Under The Lord's Table

Q: What does the Bible say about mercy?

The Bible teaches that mercy is compassion shown to those in need, as exemplified in Matthew 15:21-28 through the story of the Syrophoenician woman. Mercy is a central theme in Scripture, representing God's compassion and kindness towards those who do not deserve it. In Matthew 15:21-28, we see the Syrophoenician woman who approaches Jesus in desperate need of healing for her daughter. Despite being initially overlooked, she humbly acknowledges her status and pleads for mercy. This passage illustrates that while humanity's natural inclination may be to demand justice or entitlement, true understanding of God's grace lies in recognizing our own unworthiness and seeking His mercy. As seen in her faith and persistence, mercy is ultimately a manifestation of God's sovereign grace that calls us to rely on Him alone for our needs.

Q: How do we know God is willing to show grace?

God's willingness to show grace is evident throughout Scripture, particularly in the sacrificial love of Christ, as illustrated by the Syrophoenician woman's interaction with Him. The willingness of God to show grace is particularly highlighted in the New Testament through the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. In the case of the Syrophoenician woman, we see how her persistent faith caught the attention of Jesus, leading to her daughter's healing. This demonstrates that God is not only willing to show grace but actively seeks out those who approach Him with faith and humility. Moreover, God's grace is revealed in His ultimate plan of salvation through Jesus, who came not to condemn sinners but to save them. His response to the woman reflects His heart for mercy and His desire to respond to true faith, further affirming that He is always willing to extend His grace to the humble and needy.

Q: Why is humility important for Christians?

Humility is essential for Christians as it aligns our hearts with God's will, acknowledging our dependence on His grace, as portrayed in Matthew 15:21-28. Humility is a foundational virtue in the Christian faith, as it recognizes our neediness before God and our complete reliance on His mercy. In Matthew 15:21-28, the Syrophoenician woman's humble acknowledgment of her status as a 'dog' under the table highlights her understanding that she has no claim to grace apart from the Master's kindness. This example provides a powerful illustration that true faith is characterized by a willingness to decrease so that Christ may increase in our lives. Humility challenges the prideful heart that seeks to earn God's favor through works or merit, reminding us instead that it is only through God's grace alone that we find salvation and sustenance. Therefore, cultivating humility not only draws us closer to God but also enables us to reflect His heart of mercy to others.

Q: What does being 'under the Master's table' mean?

'Being under the Master's table' symbolizes recognizing our position as dependent on Christ for grace and sustenance. The concept of being 'under the Master's table' signifies a position of humility and dependence upon God for our spiritual nourishment and grace. In the message, the Syrophoenician woman exemplifies this by acknowledging her lowly status while still seeking the crumbs of mercy that fall from the children's table. This imagery powerfully conveys the understanding that, as believers, we are not entitled to His favor but are instead recipients of His grace by virtue of Christ's sacrifice. The idea of being 'under the table' portrays a heart that recognizes its need and desires to be fed by the Master, illustrating that although we are unworthy, Christ's compassion meets our every need. As we embrace this posture, we grow in our faith, experiencing the richness of His grace in our lives.

Well, good morning, everyone. As you know, our pastor and Janet are finishing up their vacation at the beach, along with Savannah and Grayson. And from what I hear, they're just having a wonderful, wonderful time. We're looking forward to having them home. Today, we have our friends and family, Kevin and Kimberly Thacker, with us.

We're so thankful to have you here with us. We've been praying for you as you study and prepare and get ready to deliver the message. And we're thankful for the burden that's been laid on you to deliver the message. And we're thankful that you answer and carry that burden. And we look forward to worshiping together with you. If you would turn with me to Matthew chapter 15 to open our service. Matthew chapter 15, we'll read the first 20 verses together.

Then came to Jesus, scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

For God commanded, saying, honor thy father and mother and He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, it is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me, and honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, this people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. And he called the multitude and said unto them, hear and understand, not that which goeth into the mouth defile a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Then came his disciples and said unto him, knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying?

But he answered and said, every plant which my heavenly father hath not planted shall be rooted up. Let them alone. They be blind, leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Then answered Peter and said unto him, declare unto us this parable. And Jesus said, are ye also yet without understanding?

Do not ye yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly and is cast out in the draught. But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashing hands defileth not a man. And we'll end our reading there. Let's pray together. Our Holy Heavenly Father, we pray that you bless this time that you've given us together.

We thank you who drew us here together to worship. I pray that you send your spirit upon us, that we may worship together. And we pray for our brother Kevin, that you be with him, that he can Declare your name as it ought to be declared that you send your spirit that we may worship in spirit and truth. Pray that you bless this time together.

And we thank you that you provided this time. We. Pray for our brother Dan as as he teaches our children. We pray that you bless that time. Send your send your word forth to them that. That in time they may believe and have life according to your will and according to What we pray for ourselves. We don't just pray for ourselves, but we. We pray where where others are meeting even now that your name.

Be lifted up and glorified and call centers to repentance and edify your saints according to your will. We thank you for this time. We thank you for Christ, our substitute. We pray this thankfully and in his name, Amen. OK brother. Good morning, everybody. Good to see you all again. If you will, turn to Mark chapter 7. We'll be back in Matthew 15 here in a minute. We'll look at Mark chapter 7.

I titled this message Put Under the Table. We just heard read the account of what took place right before we're going to see this Canaanite woman be dealt with. Those Pharisees came and talked to the Lord and they had questions. Questions and questions. One after another. What about this? Or what about that? How deep does the water have to be if you're going to baptize somebody? Nonsense.

All the time. A man was married seven times. This time they're after him after washing hands. Well, your disciples didn't wash their hands. A man told on my dad. He didn't like my dad. And he went to Henry. He said, Henry, you know, during that funeral, you was praying and Paul Thacker didn't close his eyes. How'd you know his eyes was open? And the Lord dealt with this and he turned around right then, and said, everybody listen.

What these boys are telling you, they're lying to you. It's not what goes into a mouth. It's what comes out. It's from the heart. That's the problem. You ain't got a mouth problem. You've got a heart problem. That's frustrating. I've grown weary with questions. I've grown weary with strife and division and button and button and button. And it grows tiring.

And then his disciples are standing there with him. And they said, Lord, can you tell us what you meant by that? How long have I been with you? Philip said, you show us the father will believe. He said, Philip, how long have you been with me? Have you not known me? If you've seen me, you've seen your father.

Here, Mark 7, verse 24. And this is after what we just heard read in Matthew 15. And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sodom, and entered into a house, and would have no man know it. Don't tell anybody. I want left alone. He has to have a break. He grew weary of dealing with these things. And he wanted to be alone, communicate with his father. But he wanted left alone. Mankind doesn't need answers. They need mercy.

There's so many things that we could be bothered with. And what about this? And what about that? And just questions and questions and questions. We've offended a holy God. That's a problem. All the little things that we think are problems, that's not the problem. There's one thing needful. And that solution's not a doctrine, it's not a systematic theology, it's a person. That's who is needed.

But he left them alone. He said that. Let them alone. I remember, every time I hear that or read it, I hear Maurice Montgomery saying it. I guess that's the first time I really heard, let them alone. That terrified me. I don't want to be left alone. And there's seasons, it seems, the Lord's left us to ourselves.

He said, lo, I'm with you always. People always quote, where two or three are gathered. The context of that was when you're arguing with your brethren, somebody's got to be corrected. You remember that Christ is there with you. He's dwelling in them, and he's dwelling in you.

Now it changes the attitude, doesn't it? That takes a little fire out of the oven. He said, Lo, I'm with you. If I'm on a deserted island, I ain't alone. He's with me. But there's times it seems like he hides his face from us. And he was here. He said, he would have no man know it. Don't tell anybody I'm in here. I wouldn't pay him one bit of attention to my notes.

I guess I'll get back on it. But he's so frustrated with these things. And I get frustrated, too. And you do, too. Initially, I'm not weary, though. I get angry. And that's immature. And it shouldn't be. I should have pity. The Lord's taking pity here on these. But those man-made religions and those just uppity religious self-righteous folks, I can't stand it. And the Lord can't either. That's why he said he'd have no man bother. It says in Isaiah 65, those that stand by theirselves and say, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou.

He said, there is smoke in my nose. It's a fire that burneth all day to him. He took a break. But that's where it stopped. Well, we're all in trouble. Left alone. Verse 24, and from hence he rose and went to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know it, but he could not be hid. For, because, a certain woman. A certain woman. One of his children. He can't be hid from his children. He's available to them.

She didn't come here to him asking A bunch of questions. She didn't come here debating. She didn't come here to look for a higher doctrine. She wasn't arguing. She had heard of the Savior. She had heard he is able if he's willing. And she came. And she's looking for mercy.

It says, for a certain woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell at his feet. This woman was Greek, Syrophoenician by nation. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, let the children first be filled, for it is not me to take the children's bread and cast it unto dogs.

And she answered and said unto him, yes, Lord. She's speaking the right language. She called him Lord. Yes, Lord. It wasn't well, but, or how about this? Yes. Yes. Let your yays be yays and your nays be nays. Yes. Yes and amen. Yes, Lord. Yet, the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. That's something right there. That seems, well, that's pretty quick to read over it. Yes, Lord.

She's not at war with Almighty God anymore. I talked to a man one time, I said, you know, Before the Lord saves you, you're at war with God. And he said, I've never been at war with God. I said, you still are. She says, yes, Lord. Whatever you say is right. Whatever you say about you, whatever you say about me, if it comes out of your mouth because you said it, it's right. Yes, Lord. Yet the dogs, that's what I am. That's what those Canaanites were, the Syrophoenicians. The Jews called them dogs. Wouldn't have anything to do with them.

She said, you're right, I'm a dog. Under the table, eat of the children's crumbs. We have a little dog named Lola. I named her after that song because she looks like a girl dog, but she talks like a boy dog. She's mean. She's bit everyone that's ever come into our house. She's just a little tiny thing and just feisty. And any time we eat, she's right here.

I'm on my right side, and I'll cut little pieces of griswold off. And I got so used to just throwing food. I was over at Clay Curtis's house one time, and I cut a piece off. I was like, oh, yeah, no, I like that plate. And I just about threw it. And I thought, what's this fellow coming to my house throwing food on the floor?

But Lola's right there under my table, under the table in my house. I don't feed. The stray dogs aren't under my table. My neighbor's dogs aren't under my table. My dog's under my table. She's a dog. I don't think she knows she's a dog. She just knows I feed her. She knows me. And if I'm not there, she's got a peck, and we were talking about this yesterday, of who she goes to down the line. Because she knows where she's going to get food. And she's hungry, and that's where she comes.

Under the table, right by the master's. And masters feed their dogs. We have two working dogs outside. Every morning at 5.30, I'm up out there feeding those dogs. They have to be fed. They're my dogs. It's my responsibility. It's not the dog's responsibility to be fed. It's just their responsibility. They just chew and swallow. It's my job to feed them.

But she said, the dogs under the table, under your table, eat of the children's crumbs. It says in verse 29, and he said unto her, for this saying go thy way, the devil has gone out of thy daughter. And she was coming to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. Now if you will, let's look back in Matthew 15. This is the same story, but I want us to see here, this is a little more drawn out, how that woman became under that table. Do you want to be underneath the master's table?

Would a crumb from his children be good for you? Just a crumb, what would that do? You think of nutritional wise, spiritual nutrition. How good would that do you to have a crumb? Would you want to be underneath that table? How does someone get under that table? How did my little Lola get under my table?

I can tell you quickly, I bought her for a price. I gave her her name, gave her my name, and I brought her home And she didn't know anything was going on. And I fed her, and I kept her, and I made sure she was in that house. I put her there, and I taught her to sit still.

But for this lady, for us, for sinners to be put underneath the Lord's table, it ain't the way natural man thinks. It ain't a growing up, it's a growing down. It's not an increasing, it's a decreasing. Thought about preaching from John 9, that blind man.

And I said, what happened to you? How did you see him blind from birth? And he said, well, this man named Jesus came, and he did this, and this, and this. And then the second ground asked him. They didn't like that, so they took him to church. And then the religious folks asked him. And every time he answers, he gets shorter and shorter and shorter. He said, I was blind, and now I see. It just gets plainer. We'll see that next hour. Plain. I want to be plain.

The Lord, before he clothes her and robes her in his righteousness, though she has been from eternity past, he's going to strip her of everything before he puts his robe on her. And throughout our lives, we have been saved, we are being saved, and we shall be saved. That's the three tenses in the scripture of salvation. And though this woman was robed in his righteousness from the land slain for the foundation of time, He's dealing with her.

And we're dealt with. I hope we can see us in this, too. And the Lord's dealt with me, and now I'm done. I'm still alive. And I'm going to keep being dealt with. It's not that I'm being stripped to a point where I'm right for heaven. He's just dealing with His child. He's dealing with that dog under the table. And we're going to learn more and more that we're just a dog, and how sweet those crumbs are, and how necessary they are.

Here in Matthew 15, verse 21. Then Jesus went thence and departed unto the coast of Tyre and Sodom. And behold, a woman of Canaan, the Syrophoenician woman, came out of the same coasts and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David. This wasn't a common saying, thou son of David.

She's saying, You're the Messiah. You're the Messiah. She had heard something. She was saying something. And she came, she says, my daughter is grievously vexed with the devil. But he answered her not a word. He didn't say anything. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, send her away, for she cries after us. And he answered and said, talking to those disciples, I am not sent but to the lost sheep, the house of Israel. Lost sheep.

Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me. And he answered and said, it's not meat to take the children's bread and to cast it to dogs. And she saith, truth, Lord. Yes, Lord. Yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's tables.

Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith. Be it unto thee as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. Many a message had been preached that this is a lesson on a persistent mother finally getting what she wants.

That's not the case. This is a person that heard with the ear and she's being stripped of her righteousness and being robed in his. She's decreasing and he is increasing. She is being put under that table, taught her need the whole time while being fed. Isn't that precious? I got three quick points. She approaches the Lord here three times in three ways. And mankind does too. His response is different each time.

When the Lord gives faith, soul-saving faith, He's going to prove that faith. He's going to prove it. He doesn't prove it to Him. It's His faith that He's given. He knows what it is. He gave it to you. He's proven it to us that He's the faithful. The object of our faith is proving His faithfulness to us. That's what He's doing here. So the first way she approaches him, this is what mankind does.

They come to the Lord with a reason for Him to help them. Indebting Him because we deserve mercy. There's no such thing as deserve mercy, is there? Asking for mercy, calling Christ by His rightful office, but with a reason. Look here in verse 22. And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coast and cried unto Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord.

Our son of David, my daughter, my daughter, not me, but friend, my daughter, someone close to me, a loved one, is grievously vexed with the devil. It sure does sound good, doesn't it? And we should pray for our children, and we should pray for others' children. And it always starts that way, doesn't it? When the Lord works in you, gives you a value for a soul, for your soul, you cry, Lord, save me. And when he's comforted that, you say, Lord, save my loved one, save my children. And then, it kind of works its way out, don't it?

Well, be with my brethren. Well, save my brethren's children. And eventually, we'll say, Lord, look at all these people driving up and down the road. Billions that don't care anything about their own soul or worshiping you. They don't know you. Lord, reveal yourself to them.

Wouldn't it all be saved? But this woman's there because of her daughter. Maybe she was a rocky ground here if faith hadn't been proved to her yet. Maybe she's gonna shoot up real quickly and that sun's gonna scorch it out, that truth, just burn her out.

And it says in verse 23, but he answered her not a word. He didn't even acknowledge her. No answer is an answer. No warning is a warning. On those plagues that were sent to Egypt, the third, the sixth, and the ninth plague, the Lord didn't give a warning. He didn't say Moses, go tell Pharaoh. And what's that mean? What's that to us? The Lord doesn't owe us a warning. Him not giving them a warning is a warning to us. The Lord doesn't owe us anything. He don't have to speak to us. That's what He's teaching. That's what He's going to teach us. He answered her not a word, and His disciples came. She was wearing them out. Saying, Send her away, she crieth after us. But He answered and said in earshot of her, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

This modern world doesn't need To be saved, they need to be lost. Everybody wants to be sane. You don't want to go to hell. I would rather stay in a nice resort than live in a tent down on the beach covered in sand flies, you know? I'd like to go to a nicer place.

They need to know their soul's lost. He said, I'm set for the lost sheep of Israel. Call his name Jesus. And then that's where the world stops at Christmas time. They forget the rest of it. For he shall save, be saved from something, his people, his specific people, the lost sheep of Israel, from, for save or save from something, their sins, that's what we are. She loved her daughter. Her daughter's a good girl. She doesn't deserve this illness. The Lord's teaching her something.

Much like that Pharisee and a publican, isn't it? At Pharisee, two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a publican. The Pharisee prayed thus with himself. God, I thank thee. He gave God credit. I'm not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all I possess. He was a good Calvinist. Gave God the credit. He believed in election. Sounds good, doesn't it?

But he saw a reason that the Lord should deal with him. We're not to come to God on anything that we've done, not in our race, our face, or our grace. We have no merit, but we stand in His blood alone. Now, second way, she said help. It says she worshiped Him, she came to where Christ was, she used the right titles, but she wanted help. She was still able in some part, I just need a co-pilot, I need somebody to help carry this burden. It says in verse 25, then she came and worshiped, saying, Lord, help me. We do have a need of him. Scripture says, in a language we can understand, he is our help in time of trouble. He's our help in time of need. But that's not a word that's like, well, I did some, and you kind of helped me carry it. It's all-inclusive. It's totalitarian. He comes in. It's salvation, is what that is.

I knew a guy that saved some people in the war and some soldiers, and they were completely unconscious. And he physically grabbed them and moved them out of the fire. And then he got an award for that. And those guys just think, what could I say? I wasn't even conscious during this. And I saw another man that saved. And he was on a stretcher, and they were carrying him, running away. Those men saved him. But he had his pistol linked out, and he was shooting at nothing. I think he was doing it for video cameras or something. And they said, boy, did you see how much he fought from that stretcher? They didn't even recognize those two boys that went and got him out of there.

The Lord's help, it's in a language we can understand, some way we can understand it. Work unconscious, and he completely comes in and saves his people. It says in Hebrews 7, wherefore he is also able to save them to the uttermost that come to him under God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for you.

At this point now, she's not mentioning her personal troubles anymore. Her worldly concerns, but her partial need for herself. Maybe she's that thorny ram. Those offenses start mounting up. Lord's put some pressure on her. She might get mad and take her toys and go home. You know how it happens a lot? Preacher didn't say my name enough, or he didn't give me the honor I deserve, and I'm gonna take my toys and I'm gonna go home. I'll go to another place.

Lord had a mess of them leaving one day. This disciple said, you offended all that Lord are leaving. And he said, you going to go away too? You talk about a successful ministry. He said, you going away too? Lord, to whom? Not to what doctor, not to what right preacher, not to, well, this is the camp that we're in. Who are we going to go to? You have the words of eternal life. Is this woman going to leave? What's she going to go to? She's been put under that table. She's learning where her crumbs come from.

I don't think y'all should treat people that way. We've talked before. I don't chase people in the parking lot. If somebody gets offended at what this book says, they just have to be offended. That's between them and God. I didn't have nothing to do with it. But why do you act like that, Kevin? My God's not a beggar. We're the beggar.

You got to get that straight. He delights to show mercy. That's good news. That's gospel, isn't it? Because of His Son, because of His great namesake, He's going to save some people. What if I ain't one of them? Worship Him anyway. He deserves it. He's worthy of it. Who thinks like that? God's dogs do. He does.

He said in verse 26, He answered and said, it's not me to take the children's bread and cast it to dogs. That's what he told him in John 6. He said, therefore, I said unto you that no man can come to me except that we're given unto him of my father. And from that time, many of his disciples went back to walk no more with him. And Jesus said, will you go away? Will you go away also? Third way to approach Almighty God is in humble submission in spirit and in truth. Verse 27, and she said, truth, Lord. Truth, Lord. Yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. Somebody else ain't in trouble. I am. I don't need help. I need saved. I'm a dog. And you're the master.

How fast did that happen? I told Karen, I said, I can make, I can physically make somebody, if somebody offended my wife, I can make you apologize to her. But I can't make you apologize to her from the heart. The Lord can turn the heart. Isn't that amazing? I can make somebody memorize some stuff. He can make you love it and know it in your heart, understand it. I can give knowledge, but to understand, experience it.

And that's what he did for this woman. I wouldn't have thought that up. One, don't answer her. Two, call her a dog. And she says, yes. Yes, amen. Truth, Lord, truth. And he said, unto her, O woman, great is thy faith. Her faith's great because that's his faith, put it. Be it unto thee, even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

I've heard, I worry about people that find, they know the truth and then they find somebody preaching the truth or where the blame sits. If it's, well, the law's too hard to keep, no man can keep it. Well, Satan's a greater adversary and the religious folks lied to me and it's everybody's fault but mine.

I'm the sinner. I'm the dog. He's the master. He's what I need. That publican learned that. That Pharisee prayed thus with himself. That publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much his eyes unto heaven, but he smoked his breast where the problem was. Saying, God be merciful to me, a sinner.

Not because of anybody else. Not because he needed some help. He's just a dog needing to be under that table of his master. I tell you, this man went down to the house justified rather than the other. For everyone that exalted himself shall be abased, And he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Fourth, I told you I had three points. Frank was preaching in New Jersey years ago. And he said, I'm not going to tell you how many points I have, because you'll get up and leave. I think he had like 18 or 19. He did it in 32 minutes or something. I'll be all right. But I had an extra one.

Fourthly, what about our Savior? This woman's child was saved. And I thought about this all week. This Syrophoenician woman's a picture of Christ. He was made flesh. dwelt among us, and because of his intercession, because of his humbling of himself willingly, we are saved. We are saved. He said in Psalm 22, and I didn't read the bulletin until after I had my notes prepared, that article, Frank's wonderful, perfect.

He said, but I am a worm. I am a maggot, is what the word is, and no man. If God Almighty can say that, He not just say it, He did it. He became, I got in trouble for this before, I always have to get in trouble. He became me that I could become Him. He took, it wasn't just He took a loan off of my bank account or some nonsense. No, His blood was shed. I was given His name. I was made the righteousness of God in Him. If He could be made a worm, willingly, you think He'd make us okay with being dogs? Taking that lower seat, I think he's able. Is he willing? Well, let's ask him. Let's ask him. Lord, save us. Give us crumbs. Be our daily bread.

There in Psalm 51, we read, wash me throughly from mine iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgression, my sins ever before thee. Against thee and thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest. And clear when thou judgest, when we say yes. Yes, Lord. Truth, Lord. Clear spoken. She spoke plainly. We'll look at Mark's, the next verse of Mark 7, the next hour. That man spoke plainly too. It's simple, isn't it? Lord said, your dog. Yes, Lord. I need crumbs from you.

He said, what great faith. Look at this. Lord marveled at two things in scripture. He marveled at their unbelief and he marveled at their faith. That's something. I pray we can marvel at those things. Let's pray together. Lord, thank you for your word.

Lord, thank you for giving us ears to hear and sending men to preach this to us and giving us hearts to love it and to love your son. What mercies are found in him new every morning. Make us fresh to our hearts and sweet to our ears. What a wonderful Savior we have, worthy of all praise. Lord, thank you for our brethren. Thank you for giving the hearts to pray for one another, forgive one another, and understand we're just dogs, Lord, looking for the same crumbs from the same master. Be with your servants everywhere as they preach this day, and be with your people as they hear, Lord, and dwell among them. It's because of Christ that we ask these things. Amen.

Under The Lord's Table

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What does the Bible say about mercy?

How do we know God is willing to show grace?

Why is humility important for Christians?

What does being 'under the Master's table' mean?

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What does the Bible say about mercy?

How do we know God is willing to show grace?

Why is humility important for Christians?

What does being 'under the Master's table' mean?

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