Matthew 15:22-27 KJV
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Scofield observes that when this Gentile woman (the first recorded contact Christ had with a Gentile) approached Christ in His title "thou Son of David" she was completely ignored. She could not come to Him on the basis of the promises God had made to the Jews. But when she approached Him as Lord, (though she also used that title with "thou Son of David") she had an immediate response from Jesus.
Jesus Christ is our "Lord." He is master, sovereign and ruler of our lives. We may fight over whether we must make Him Lord in order to be saved all we want. Jesus is our Lord or we have nothing to do with Him. We do not have to make Him Lord in order to be saved. But every genuinely saved person knows that Jesus is his Lord.
His Lordship in our lives is our access to Him. He calls us friends when we obey Him. That is Lordship. We demonstrate our love for Him when we obey Him. That is Lordship.
The key that opens our way into the hearing of Christ is His Lordship in our lives. Never mistake that.
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Scofield observes that when this Gentile woman (the first recorded contact Christ had with a Gentile) approached Christ in His title "thou Son of David" she was completely ignored. She could not come to Him on the basis of the promises God had made to the Jews. But when she approached Him as Lord, (though she also used that title with "thou Son of David") she had an immediate response from Jesus.
Jesus Christ is our "Lord." He is master, sovereign and ruler of our lives. We may fight over whether we must make Him Lord in order to be saved all we want. Jesus is our Lord or we have nothing to do with Him. We do not have to make Him Lord in order to be saved. But every genuinely saved person knows that Jesus is his Lord.
His Lordship in our lives is our access to Him. He calls us friends when we obey Him. That is Lordship. We demonstrate our love for Him when we obey Him. That is Lordship.
The key that opens our way into the hearing of Christ is His Lordship in our lives. Never mistake that.
No comments:
Post a Comment