Unexpected Miracles and Challenges: Lessons from Jesus' Encounters
Explore the intriguing encounters of Jesus in the region of Tyre and Sidon, where he demonstrates compassion, challenges societal norms, and performs miraculous healings, showing that God's ways are often unexpected and profound.
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TELL SOMEONE ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE THAT STRETCHED YOUR COMFORT ZONE.
MARK 7:24-47 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre. He didn t want anyone to know which house he was staying in, but he couldn t keep it a secret. 25) Right away a woman who had heard about him came and fell at his feet. Her little girl was possessed by an evil spirit, 26) and she begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia, 27) Jesus told her, First I should feed the children my own family, the Jews. It isn t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs. 28) She replied, That s true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children s plates. 29) Good answer! he said. Now go home, for the demon has left your daughter. 30) And when she arrived home, she found her little girl lying quietly in bed, and the demon was gone.
31) Jesus left Tyre and went up to Sidon before going back to the Sea of Galilee and the region of the Ten Towns. 32) A deaf man with a speech impediment was brought to him, and the people begged Jesus to lay his hands on the man to heal him. 33) Jesus led him away from the crowd so they could be alone. He put his fingers into the man s ears. Then, spitting on his own fingers, he touched the man s tongue. 34) Looking up to heaven, he sighed and said, Ephphatha, which means, Be opened!
35) Instantly the man could hear perfectly, and his tongue was freed so he could speak plainly! 36) Jesus told the crowd not to tell anyone, but the more he told them not to, the more they spread the news. 37) They were completely amazed and said again and again, Everything he does is wonderful. He even makes the deaf to hear and gives speech to those who cannot speak.
What, when, where, how, why and with whom God does things in His Kingdom will often surprise and perplex us.
Ezekiel 26:4-5 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. Out in the sea she will become a place to spread fishnets, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations.
Siege of Tyre Alexander the Great 322 B.C.
MARK 7:24-47 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre. He didn t want anyone to know which house he was staying in, but he couldn t keep it a secret.
Matthew 15:22 Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me!
Matthew 15:22 Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.
Matthew 15:23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.
Matthew 15:24 Then Jesus said to the woman, I was sent only to help God s lost sheep the people of Israel.
Does God ever ask us to operate outside of our calling?
God may take us outside our comfort zone to expand our field of vision for ministry.
God may take us outside our comfort zone to expand our field of vision for ministry. work in new ways that we re not familiar with and require His intervention.
Matthew 15:25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, Lord, help me!
Mark 7:27 First let the children eat all they want, for it is not right to take the children s bread and toss it to the dogs.
Lord, she replied, even the dogs under the table eat the children s crumbs.
Crises are doors to divine encounters.
Crises are doors to divine encounters that can produce great faith.
1. God has called us as disciples of Jesus to step out into people s lives and places that may not always make sense or be comfortable.
1. God has called us as disciples of Jesus to step out into people s lives and places that may not always make sense or be comfortable. 2. Never stop asking God or waiting on Him to answer.
1. God has called us as disciples of Jesus to step out into people s lives and places that may not always make sense or be comfortable. 2. Never stop asking God or waiting on Him to answer. 3. Let need be the divine door to greater faith and encounters with God.
