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SECRETS OF THE KINGDOM
August 14, 2022
REJECTING
REJECTION
REJECTING REJECTION
The World’s Rules
• Unconditional love is for babies … after that you are on your own
• Plan on Being Quoted.
Actually, Plan on Being Misquoted
• Rule #1: Life is not fair
• It Is Possible To: Reject Rejection
• Stay On Track With God
• Be An Overcomer !
REJECTING REJECTION
• Matthew 13:53–58 (NIV) — 53 When Jesus had finished these parables,
he moved on from there.
54 Coming to his hometown, he began teaching
the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed.
“Where did this
man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?” they asked.
55 “Isn’t
this the carpenter’s son?
Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his
brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?
56 Aren’t all his sisters with us?
Where then did this man get all these things?”
57 And they took offense
at him.
But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own
house is a prophet without honor.”
58 And he did not do many miracles
there because of their lack of faith.
REJECTING REJECTION
• After Teaching The Parables -- Jesus Kept Moving
• He Came Home & Taught In Their Synagogue
• The Hometown People Were Amazed (Puzzled – Stunned)
• They Were Amazed w/o Being Changed
REJECTING REJECTION
•They Questioned The Source Of His Wisdom & Miracle Power
•Isn’t This?
The Carpenters Son -- Mary’s Son -- James, Joseph, Simon,
and Judas’ Brother -- The Man With The Sisters That We Know
• They Took Offense At Him
• John 1:10–11 (NIV) — 10 He was in the world, and though the world
was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
11 He came
to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
REJECTING REJECTION
Jesus Responded: “Only In His Hometown And In His Own
House Is A Prophet Without Honor.”
• Jesus Was Rejected By Nazareth -- The People Couldn’t
Conceive How Someone From Among Them Could Be
Messiah
• He Did Not Do Many Miracles There – Because Of Their Lack Of Faith
REJECTING REJECTION
• Do Not Let The Kingdom Pass You By Because You Lack Faith!
• Don’t Miss The Message Because You Don’t Like The Messenger
•“When we meet together to listen to the word of God, we must come
with eager expectancy, and must think, not of the man who speaks, but
of the Spirit who speaks through him.”
•Barclay, W., The Gospel of Matthew
REJECTING REJECTION
Rejection
•Rejection Is about Not Being Accepted, Approved, Or Wanted
•It is To Be Put Aside, Thrown Away, Abandoned, Worthless
• Those Rejected Are Despised, Shunned, And Refused
•Rejection Is Painful And Devastating
REJECTING REJECTION
The Components Of Rejection Are Many
•(i.e.) Favoritism & Jealousy – Joseph and His Brothers
One Way To Deal With Rejection Is To Reject It –
• You Don’t Let It Grip You, Grab You or Change You.
• How is this done?
Only By God’s Grace
REJECTING REJECTION
Rejection Is A Seed Bed For Anger
Anger Has Four Sources:
Hurt
Fear
Frustration
Injustice
Rejection Brings All Four Of Those To The Surface
REJECTING REJECTION
We Must Choose To Forgive And Release Those Who Reject Us Unto God
•We do this so that anger does not produce bitterness in our heart.
•Hebrews 12:15 (NIV) — 15 See to it that no one misses the grace of
God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
A Remedy For Rejection Is To Know You Are Accepted By The Lord
•Psalm 34:18 (NIV) — 18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and
saves those who are crushed in spirit.
REJECTING REJECTION
Paul: Rejected Rejection -- READ: 2 Cor 12:7-10
• His Acceptance By The Lord Allowed Him To Continue On And Overcome
• Romans 8:28–31 (NIV) — 28 And we know that in all things God works for the
good of those who love him, who have been called according to his
purpose.
29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed
to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many
brothers.
30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he
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