Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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… One, proclaim the kingdom of God. But then he goes on to say, also, cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, and drive out demons. Now, if you asked any of the apostles, yeah, do you have the ability? Do you have the power? Do you have the strength to do any of that? The answer would be absolutely no. I don't have the strength. I came across this man. His name is John Lennox. John Lennox is a professor of mathematics. He was emeritus at Oxford. He was also a philosopher of science and a Catholic apologist. And he's from Northern Ireland. He was telling the story of meeting a man who had suffered in the Soviet gulags for seven years. Here's what he said. Just pretend I have an Irish accent because it sounds even cooler. He says, because he uses the word like chap. So he says, I remember one chap who really in a sense humiliated me. John Lennox at this point is telling the story. …
… for she cries out after us. She's so annoying. But he answered and said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then she came and worshiped him. Another translation says she kneeled down before him saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs. And she said, yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their master's table. Then Jesus answered and said to her, oh, woman, great is your faith. Let it be to you as you desire. And her daughter was healed from that very hour. And God, we thank you for your word. we tremble before it. It's powerful. It's living. It's you. It's you speaking to us. So would you open our eyes? Would you open the eyes of our hearts? Would you help us now to breathe, catch our breath from the day, catch our breath from the week, and receive from you? …
… Do not go into the way of the Gentiles and do not enter a city of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. That's how the gospel started. Well, I don't agree with that. I don't need you to agree with anything. Read the Bible. That's all. If Jesus showed up and created a new thing and Israel is no longer God's people, what's the point of sending His disciples to them to begin with? But he answered and said in Matthew 15, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. He acknowledged that. And the fact, he came to his own and his own received him not. There is no extension to that verse that says, and he decided they are no longer his people. You have to understand the reason why Satan is working extra hours to brainwash all these young people nowadays against Israel. It's because Israel is so central in the Bible. And so central in the heart of God and the plan of God. …
… CHILDREN AND GIVE IT TO DOGS? I DIDN'T COME TO YOU. I CAME TO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. WHAT AN INSULT! SEEMINGLY. HE USED THE WORD FOR DOG THAT MEANT HOUSEHOLD PET, A LITTLE PUPPY. I CAN'T TAKE THE CHILDREN'S BREAD AND GIVE IT TO DOGS. SHE SAID, OH, THAT'S RIGHT, LORD. BUT SHE SAID, OH, LORD, LISTEN, THE, THE DOGS GET THE CRUMS THAT FALL UNDER THE TABLE. AND SHE USED ANOTHER WORD FOR DOG WHICH MEANS, MEANS mangy, yellow, back alley, cur! She applied that to herself. Jesus' heart broke and he said, Woman, great is your faith. You'll have what you've asked. You see, she kept on knocking. Even the Lord Jesus Christ, we saw it here in the Passion Play. He was kneeling right here on this platform in the Passion Play. The Lord Jesus prayed to the Father once, twice, thrice. Jesus, the Son of God, prevailed in prayer. The Apostle Paul, the greatest Christian who ever lived, had a thorn in the flesh. …