Healing ofRejection

Mark 15:29-34Ps. 55: 13-14, 20-21

Healing ofRejection

1. Rejection Wounds Deeply

Fruit of Rejection:• Withdraw• Fight Back• Compensate

Healing ofRejection

2. Rejection Can Come From Many Sourcesa. Parental Non-Involvement

b. Children’s Wrong Interpretationsc. Hurtful Wordsd. Bullying e. Betrayal f. Sexual Assaults

Healing ofRejection

a. Jesus Identifies with Our Rejection

“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” Isa. 53:3

“touched with the feelings of our infirmities” Heb. 4:15 KJV

3. Rejection Can Be Healed

3. Rejection Can Be Healed

Healing ofRejection

a. Jesus Identifies with Our Rejection

• He Was Neglected• He Was Betrayed• He Was Treated Unfairly• He Was Mocked• He Was Physically Abused

Healing ofRejection

b. Jesus Participates in Our Rejection…took up our infirmities.…carried our sorrows.…pierced for our transgressions.…crushed for our iniquities.…his punishment brought us peace.…by his wounds we are healed.Isa. 53:4-6

3. Rejection Can Be Healed

Healing ofRejection

c. Jesus Heals the Wounds of Our Rejection“But God demonstrates his love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Rom. 5:8

“Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us ” I Jn. 3:1 KJV

3. Rejection Can Be Healed