[El Cid]

Much ink has been spilled in the mental gymnastics to make it seem like Jesus was not being cruel, was not being callous when he refused this desperate woman. We want to see Jesus as kind and loving in all circumstances. We want to see him as being above the limitations of his culture. It’s difficult to reconcile this view of Jesus with what we’ve been taught.

LOL!
OR, the takeaways could be:

A. Jesus IS God (God the Son. The second person of the Godhead).

B. As God, HE could do whatever HE pleased and it would be right. God is under no obligation to man. Man - through Adam's sin - is under condemnation and we can only beg for mercy.

C. Jesus gives an excellent lesson about being persistent in prayer. He gives this lesson often -- because it is very important (see Luke 18:1-8): Pray, and pray again. Pray knowing that all belongs to God, and knowing that we bring nothing in our hands.

D. And of course, my number one takeaway: this lady is a fool. She should not be masquerading as a pastor, and she needs to humble herself before the Lord and before HIS Word.

[Faith Presses On]

That passage stuck out to me, too. It’s Satanic deception, something like the Serpent talking to Eve. “We know we’ve been taught God is divine and all good, but we’ve never really thought about it all before, so we’ve probably gotten some wrong ideas. As for Jesus, we know He was human, like us, and humans sin, so...”