REJECTION OF THE KING

                                  Matthew 14-15

THE SIGNS OF REJECTION BEGIN TO APPEAR

WITH THE MURDER OF JOHN, THIS FACT BECOMES CLEAR

THE KINGDOM TO ISRAEL IS NOW SET ASIDE

THE DRUMBEAT OF DEATH BECOMES HARDER TO HIDE.

JESUS CONTINUED TO TEACH AND TO HEAL

THOSE WHO BY FAITH SOUGHT TO FOLLOW HIS WILL

WHEN FIVE THOUSAND ATE WITH THE LUNCH OF A BOY

EACH FAMILY WENT HOME, IN AWE, FULL OF JOY.

THAT NIGHT HIS DISCIPLES WERE CAUGHT IN A STORM

THE GALILEE WAVES LEFT THEM FEARFUL AND WORN

JESUS WALKED TO THEM WHEN HE SAW THEM FROM SHORE

HE SPOKE TO THE WINDS AND THE WAVES CHURNED NO MORE.

AS SOON AS THEY REACHED THE GENNESARET TOWN

THE NEWS OF HIS COMING WAS SPREAD ALL AROUND

THE SICK AND THE DYING WERE HEALED BY HIS WORD

AND MANY THAT DAY PUT THEIR TRUST IN THE LORD.

BUT CONFLICT BEGAN TO INCREASE EVERY DAY

BETWEEN WHAT THE LORD AND THE RABBI'S WOULD SAY

RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS WERE ONLY FOR SHOW

GOD'S LAW WAS INTENDED FOR PEOPLE TO GROW.

SO WHEN THEY ACCUSED HIS DISCIPLES OF SIN

JESUS REVEALED HYPOCRISY WITHIN

IT'S NOT WHAT GOES IN THAT DEFILES ONE'S LIFE

FOR OUT OF THE HEART FLOWS ALL EVIL AND STRIFE..

JESUS THEN WALKED TOWARD PHENECIA ONE DAY

WHERE CITIES LIKE SIDON AND TYRE ONCE LAY

A CANAANITE WOMAN OF GENTILE BIRTH

PLED THAT HER DAUGHTER BE FREED FROM HER CURSE.

DEMON POSSESSION ENSLAVED HER THROUGH LIFE

JEWS CALLED THEM “DOGS” WITH A CERTAIN DELIGHT

WHEN JESUS THEN TALKED ABOUT CRUMBS OFF THE FLOOR

SHE ASKED FOR ONE CRUMB THAT WOULD FREE HER ONCE MORE.

AFTER THIS MIRACLE JESUS PERFORMED

OTHERS WHO FOLLOWED WERE LIKEWISE TRANSFORMED

LATER FOUR THOUSAND WERE FED BY THE LORD

AMONG THEM WERE GENTILES RECEIVING HIS WORD.

--B. Pent