Jesus, Fully Human Without a Mistake


In Mark 7: 24-30 we find an account of Jesus changing His mind as he interacts with a Greek (Gentile) woman and her demon-possessed daughter. This passage has troubled some who read and make the assumption that Jesus was wrong in His initial assessment of the situation, therefore he had to change His mind because He made a mistake in judgement. 

Look at this passage and let’s see what really happened… 

Mark 7: 24-30 (NIV)
24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. 25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. 27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” 28 “Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” 29 Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.” 30 She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

If Jesus was wrong in His initial assessment of the situation and therefore had to change His mind about what He needed to do in response, there would have to be the inherent conclusion that he made a mistake. And if He made a mistake here we're now obliged to ask the question: In what other accounts of His human interactions were mistakes made? Suddenly the slope is slippery leading to a flawed Savior, which we know He was not. 

What made Jesus fully human was his fully physical human life. What made Jesus Divine was/ is His fully perfect Spiritual life. He was fully Human and fully God. And His error-free/ mistake-free life in the physical human realm gave Him authority to be the sacrificial lamb of God, blemish free and fully functional as the propitiation for all sin.

In this particular passage Jesus certainly did not make a mistake, He merely changed His mind. His mind wasn't changed because he made an error in judgment, but because of the compassionate desire of the Mother in this story. We can parallel this understanding from Old Testament scripture that speaks of God "repenting" from His decision to destroy the world, (Genesis 6: 6-8). God didn't repent because He made a mistake. This word repent clearly means He had a change of heart, (He changed His mind). He was moved to compassion because of Noah. 

I'm thankful for a perfect, Holy God and Savior who is not only mistake-free, but compassionate as He hears my heart and is moved to look upon me with His Mercy. 

All the BEST! Be Blessed!

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