when the gospel of Saint Matthew chapter number 15 verse 21-28 it is also recorded in the gospel of Saint Luke but I have chosen the gospel of Saint Matthew because of the language of the text we’re reading out of the NIV and it reached thusly this way the old folks would say and it reads dustly leaving that place Jesus withdrew to the region of tire and sit on a Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him crying out Lord son of David have mercy on me my daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly Jesus
did not answer a word so his disciples came to him and urged him saying send this woman away he keeps crying out after us isn’t that funny that they thought she was crying out after them she ain’t said nothing about them but nowadays she crying after us that’s funny and people get around Jesus they get confused as to who the star is star he answered I was sent only to the lost sheep of the House of Israel the woman came and knelt before him Lord help me she said he replied it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it
to the dogs yes it is Lord she said listen to her logic her wisdom her depth her rebuttal and defense her decree even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table then Jesus said to her woman you have great faith your request is granted your request is granted somebody out of type that on the line your request is granted we’re going to talk about something else but you’re that was God’s answer to what you’ve been praying about God said your request is granted and her daughter was healed at that moment
not next week not next year at that moment Jesus did not answer a word the Bible said in verse 23. the woman comes to him in distress and what I want you to exert out of the 23rd verse is that Jesus did not answer a word tonight we’re going to teach our getting past The Silence of God The Silence of God we often talk about when God speaks mountains move when God speaks fig trees with her when God speaks Legions of men fall prostrate on the floor when God speaks fire falls from heaven when God speaks light pierces the
