that roamed the countryside attacking people and other animals.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Jesus used the diminutive (kunaria) or little puppy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. She responded, "Truth Lord, yet the little puppies eat the crumbs that fall from the masters table."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. You are right Lord. It isn't right to take the children's bread and feed it to the little dogs.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. But the puppies eat the crumbs that fall from the table.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Lord, I am only asking for the crumbs.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. THE COMMENDATION OF JESUS. "O WOMAN, GREAT IS THY FAITH." LOOK AT HER GREAT FAITH.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Against prejudice she came.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Against the silence she persevered.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Against exclusion she proceeded.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. Against the rebuff she won.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. It is my opinion that Jesus knew all along that He was going to heal her daughter. He knew the faith that was in the heart of this desperate mother. He was seeking to draw out her faith to its fullest expression.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Every time He took a step back, she took two forward.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. She held on until she heard the words, "Be it unto you as you will."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">F. Lessons we can learn from this experience.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Silence is not God saying no. Quite often it is a matter of timing.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. We must not get discouraged when the answer is not immediately forthcoming.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Hold on until you hear the words, "Be it unto you as you will." or, "My grace is sufficient for you, My strength will be made perfect in your weakness."</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. CONTRASTS OF FAITH AND UNBELIEF.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Faith believes the promises of God, unbelief doubts the promises.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Faith believes the word because it is true, unbelief doubts that it is true.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Faith sees more in the promise of God to help, than in all other forces to hinder. Unbelief looks at the problem and says: "It can't be done."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. Faith will cause you to see the love in the heart of Christ even when He is reproving you. Unbelief will imagine that He is angry even when He is speaking words of love.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. Faith will help the soul to wait even when God delays. Unbelief will throw it all over if there be any tarrying.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">F. Faith will give comfort in the midst of fear. Unbelief will bring fear in the midst of comforts.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">H. Faith will find sweetness in God's rod. Unbelief will find no comfort even in the greatest mercies.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">I. Faith makes heavy burdens light. Unbelief makes light burdens heavy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">J. Faith helps us when we are down. Unbelief brings us down when we are up.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">K. Faith brings us near to God when we were far from Him. Unbelief puts us far from God when He is near.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">L. Faith sets man free. Unbelief holds a man in.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">M. Faith purifies our hearts. Unbelief pollutes our hearts.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">N. Faith makes our most feeble works acceptable unto God through Christ. But unbelief makes our greatest works unacceptable for whatsoever is not of faith is sin, and without faith it is impossible to please Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">O. Faith brings peace to the soul. Unbelief causes strife, tossings and trouble like the restless waves of the sea.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">P. Faith causes us to see preciousness in Christ. Unbelief sees no beauty that we should desire Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">Q. Through Faith we experience fullness in Christ. Unbelief leads to leaness of soul.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">R. Faith gives us the victory. Unbelief brings us defeat.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">S. Faith causes us to see the glory in the things of the unseen world. Unbelief sees only the misery in the things of the present material world.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">T. Faith makes the things of God pleasant and joyful. Unbelief makes them heavy and intolerable.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">U. By faith Abraham was given the land of promise. By unbelief Moses was not able to enter.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">V. By faith the children of Israel passed through the Red Sea, by unbelief they perished in the wilderness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">W. By faith Peter walked on the water. By unbelief he began to sink.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">X. Through faith our cup runs over. Through unbelief it is always empty. Maybe it seems that the Lord has been silent. You have called but it is as though He is ignoring you. Maybe you have been troubled by some misunderstanding, I would encourage to just come and worship Him. You have become one of His children. As a child you have the right to come to the table and eat of the bread, you do not need to wait for the crumbs to fall. May He this day say to you, "Be it done unto you as you will."</div>
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