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Jesus is Like an Oreo - Soft on the

Inside and Hard on the Outside

“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my
soul delights; have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth
justice to the nations. He will not cry or lift up his voice, or
make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break,
and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully
bring forth justice. He will not grow faint or be crushed until
he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait
for his teaching.”
~Isaiah 42:1-4

“but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit
The 9th Day immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down
woman
was
a
the
his
feet.
Now
Syrophoenician
at
Gentile,
of
origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
of Christmas He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to
take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” But she
answered him, “Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the
children’s crumbs.” Then he said to her, “For saying that, you
may go—the demon has left your daughter.” So she went home,
January 2 found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.”
~Mark 7:25 - 30
“Then Jesus entered the temple[a] and drove out all who were
selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables
of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a
house of prayer’; but you are making it a den of robbers.'”
~Matthew 21:12-13