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They're Not Rejecting You Jul 21 2012
"Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man." - Luke 6:22
Have you ever felt rejected or criticized because of your faith? Has anyone ever avoided you, left you out of the clique, or even made fun of you because you are a Christian? No, that's not paranoia; this happens to every dedicated Christian at one time or another. Jesus wants you to know that when you are rejected by others or shown hostility for your beliefs, you are not the one being rejected. People are hostile at Jesus, not you. They are rejecting Jesus, not you. Never forget that.
And that is where we need to follow the example of Jesus most of all. When you are rejected due to your devotion to Christ, you need to respond just as Jesus did when He was rejected on the cross. He said, "Father, forgive them. They don't know what they're doing."
In your devotion to Christ, if you are rejected, face hostility, or even persecuted, you need to forgive as Christ forgave on the cross. Because if you want to see something that should be unique about Christianity over every other religion, you look at Jesus in His Spirit on that cross, of forgiving those who have rejected Him. Are you willing to follow Jesus when it means these kinds of costs? Are you really?
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Yes, report it NevermindAnd see this is where we really Screw Up. And it costs us dearly to make this Mistake.
We want Fellowship with Believers--But sometimes it is the Folk who go to Church and talk about Jesus who commit the Greatest Trespasses against us and Others. And they do it in the Name of Jesus. They Twist and Shout.
Religion is one Thing--Relationships are Another. So we have to Die. And when we Die the most Important Relationship is between the Crucified Christ and us Poor Miserable Sinners.
There is not a Single Human Being on this Planet who Really just out of their Heart Loves us. Like CS Lewis wrote in the Four Loves: "Love is the Child of Poverty..." We love because we Need.
It can Drive us Nuts...The one Issue People love to bring up is our Personal Faults and Sins--Self Justification. Well they have just Had Their Day.
It is Possible to be completely rejected by People who Quote just like us...
We take the Lord's Name in Vain when we do that...Some folk in Church will do Everything they can to Destroy You.
Christ on The Cross...Great Devotion.
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Yes, report it NevermindEncouraging! Thank you