Rejection
Jesus Tells About The Owner Of a Vineyard - Mark 12:1 – 12:12 (commentary)
Jesus begins to speak to the people in parables (v. 1). He tells how an owner rented his vineyard out to tenant farmers or vine-dressers on a crop basis and then he went to stay in another place. At harvest time he sent a servant to collect his share of the crop. Instead of sharing …
Israel Rejects The Gospel - Romans 10:14 – 10:21 (commentary)
This passage applies primarily to Jews, but it applies also to all lost souls around the world. Dr. E. Meyers Harrison, a veteran missionary and professor of missions, says there are four reasons why the Church must send out missionaries:1. The command from above - “go ye in …
Rejected by the Religious Leaders - John 10:22 – 10:30 (commentary)
Bible scholars say that approximately two months had passed between the previous account and these events. The “feast of the dedication” (Hanukkah) (v. 22) takes place in December, which is near the time when we celebrate our Christmas. This feast celebrates the reded …
Opposition in Iconium - Acts 14:1 – 14:7 (commentary)
Christians who are doing anything for Christ must learn how to deal with many kinds of rejection. One rejection can tip the scales weighted with hundreds of affirmations. Satan’s trick is to get our mind so occupied with a rejection that we forget all about the good things that are happening. Paul ...
Jesus is Rejected in His Home Town - Matthew 13:53 – 13:58 (commentary)
Jesus had been ministering in and around Capernaum for about a year, using it as His home base. When Jesus finished His parables He went to His hometown of Nazareth (v. 53). Upon arriving there He taught the people in the synagogue. The people were impressed by His powers a …
Earnest Prayer in Faith - Psalms 27:8 – 27:14 (commentary)
In the previous verses we have seen David trusting in God with great faith. Now we see him trembling in fear (vv. 8-9). As we see David switch suddenly from faith to fear and trust to trembling we are reminded of how this can happen in our own lives today. Faith and fear of …
Paul explains his conversion - Galatians 1:18 – 1:24 (commentary)
Three years after Paul’s conversion he goes to Jerusalem and visits with Peter. This was his first visit to this city as a Christian. He stayed fifteen days and only saw Peter and James (vv. 18-20). It would appear that the Apostles were suspicious of him and he had a tough …
The Rejection of The Worthy Shepherd - Zechariah 11:1 – 11:11 (commentary)
This chapter is probably the darkest chapter of Israel’s history. It can be divided as follows: The desolation of the land (vv. 1-3).The details of the Messiah’s rejection (vv. 4-14).The destruction of the anti-Christ (vv. 15-17). In this passage God told Zechariah to a …
Jesus Makes Three Important Announcements - Luke 4:22 – 4:30 (commentary)
The people marveled at the gracious words coming from Jesus mouth (v. 22). However they immediately began to question what authority he had to be saying these things (v. 23). He was not accepted as a prophet in His home town (v. 24). Jesus, sensing their opposition, noted two i …
Rejection by Many Followers - John 6:60 – 6:71 (commentary)
As the people began to understand Jesus’s teachings, they found them to be totally unacceptable. Besides the hostile Jewish leaders, many of the Galilean disciples turned away from Him. The popular enthusiasm for Jesus as a political Messiah (v. 15) was then over. They saw that He was ...
You Are of Your Father The Devil - John 8:39 – 8:47 (commentary)
The Jews claimed Abraham as their spiritual father, but Jesus responded by stating that spiritual descendants of Abraham do what Abraham did, believing and obeying God (v. 39). These Jews were very unlike Abraham (v.40). He listened to God’s truth and obeyed it, but these religious ...