{"id":10551,"date":"2020-12-12T16:09:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T16:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=10551"},"modified":"2022-01-12T15:25:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:25:09","slug":"the-rejected-christ-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=10551","title":{"rendered":"The Rejected Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 1<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">[<strong>Note: \u00a0<\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our <strong>Brief Articles 2<\/strong> \u00a0page.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Seven centuries before Jesus was born, Isaiah prophesied He would be \u201cdespised and rejected of men\u201d (Isa. 53:3). The Gospel accounts undeniably record the fulfillment of\u00a0\u00a0 this prophecy. One of Jesus\u2019 parables describes a landlord who sent a series of servants for an accounting of his property, but the stewards mistreated each one. Finally, he sent his son, reasoning that they would surely receive him, but \u201cthey took him, and\u2026killed him\u201d (Mat. 21:33\u201339). This parable summarizes the fulfillment of Isaiah\u2019s prophecy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Jews of Jesus\u2019 generation were not the only ones who have rejected Him, however. Through the centuries, others continue figuratively to \u201ccrucify to themselves the Son of God afresh\u201d (Heb. 6:6):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Men despise and reject His authority.<\/strong> God decreed, \u201cThis is my beloved Son;\u2026hear ye him\u201d(Mat. 17:5). Jesus declared that His Father gave Him \u201call authority\u2026in heaven and on earth\u201d (28:18; cf. Heb. 1:1\u20132). In spite of the authority of God\u2019s Son, men still exalt mere men (popes, councils, creed books, preachers, et al.) above Him. All that we do and say must be done by His authority (Col. 3:17).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Men despise and reject His name: <\/strong>Salvation is in Jesus\u2019 name alone (Acts. 4:12). We dare not follow men and use their names in religion (1 Cor. 1:12\u201313). Names of mere men, of certain practices, of an organizational structure, or of a geographical area are far more prominent on church signs than Jesus\u2019 name. The name of Jesus is not all that is important, but true religion can\u2019t exist apart from it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Men despise and reject His church:<\/strong> Jesus built His church just as he wanted it (Mat. 16:18). It is composed of those who have been saved by His blood (Acts 2:38\u201347). The thousands of denominational bodies claiming to be part of His church bear no resemblance to the Divine institution the New Testament sets forth. Men have rejected Jesus\u2019 church by building their own religious bodies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Men despise and reject the worship He authorized: <\/strong>Men <strong>must<\/strong> worship God \u201cin spirit and truth\u201d (i.e., sincerely and in accordance with His Word) (John 4:24). God has never allowed men to choose the ways they would worship. Our worship is vain when we do what pleases us instead of Him.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Men despise and reject His Gospel: <\/strong>There is only one Gospel, and men bring the Lord\u2019s anathema upon them when they pervert it (Gal. 1:6\u20139). Men reject His Gospel by refusing to obey it (2 The. 1:7\u20139), but it alone is \u201cthe power of God unto salvation\u201d (Rom. 1:16). To reject His Gospel is to reject that which will judge us in the Last Day (John 12:48).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">[<strong>Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it appeared in the <em>Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, July 10, 2009.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Attribution:<\/strong> From <em>thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 1[Note: \u00a0This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2 \u00a0page.] \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Seven centuries before Jesus was born, Isaiah prophesied He would be \u201cdespised and rejected of men\u201d (Isa. 53:3). The Gospel accounts undeniably record the fulfillment of\u00a0\u00a0 this prophecy&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"easywp-readmore\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=10551\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span class=\"easywp-sr-only\">  The Rejected Christ<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1007,198,1004,676,1008],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christ","category-life-of","category-christ-prophecies-of","category-parables","category-rejection-of","wpcat-1007-id","wpcat-198-id","wpcat-1004-id","wpcat-676-id","wpcat-1008-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17365,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10551\/revisions\/17365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}