Mark 7:24-30 24And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. 25For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 28And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs. 29And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
Matthew 15:21-28 21Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. 28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Mark 7:25 For a certain woman…heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
Perseverant
64-0619 · Topeka, Kansas
79 This woman that we are talking of, this Syrophenician woman, she was a Greek, and she had heard about Jesus. Now, “Faith cometh by hearing, hearing the Word of God.” And she had heard.
Matthew 15:22 22…and cried unto him, saying … Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Matthew 15:23 But he answered her not a word…
Perseverance
63-1116E · New York, New York
154 He just ignored her. Looked at her, walked on. Oh, my! She was a little more than our modern Pentecost; my, they’d have turned up their nose and walked back, said, “I don’t have to do that.” But not that woman. She had faith. She stayed right there.
155 Now she went after Him again, “Lord, can’t I just have?” And she wasn’t thinking about what she had come through. She wasn’t thinking about what she would have to go through. The only thing she knowed, she believed if she could get Him to say so! That’s all she needed to know, if He would say so! She knowed it was working on others, why wouldn’t it work on hers?
Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Perseverant
64-0305 · Dallas, Texas
105 Now, at first, she called Him, “Son of David.” …She as a Gentile, had no claims on Him as the Son of David. But when she said, “Lord,”… He was her Lord.
Mark 7:27 “And he said to her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs”.
Respects
61-1015E · Jeffersonville, Indiana
Not only turned her down on her request, but called her a “dog.” That’s right. And a dog is one of the lowest names the Bible has, you know.
Mark 7:29 Jesus responded, “For this saying go thy way; the demon is gone out of thy daughter”.
Questions and Answers
61-1015M · Jeffersonville, Indiana
229 Oh, God, seemingly—a flat refusal, and not only that, but to call her a dog. But instead of being arrogant about it, very sweetly and humbly she said, “That is true, Lord.” Because it was Truth. She said, “It is true, Lord, but the dogs will eat the scraps that fall from their masters’ table.” That’s what done the work. She was willing just to take the scraps that come from the children’s table. And God, that’s our attitude just now. We are willing to anything that You want to do with us, Father. We’re in Your hands.
Questions And Answers On The Holy Ghost
59-1219 · Jeffersonville, Indiana
19 …She said, “That’s true, Lord; but the dogs under the table eats the children’s crumbs.” He said, “For this saying, the devil’s left your daughter.” Say good things then. Say something good about somebody. Talk about Jesus. Say something loyal, something real. That’s the way to get rid of devils. …He never prayed for the girl. He never said one thing about her being healed; He just said, “For this saying, for this saying…”
20 Hattie Wright, the other day, she didn’t ask for nothing. She was just setting there, but she said the right thing, which pleased the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit spoke back and said, “Hattie, ask anything that you will, whatever you got and you want. Find out whether this is real or not. Ask anything (the healing of her little crippled sister setting there all drawed up; ten thousand dollars to keep her from digging on them hills over there; the youth restored to her well run-down body); whatever you want to ask, you ask it right now. If It don’t come and give it to you right now, then I’m a false prophet.” That’s—that’s that’s something, isn’t it?
Conference With God
59-1220M · Jeffersonville, Indiana
201 He turned and He said, “For this saying, the devil has left your daughter.” Didn’t have to go to her and lay hands on her.
Go, Tell
60-0417M · Jeffersonville, Indiana
193 That got Him. He said, “For this saying, the devil left your daughter. For this saying!”
194 It’s your attitude, friends. Did not He say it? You’ve got to believe it, friends. You, don’t believe me, I’m a man; but you believe what I’m telling you, believe the Message. If you don’t believe the messenger, believe the Message. If a man walked in the room there, with a telegram, no matter who, what the man looked like or who he was, big or little, you believe what’s on the telegram, not the man.
Perseverance
62-0520 · Chicago, Illinois
54 That’s the way this Gentile woman was. She was persistent. She said, “The dogs can eat the crumbs.” Jesus said, “For this saying…” Oh, my. What? She had approached the Gift of God in the right way.
Perseverant
64-0305 · Dallas, Texas
106 She had the right approach to God’s gift.* And that’s the only way to ever receive anything, is come the right approach.** She was the first Gentile that a miracle was ever performed on. Faith admits the Word is right, it’s humble and reverent. And the same is today, be willing to take any part, anywhere, “just so I get there.”
Why I’m Praying for the Sick
54-0314 · Columbus, Ohio
57 See, there’s no individual person can heal. And there’s no—no person could save you against your will or heal you against your will. It has to be your attitude towards Jesus Christ, what determines your healing.
Taking God at His Word
53-1103 · Owensboro, Kentucky
7 But I believe every Word of It is true, and every Divine promise is a seed that will produce just exactly what it said it would do, if you’ll take the right mental attitude towards it. Remember this, the right mental attitude towards any Divine promise of God will bring it to pass.
Contending for the Faith
55-0620 · Zurich, Switzerland
Now, let us be reverent, and let us take the right attitude towards the Lord Jesus. For be it assured that your—your attitude towards any Divine gift will determine what results you get from it.
Elijah
55-0301 · Phoenix, Arizona
32 Her attitude towards Elisha brought her the victory. If she’d have went up to Elisha and said, “Now, you looky here you hypocrite. My pastor was right after all.” See, if she’d have went away with that kind of an attitude, she’d have never got nothing from him. But her attitude towards the man of God, produced exactly what she got, her victory, because she believed.
Testimony
53-0902 · Chicago, Illinois
28 …It’s your—it’s your attitude towards things. Don’t condemn others. If they do wrong, be good to them anyhow. Just look over those things. Because God’s had to look over a whole lot for you and I. That’s right.
God help us to have that attitude always in our hearts. You pray for me that I’ll never look upon people like that no more. No matter what they’re doing. That I’ll always look up on them, that they’re creatures of God. That God sent His Son to take their place. And me as a minister, I’m grateful that He forgive me. And I want Him to forgive them also. That’s the way we should do it.
Perseverant
64-0305 · Dallas, Texas
34 I take it myself, and before God as my Judge, I put it in the Gospel work yonder, so I know that on that Day that I’ll… when I’ll have to give an account for my stewardship, it’s given correctly. That’s exactly right, ‘cause I realize as I treat the people I’m treating God. Just my attitude towards you is my attitude towards Christ. And your attitude towards me is the same thing, that’s right, towards Christ.
53-0608A - Demonology, Physical Realm Connersville, Indiana
**She got her desire *because she was persistent.
Perseverance
63-1116E · New York, New York
173 Do you know God does things sometimes just to—to do things a different way, and just to find out what people will do?
Perseverance
62-0520 · Chicago, Illinois
43 Oh, it’s true. She had many hindrances, but her faith didn’t have any hindrance. You might have some. I have plenty of them, lot of hindrances. But about your faith, that’s the thing. If you can’t be persistent, if you’re going to let everything hinder you. Now, physically, you might feel bad. Physically you might not feel well. And otherwise, you might not feel like —going to church. You might not feel like doing anything. But your faith don’t have no hindrance. It moves on anyhow. Maybe your pastor prayed for you, anointed you with oil. That’s what he’s supposed to do. And you go back and say, “Pastor, I don’t feel any better.” Oh, my. You’re not… You oughtn’t to have come up in the first place. See? See, you’re going by your feelings. But your faith, if you’ve got faith… Well, you’ll say, “I will just wait till Brother Roberts comes by, or Brother Branham, or some of them others.” Oh, my. That’s not it. It’s your faith in the Word of God. God said, “Call the elders and let them anoint you in oil and pray over you. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick.” If you’ve got faith in God and faith in the prayer, then go on anyhow. There’s nothing going to stop it. See? Why? You got faith. You believe it. Faith don’t have any hindrances.
Perseverance
62-0520 · Chicago, Illinois
42 You know, somehow faith finds a source that others don’t know nothing about.
Perseverant
62-0623 · South Gate, California
67 See, that’s the reason people miss it. They want to get it the way they want it. God gives it the way He wants to give it.
Questions and Answers
61-1015M · Jeffersonville, Indiana
228 Now, Lord, we’re coming to face for the sick. Now, we know that in the Bible that we only get what we believe we get.
Perseverance
63-1116E · New York, New York
138 You know, faith finds sources that others don’t see. Now if you don’t have faith, well, then, there is no need of trying to show it to you. Because, faith can see it. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Faith sees what the blind people doesn’t see. Faith is the sixth sense**. Five senses are fine, as long as they don’t disagree with the sixth. But the sixth sense is faith**, “it’s the substance of things hoped for**,” you don’t see, taste, feel, smell, or hear, but yet you know it. Faith tells you so. And it’s so sure that it’s real, that it comes to you a substance. Not just imagination. It’s something you have.**
Perseverance
62-0520 · Chicago, Illinois
He promised it. And don’t let no devil or no doubt stand in your way. And He will grant it. He will break right through those barriers and pick you up. You believe it.
God Hiding Himself in Simplicity
63-0412E · Albuquerque, New Mexico
299 Well, if you’re really hungry for God, you’ll keep on standing till It comes. There’s no end to it. You’re persistent. Like the Syrophoenician woman, she couldn’t take “no.” She wanted it, really.
Perseverance
63-1116E · New York, New York
319 …Now, the little Syrophenician woman, remember, after she got in the Presence of Jesus, still she had trouble. You’re going to have trouble. When you come through this line, I want you, each one, to believe that you’re going to be healed. If you’re not, don’t come in. Don’t—don’t just don’t take the others’ place. Stay there until you have enough faith that you’re going to be healed, and then God will grant it to you.
63-1116E – Perseverance New York, New York
A Secondhanded Robe
56-1206 · Brooklyn, New York
42 And when we turn aside today looking at this, and looking at conditions, and looking at symptoms… Oh, we say, “Now look, I was prayed for last night. You see, my hand’s no better.” And it never will be like that. No, sir. You don’t look at the symptoms; you look at the promise. Amen. The promise is what it is. Look Who made the promise. It was God Who made the promise. It’s God’s Word Who’s in authority. It’s God Who spoke the promise. That’s Who it is. And you look at your symptoms. Symptoms are one of the greatest hindrance God has to work with, is symptoms. And if ever if anything that is wrong is a man or woman who will look and say, “Now, I don’t feel any better. Now, they prayed for me over at my church last night. And they believe in Divine healing, but really I don’t feel any better.” You don’t never go by your feelings. Jesus never did say, “Did you feel it?” He said, “Did you believe it?” See where you get the thing all turned around? It’s your faith in His promise that does it. Like Elisha, he wanted the promise. And if Elijah said he could have it, if he kept his eye on him, he kept his eye on him. That’s all. Amen.
Spiritual Food in Due Season
65-0718E · Jeffersonville, Indiana
…what if she said, “Well, now, Lord, I—I wanted You to do it this a way”? The devil would have still been in the girl.
Perseverant
64-0305 · Dallas, Texas
72 This Greek had heard these words. She believed it. She had many hindrances, but her faith didn’t have any. Faith knows no hindrance. Her faith had no hindrance. She had, but her faith didn’t have. You may have hindrances, but, if you’ve got faith, it knows no defeat. It’s positive. Let’s look at some of her hindrances, just for a moment.
73 Some of them might have said, “Remember, you are of a different race. You are a Greek, Syrophenician by nation. He is a Jew.” In other words, today you would say, “Your denomination’s not having this revival.” It makes no difference, your denomination, whether it is or not. That woman didn’t care whose denomination it was. She was a human being had been created by God, and she had a need, and she had faith and she was going to get it. Whether her denomination was cooperating or not, made her no difference. She started off.
74 She might have had another critic that might have met her down the line, and said, “Why, the days of miracles is passed. We don’t have miracles no more.” That could have been a Jew, after she got in, her over in this country where Jesus was, across into Galilee. “Days of miracles is passed. There is no such a thing.” Still she was persistent. She was perseverant. The denominational barrier didn’t stop her, neither did any of them who believed the days of miracles was passed. She knew different. First thing, she had something inside of her, that told her that she would get what she asked for.
75 Oh, people, tonight, if you only can hold that in your heart, that God is here to give you the desire of your heart! If you will meet His conditions, nothing can stand.
76 There might have been a bunch of women come to her, and said, “Look, Sister Lydia,” or ever what her name might have been, “do you understand that your husband will leave you if you do this?” No doubt but what she loved her husband, but she couldn’t curse or bless That which was in her. Something was telling, her daughter was dying with epilepsy and she had to get to Jesus, and, when she got there, something was going to take place, husband or no husband.
77 Some of them might have said, “Well, what are you going to do with this afflicted child if it fails?” But she knowed it wasn’t going to fail. Something was in her, that told her it can’t fail. If He ever was God, He still remains God. It can’t fail. Therefore, she still was perseverant.
78 Then some of them might have said, “The circle that you belong to, in the society, will laugh at you.” Laugh or no laugh, made her no difference. Something was inside of her! She still was perseverant.
79 Some of them might have said, “You’ll be put out of your church.” Put out or not put out, she was on her road, something pulling her to Jesus! There was nothing going to stand in her way, no hindrances. She was perseverant. Nothing stood in her way. Finally she arrived where He was.
80 **Many people think, “Just because you get where He is at, it’s all over.” That’s wrong. **He can come here in this building tonight and show Himself alive, after two thousand years, by the things that He promised to do in this day. He did last night. He does every night. He does everywhere. He proves that He is still alive. And you could be in His Presence, but that isn’t it. No, sir. Sometimes you meet difficult when you come into His Presence. She did.
81 When she arrived, then said Jesus, He was “not sent” to her race. The very One that she come believing in, turned her down. This is a lesson. The very One that…She had went through all these gates, of sorrow and disappointment, and everything, to get there, by Something pulsating inside of her, telling her to go; when she got there to Him, He turned her down, flat. And besides that, He said her race was nothing but a bunch of dogs. “It’s not meet for Me to take the children’s bread and feed it to you dogs.”
82 What if He would have called the—the Pentecostals, “dogs”? My, I don’t know what would have happened. What if He would have said, “Methodist dogs, Baptist dogs”? My opinion, went back and told the pastor he was right after all, there wasn’t nothing to this Fellow. But if you’ve got a hold, and something has got a hold of you, it’s going to be different.
83 “I’m not sent to you race of dogs. Not meet for Me to take the children’s bread and give it to you. I’m not sent to you. Your revival is not, your company is not sponsoring this, and I’m not sent to you. And it isn’t meet for Me to take My time upon you, when you’re nothing but dogs. And why should I waste My time on you?” What a disappointment that would have been to a woman that didn’t have faith, that wasn’t determined! Oh, if the church could only see that! But still she held on.
84 She wasn’t —a hothouse plant that had to be babied, one of these kind you have to spray all over, you know, and keep the bugs off of it. A good healthy plant, you don’t have to spray it. A good healthy plant, a bug can’t get to it, it’s full of health.
85 And a good born-again faith in God, a real genuine Holy Ghost faith, nothing is going to turn it down. It can’t do it. It’s persistent. It’s going to the goal that God has promised to it. There is nothing going to turn it down. It’s going anyhow. Yes, she wasn’t a hybrid.