Darwin Community Church

Jesus wanted to invest in the disciples with private teaching preparing them for their future ministries after he had left them. He wanted them to know and understand that ministry involves all people, including Gentiles. His message was that God cares about you as an individual and wants a personal relationship with you.

Jesus uses a Gentile woman to tech his disciples what genuine faith looks like in order to prepare them for their future ministries.

The Legalists of Jesus day had lists that were to be followed in order to be holy and acceptable with God. Jesus had a list which he gave to the people which was internal exposing the problem of the heart was the heart of their problem as it is ours today.

The Pharisees and scribes had burdened the people with rules, ritual and regulations to the point where the people equated holiness with external things rather the changing the heart. Modern Christians would hate to think of themselves as legalists or hypocrites but I wonder if we are not guilty of majoring on the externals rather than the internals.