Jesus took the disciples to a gentile region right after he taught about external ritual not being able to make someone unclean. While there, he interacted with a Gentile woman who showed that her lack of external ritual had no bering on the fruit coming out of her heart. She was full of humble faith that hoped in Jesus.
- How does her willingness to accept a cultural insult from Jesus put her humility on display for everyone to see.
- What did the disciples do that showed that they had written this woman off?
- In what ways do you need to adjust your own thinking in order to NOT reject those that we have deemed “unclean”.
- Do you measure your own relationship with Jesus by the fruit that Jesus puts on display in this woman (humility and faith)?