5. Mark 7:24-37 – More Signs!
Sign #1 Delivering a demon-bound
little girl (vv. 24-30)
Sign #2 Healing of a deaf man
(vv. 31-37)
6. Mark 7:24a
And from there he arose and went away
to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Sign #1 - Delivering a demon-
bound little girl (vv. 24-30)
7.
8. Sign #1 - Delivering a demon-
bound little girl (vv. 24-30)
Mark 7:24b
And he entered a house and did not want
anyone to know, yet he could not be
hidden.
Matthew 15:21
And Jesus went away from there and
withdrew to the district ofTyre and Sidon.
9. Sign #1 - Delivering a demon-
bound little girl (vv. 24-30)
Mark 7:25-26
But immediately a woman whose little
daughter had an unclean spirit heard of
him and came and fell down at his feet.
Now the woman was a Gentile, a
Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged
him to cast the demon out of her
daughter.
10. Sign #1 - Delivering a demon-
bound little girl (vv. 24-30)
Mark 7:27
And he said to her, “Let the children
be fed first, for it is not right to take the
children's bread and throw it to the
dogs.”
Matthew 15:24
“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the
house of Israel.”
11. Sign #1 - Delivering a demon-
bound little girl (vv. 24-30)
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it
is the power of God for salvation to
everyone who believes, to the Jew first
and also to the Greek.
12. Sign #1 - Delivering a demon-
bound little girl (vv. 24-30)
Jesus mission was to the JEWS, but not
exclusively to the JEWS!
13. Sign #1 - Delivering a demon-
bound little girl (vv. 24-30)
Mark 7:28
But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet
even the dogs under the table eat the
children's crumbs.”
14. Sign #1 - Delivering a demon-
bound little girl (vv. 24-30)
Mark 7:29-30
And he said to her, “For this statement
you may go your way; the demon has left
your daughter.” And she went home and
found the child lying in bed and the
demon gone.
15. Sign #1 - Delivering a demon-
bound little girl (vv. 24-30)
“Her charming but stubborn
response delights Jesus. It
represents an imaginative
expression of her faith in Jesus.
In the give-and-take of ordinary
human conversation, Jesus is
enchanted by the faith and wit
of this extraordinary woman.”
Michael
Card
16. Jesus makes a clear statement here in
this Gentile region as he delivers a
Gentile girl from a demon’s grip . . .
The gospel he came to preach is not just
for the JEWS, it is for all of humanity!
Sign #1 - Delivering a demon-
bound little girl (vv. 24-30)
17. Mark 7:31
Then he returned from the region ofTyre
and went through Sidon to the Sea of
Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.
Sign #2 – Healing of a deaf
man (vv. 31-37)
18.
19. Mark 7:32
And they brought to him a man who was
deaf and had a speech impediment, and
they begged him to lay his hand on him.
Sign #2 – Healing of a deaf
man (vv. 31-37)
20. Mark 7:33
And taking him aside from the crowd
privately, he put his fingers into his ears,
and after spitting touched his tongue.
Sign #2 – Healing of a deaf
man (vv. 31-37)
21. Mark 7:34-35
And looking up to heaven, he sighed and
said to him, “Ephphatha, ”that is, Be
opened.” And his ears were opened, his
tongue was released, and he spoke
plainly.
Sign #2 – Healing of a deaf
man (vv. 31-37)
22. Mark 7:36-37
And Jesuscharged them to tell no one.
But the more he charged them, the more
zealously they proclaimed it.And they
were astonished beyond measure,
saying, “He has done all things well. He
even makes the deaf hear and the mute
speak.”
Sign #2 – Healing of a deaf
man (vv. 31-37)
23. Sign #1 Delivering a demon-bound
little girl
Sign #2 Healing a deaf man
Two More Signs (7:24-37)
24. Today’sTakeaways
1. Just as the Syrophonecian woman was
an “outsider” to the promises of God, so
are we!
We, too, are wild olive branches grafted
into the natural olive tree (which is
Israel).
25. Today’sTakeaways
Romans 11:11
So I ask, did they (Israel) stumble in
order that they might fall? By no means!
Rather through their trespass salvation
has come to the Gentiles. . .
26. Today’sTakeaways
Romans 11:17-18
But if some of the branches were broken
off, and you (Gentiles), although a wild
olive shoot, were grafted in among the
others and now share in the nourishing
root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant
toward the branches. If you are,
remember it is not you who support the
root, but the root that supports you.
27. Today’sTakeaways
“Those of us who are of non-
Jewish descent need to remember
that we are wild olive branches
that have been grafted into the
tree of Israel. In terms of redemptive
history, we are the dogs. But because
the children refused the gift of the
Father, the Father gave that gift to us
who had no claim on it originally.”
28. Today’sTakeaways
“Would any of us trade in the
crumb of our salvation for
anything in this world?That
crumb is the pearl of great price.
Jesus gave it to the Syrophonecian
woman. He gives it to us, as well!”
(R. C. Sproul)
29. Today’sTakeaways
1. Just as the Syrophonecian woman was an
“outsider” to God’s promises, so are we!
We, too, are wild olive branches grafted
into the natural olive tree (which is Israel).
Always keep in mind, God owes us
NOTHING (except judgment); So, let us
humbly praise God for his generous
inclusion of us Gentiles into his family!
30. Today’sTakeaways
Beware of the sense of entitlement that
pervades our society! Instead, follow the
example of this Syrophonecian woman.
Don’t demand action from God;
rather humbly beg!
32. Today’sTakeaways
1 Corinthians 3:5-7
What then is Apollos?What is Paul?
Servants through whom you believed, as
the Lord assigned to each. I planted,
Apollos watered, but God gave the
growth. So neither he who plants nor he
who waters is anything, but only God
who gives the growth.
33. Today’sTakeaways
2. In healing the deaf man, Jesus gives
us a model for ministry:
- He looked (toward heaven)
- He sighed
- He touched
- He spoke
