What does the Bible say about the spirit of rejection?
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The Bible teaches that rejection is a painful reality in a fallen world, but it does not define the believer’s worth or separate God’s people from his faithful love in Christ. Jesus was despised and rejected, yet he became the chosen and precious cornerstone (Isaiah 53:3; 1 Peter 2:4). Though even parents may fail, the Lord receives and remembers his children (Psalms 27:10; Isaiah 49:15; Psalms 94:14). Those united to Christ are no longer condemned (Romans 8:1), and no human opposition can finally stand against the God who is for them (Romans 8:31). Believers should expect the world’s hostility toward Christ, while trusting his welcome and speaking his truth humbly (John 15:18; Luke 10:16).
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- Psalms 27:10
When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Yahweh will take me up.
- Isaiah 53:3
He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we didn't respect him.
- John 1:11
He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.
- Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
- 1 Peter 2:4
coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
- Psalms 94:14
For Yahweh won't reject his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
- John 15:18
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
- Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Luke 10:16
Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."
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