Rejection of God

Rejection of God’s authority

2 Kings 17:15 NKJV

And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed idols, became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them that they should not do like them.

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Rejection of God in favour of other gods

Deuteronomy 32:15–18 NKJV

“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation. They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods; With abominations they provoked Him to anger. They sacrificed to demons, not to God, To gods they did not know, To new gods, new arrivals That your fathers did not fear. Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful, And have forgotten the God who fathered you.

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Rejection of God as king

1 Samuel 8:7 NKJV

And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.

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Rejection of God’s ways

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Rejection of the covenant

1 Kings 19:10 NKJV

So he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”

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Rejection of the promised land

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Rejection of God’s compassion

Matthew 23:37 NKJV

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

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Rejection of God’s word

Rejection of God’s instruction

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Rejection of God’s law

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Rejection of God’s messages

Isaiah 30:12 NKJV

Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: “Because you despise this word, And trust in oppression and perversity, And rely on them,

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Rejection of God’s messengers

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Rejection of Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ’s rejection was prophesied

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Jesus Christ as the stone the builders rejected (Ps 118:22):

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The rejection of his earthly ministry

John 1:11 NKJV

He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

Jesus Christ is rejected in his home town of Nazareth:

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The rejection of Jesus Christ’s claims about himself:

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The Jews’ rejection of Jesus Christ culminates in his death:

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