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Jesus was rejected by humanity so we could be accepted by God.

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Jesus w/ inn keeper. 2 types of rejection.
We’ve all rejected JC in 1 or both of these ways-- unbelief, willingly sinning, not making JC a priority-- yet still came, and still loves.
Would you be willing to do what Jesus did, knowing you’d be rejected and killed? Not many people I’d do that for!
pray
God
John 1:9–13 NLT
The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him. He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
Jesus, true light, came into our dark world, but he wasn’t recognized or respected. Rejected!
Rejection part of God’s plan (remember last week).
Over 700 yrs b4 JC crucified:
Isaiah 53:1–11 NLT
Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm? My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave. But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins.
so accurate!
All part of the plan. Went through this for you.

Jesus was rejected by humanity so we could be accepted by God.

2 Corinthians 5:21 NLT
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
Greatest Trade in history
My kids’ bad trades.
Jesus knew what he was taking on, and he asks nothing of us, but to allow him to transform, to swap our identity as law-breaking criminals with his identity as the sinless son of God.
Trade birthed in love. Trade given as a gift.
You
May not feel you deserve it…you’re right.
Why would Jesus sacrifice himself for people who continually disappoint and reject him?
But he did.
It’s not too late to make a trade with God, regardless of the mess and bad history of your life, no matter how many times you feel disappointed him, no matter the sin you’re hiding in your heart. But one day it will be too late.
Invitation: Walk in the light of new life and become a child of God.
Remember: those who believe in Jesus and accept him are given the right to become God’s children.
freed, empowered, forgiven—because you’re loved.
Invite to salvation/recommit.
Communion.
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