Overcoming Rejection

to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him;

`Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake--

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

`And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet,

Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains--he hath carried them, And we--we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee.

to whom coming--a living stone--by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

For I, Jehovah thy God, Am strengthening thy right hand, He who is saying to thee, `Fear not, I have helped thee.'

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, `Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works? — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

`Beware! --ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

Since thou wast precious in Mine eyes, Thou wast honoured, and I have loved thee, And I appoint men in thy stead, And peoples instead of thy life.

Whom I have taken hold of, from the ends of the earth, And from its near places I have called thee, And I say to thee, My servant Thou <FI>art<Fi> , I have chosen thee, and not rejected thee.

and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.'

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.

For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.

persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.

so that we do boldly say, `The Lord <FI>is<Fi> to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth <FI>them<Fi> : Suckling ones He leadeth.

and first it behoveth him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, — read the full passage →

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,

A man with friends <FI>is<Fi> to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

`And I have given My tabernacle in your midst, and My soul doth not loathe you;

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, — read the full passage →

be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.'

In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

For I increase health to thee, And from thy strokes I do heal thee, An affirmation of Jehovah, For `Outcast' they have called to thee, `Zion it <FI>is<Fi> , there is none seeking for her.'

for a sin of divination <FI>is<Fi> rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim <FI>is<Fi> stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from <FI>being<Fi> king.'

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us; — read the full passage →

`He who is rejecting me, and not receiving my sayings, hath one who is judging him, the word that I spake, that will judge him in the last day,

He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.

By David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.

All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked <FI>worketh<Fi> for a day of evil.

To the ages doth the Lord cast off? Doth He add to be pleased no more?

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons; — read the full passage →

A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner.