Mark 7:27-28
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." And she answered and said unto him, "Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs."
The Syrophoenician woman played the cards she had: she really cared about her situation and she really believed that Jesus could do something about it. His protest to her request was not one of ability, but one of order. Her indomitable faith in Him, however, led her to state that even the smallest morsel from His table could satisfy her every request. Christ's crumbs were her feast and she begged for them because she believed in Him.
“The woman won the victory by believing in Him. Her case is an instance of prevailing faith; and if we would conquer like her, we must imitate her tactics.“ — Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
Faith conquers the world. It connects us to Christ who is the King of everything. He is a conqueror and has all dominion and authority in Heaven and on earth. Faith in Him is faith that overcomes its adversaries.
1 John 5:4-5
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
Victory is obtained by believing the Victor. There is no other way to inherit the world to come than by believing in the Son who came.
Revelation 12:11
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Resurrection faith overcomes, even in the face of death; and in the end, overcomes even death itself.
Revelation 21:7
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Those who are overcome by Christ overcome every other obstacle and in the end, inherit everything that was jettisoned in order to hold on to Him.
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