CLEAN – podcast 15, Mother & Daughter

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/clean-podcast-15-mother-child/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><ul><li>Some of those possessed were helpless children, as in this and the next podcast (and possibly the slave girls of Acts 16:16). Today we will zero in on a Canaanite mother & child.</li><li>Keep in mind the biblical background: in the OT, the Canaanites were the immoral—even criminal—occupants of the Promised Land. Some died in the Conquest (under general Joshua). Far more were driven out of Canaan, or (probably also very common) intermarried with the Israelites. Historically, the Canaanites were trouble!</li><li>Let’s also consider the context. Jesus has just been criticized for not respecting the purity laws of the Jews—not just the levitical laws, but the traditions of the Pharisees.</li><li>In this account, Jesus doesn't just dismiss the unbiblical traditions of the Pharisees. He associated with an “unclean” <i>person</i>.</li></ul><p><strong>Scriptural study: Matt 15:21-28</strong></p><ul><li>Tyre and Sidon (v.21) are in modern Lebanon. They were once powerful city states. Their ruins are accessible today.</li><li>“Son of David” (v.22) – she recognizes Jesus’ kingship. Like Rahab (Joshua 2), this foreigner recognized that only Israel followed the true God.</li><li>How did the demon oppress her? Did it dwell within her, as in the cases of all the other demoniacs we are examining? Or was it an oppression more like that suffered by King Saul, when an evil spirit tormented him?</li><li>Whatever the case, the oppression was severe. It’s hard to see your children in pain.<ul><li>Chronic illness</li><li>Psychological disorder</li><li>Suffering consequences of poor decisions</li></ul></li><li>This was clearly an outsider to the Jewish family of faith. She is a foreigner, a Canaanite—and a woman…</li><li>Why does Jesus ignore her (v.23)? Maybe he just wants her to <i>want </i>it.</li><li>"I was sent onl