Rejection

Rejection includes Jesus being rejected by men, God's people being rejected or hated by others, and people rejecting God and his word. God promises not to forsake his own.

Jesus was rejected

• Isaiah 53:3
  He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
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• Psalm 118:22
  The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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• Mark 8:31
  And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.
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• John 1:11
  He came unto his own, and his own received him not.He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
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• 1 Peter 2:4
  To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
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Rejected by others

• John 15:18-19
  ¹⁸If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. ¹⁹If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
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• Luke 6:22
  Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
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• Psalm 27:10
  When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
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• Psalm 41:9
  Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
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God does not forsake his own

• Hebrews 13:5
  Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
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• John 6:37
  All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
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• Deuteronomy 31:6
  Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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• Psalm 94:14
  For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
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Accepted in Christ

• Ephesians 1:6
  To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
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• Romans 15:7
  Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.
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Rejecting God

• 1 Samuel 8:7
  And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
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• 1 Samuel 15:23
  For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
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• Hosea 4:6
  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
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• John 12:48
  He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
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See also

• Loneliness
• Persecution
• Identity in Christ
• Grief

Notes

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