RECEPTION-REJECTION OF GOD AND TRUTH
RECEPTION-REJECTION OF GOD AND TRUTH
(A) RECEPTIVITY
(1) General References to
Mat 13:23; Act 2:41; Act 17:11; 1Th 2:13
Martha received him into her house
Luk 10:39
–SEE Hearing, HEARING
The Hearing Ear, RECEPTION
(2) Receiving Christ
Mat 10:40; Mar 9:37; Luk 8:40; Luk 19:6; Joh 1:12
(B) TEACHABLENESS
(1) General References to
Illustrated in the Life of Ezra
Ezr 8:21; Jer 42:3
Essential to Entrance into God’s Kingdom
Mat 18:3
Exhibited by the Disciples
Luk 11:1
Manifested by the Blind Man
Joh 9:36; Act 2:37
Seen in the Ethiopian Eunuch
Act 8:31
The Secret of Paul’s Success
Act 9:6
Results in the Philippian Jailer’s Conversion
Act 16:30
–SEE Guidance Sought, GUIDANCE
Seekers, SEEKING GOD
(2) Manifested by the Disciples in Seeking Instruction
Mat 13:36; Mar 4:10; Mar 7:17; Mar 9:11; Mar 9:28; Mar 10:10; Mar 13:4; Luk 3:12; Luk 11:1; Luk 18:18
Joh 6:28
(3) The Hearing Ear
Psa 40:6; Pro 18:15; Pro 20:12; Pro 25:12; Mat 11:15; Mat 13:16
(C) REJECTION
(1) Of Christ
The Gergesenes
Mat 8:34; Mat 21:42
The People of Nazareth
Mar 6:3; Luk 4:28; Luk 4:29; Luk 17:25
The Chief Priests and Rulers
Luk 23:18
The Jewish Nation
Joh 1:11; Joh 5:43; Joh 12:48
(2) Of God
1Sa 8:7; Psa 81:11; Pro 1:24; Luk 7:30; 1Th 4:8
–SEE Forsaking God, UNFAITHFULNESS
& UNFAITHFULNESS
Apostasy, UNFAITHFULNESS
Backsliding, DETERIORATION
(3) Of Spiritual Instruction
2Ch 30:10; 2Ch 36:16; Psa 50:17; Pro 1:7; Pro 1:22; Pro 5:12
–SEE Law Despised, BIBLE, THE; THE WORD OF GOD
Despisers, DESPISERS
(4) Of the Word of God
Psa 50:17; Isa 5:24; Isa 30:12; Jer 6:10; Jer 8:9; Jer 20:8; Jer 36:23
Zec 7:12; Mar 7:13
–SEE Law Despised, BIBLE, THE; THE WORD OF GOD
Despisers, DESPISERS