Twelve Days of Christmas at Ararat - Day 11: Those closest to Jesus rejected Him.
- araratchurch
- Jan 6, 2024
- 1 min read
”He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.“
John 1:11 NKJV
In prophetically describing the Suffering Servant, Isaiah speaks of One Who is rejected by those for whom He suffered.
”He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.“
Isaiah 53:3-5 NKJV
Rejection hurts. But if you are being rejected because of your relationship with God through Jesus Christ, remember, He was rejected first.
Indeed, as we see in today’s portion of John 1, Jesus was rejected by His own, just as Isaiah had prophesied. Yet, that rejection did not keep Him from pouring Himself out for our sins.
Friend, let us not be guilty of living in such a way that we are rejecting the very One Who sacrificed it all so that we might have eternal life. Rather, let us welcome Him to enter in and live His Holy life through us!
Peace to you.
Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!
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