More of Jesus’ Kingdom Miracles and Teaching,…
If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew 15. We're in Matthew 15, and I'd like to direct your attention to verse 21. Verse 21 begins a new segment in Jesus' ministry. The great Galilean ministry is done. It ends in verse 20 of chapter 15. And now Jesus enters into a distinctively Gentile territory. He is now in the region of Tyre and Sidon. The central chapters of Matthew's gospel 15, 16, and 17, record for us a turning point in Jesus' ministry. The people more and more begin to reject Jesus and His teaching. Now, I want you to understand specifically what I mean by reject. It is not that people cease to come in great crowds to hear Jesus preach. It is not that they cease to believe that He is a great miracle…