By Charles Crosby The question of the age: Do the unsaved actually reject Jesus Christ, or better, can they do anything else but ‘reject’ Him? Now here is a dictionary definition of rejection? To renounce, denounce, throw away or discard with no further use for - to treat with utter contempt. Now, in order for this reaction to happen i.e. when rejecting a person, there has to have been a real on going relationship in the first place in order for real rejection to take place. To treat someone with utter contempt you must have grounds or a substantive reason, to come to the decision to treat the person in this way. When a boyfriend dumps his girlfriend or a girlfriend dumps her boyfriend their relationship is brought to sudden end and rejection has most definitely taken place. If, on the other hand, you were to walk up to a stranger in the street and tell him you reject him, he would look at you, probably scratch his head in bewilderment, and if he were a kind person, ask you, if you felt OK. If not a kind person, he would probably tell you to do the other thing in no uncertain terms and consider you unhinged. Now this, obviously, is not rejection, yet it is on this very same ridiculous notion that mainstream ‘Christianity’ bases their muddled ideas on rejection of Jesus Christ by the lost and the unsaved. In the event of ‘rejecting’ Jesus Christ on the sandy foundation of the latter example, i.e. that we are strangers to Jesus Christ, how can that be rejection? The lost and the unsaved are complete strangers to Jesus Christ, they don’t know Him nor do they acknowledge Him and He doesn’t know them either. Many today now say He never even existed, so how can there be rejection!! The whole idea and nonsense that the unsaved masses ‘reject’ Jesus Christ is patently a lie and a myth - something that has literally been made up by men of religion - It certainly isn’t Biblical. Now, as described earlier, to reject Jesus Christ on the metaphorical boyfriend/girlfriend basis as in John 6:66, “From that time many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him.” there is only a certain punishment awaiting the individual concerned, for being so cowardly, foolish and/or wicked. Furthermore, if this individual continues in his stubborn refusal to come back to The Lord, he or she will then be, as Hebrews states, in big trouble: Hebrews 10:26-27 “For if we sin wilfully (voluntarily without a thought or consideration) after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation (God’s wrath), which shall devour the adversaries.” (Brackets mine) This passage applies to people who, now notice, sin wilfully after receiving knowledge of The Truth, and who is The Truth? Jesus Christ of course. These people in John 6 were really rejecting Jesus Christ, they had come to know Him personally, but turned their backs on Him - that is true rejection and cannot be likened nor compared to the non-existent relationship between the unsaved and Jesus Christ. However, yet even whilst Our Lord was dying in agony on the cross He said: “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” What we have to ask ourselves here is this: did The Father answer Our Lord’s request? Most assuredly He did, for that is what His sacrifice and the gift of Grace is all about. He died whilst we were still sinners, whilst still in our sins, so that at the point of our calling, everything has already been done for us and all we have to do is believe and more importantly; keep on believing through thick and thin - trusting in faith. Right, all the above knowledge and Truth is a fundamental fact which mainstream Christianity misses and misunderstands because they think that any unsaved human being that ‘rejects’ Jesus Christ in this life is doomed to fiery eternal damnation or hell - their favourite word. OK, let’s assume, just for this article, they are right and we apply this idea to the masses regarding Salvation; all the while bearing in mind that God is a God of love, mercy and forgiveness and at the same time, Jesus Christ said these very words regarding the masses whilst He walked this earth: Matt 13:10-15. “And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11 He answered and said unto them, because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.” (Emphasis mine) These verses clearly state that Jesus Christ was hiding The Truth from the majority of people with only a select few, the called and chosen - the twelve disciples, privy to knowing Jesus Christ and Him as The Truth. All this Biblical evidence flies in the face of the teachings of mainstream ‘Christianity’ even the whole idea that The Father is calling millions of people to His Son in this life. Why do they do this and think this way? Easy, they are deceived by men of religion and are therefore deluded. Now this ‘rejection’ by the unsaved that these deceived Christians get all hung up about can be likened to a child called Johnny who when offered a meal that mum has never prepared before will often say “ugh, I don’t like it and I don’t want it - I hate it” and no amount of persuasion by mum, will get naughty little Johnny to change his mind. However, this is not true rejection of what his mum is offering him because he doesn’t know how good the meal is and won’t know until he’s tried it and what’s more, his loving mum knows this. This is how it is with the unsaved and their ‘rejection’ of what Our Lord offers them. This is why He said “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” They cannot know what they are doing, because only The Father can open their eyes to show them how lost they are and thereby give them the ability to want to know Him. We as lost souls cannot of ourselves, make a decision to follow Jesus Christ - it’s impossible!! This is the fundamental that mainstream Christianity doesn’t understand - the unsaved don’t know what they are doing. Now I will add in one of my favourite Scriptures; John 6:44 “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.” Now notice this Scripture carefully, for it is as important for what it doesn’t say as for what it does say. What if the Father is not calling everyone now in this age and what of all those who will be part of the second resurrection? Rev 20, for there is a physical resurrection; Ezekiel’s famous valley of bones proves that. This resurrection is unlike our Born Again Spiritual resurrection which we as true believers in this age will be part of when Our Lord returns - The First Resurrection [1 Cor 15]. This resurrection predates the second resurrection by one thousand years. Rev 20:5. So what is this second resurrection? Rev 20:12 “And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened :” These people are resurrected and judged (evaluated) by their works, and we know salvation cannot be earnt by works. These people are dead; notice “And I saw the dead small and great stand before God.” Not literally dead because they’re standing before God’s Throne, yet they are still dead. How can this be? This can be because they are Spiritually dead not physically dead, so this means these people have yet to live second physical lives in The Kingdom of God and will be given their first chance to repent. This is why John 6:44 is so crucial, because no one can come to Jesus Christ unless The Father draws them. Now moving on, ask yourselves this question: How will this occur? “All Israel shall be saved?” For this is what Our Lord says through Paul in Romans 11:26. What of all the Jews and Israelites that have died in their sins having ‘rejected’ Jesus Christ, having never repented of those sins in this life? Are we, in our stubborn ignorance, going to condemn the unsaved and at the same time create another ‘Biblical contradiction’? Well I for one, am not. Finally and apart from what I have written above on this subject, there is seemingly another twist to this. In Matthew 28:19-20 it says this: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Now, is this Scripture a contradiction of what The Lord said in Matthew 13? No, no way, for there are no contradictions in God’s Word just our poor understanding of it. The Lord tells us to teach all nationalities, all peoples, but notice, He doesn’t say “so that multiple millions of them will be converted” Yes, teach all nationalities, but only those I have called and chosen. There we are, Matthew 28:19-20 now has a totally different meaning to what mainstream ‘Christianity’ believes and all due to the fact that they think this life is the only opportunity for mankind to be saved; a blasphemy and a nonsense, and to prove it, let’s go to 1 Tim 2:4 “Who will have (desires) all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” (Brackets mine.) If God desires something do you think He is going to have His desires satiated or not? Is God all powerful or weak? I will leave you all to answer this question for yourselves. Right, there we have it, concrete evidence that all men will come to the knowledge of The Truth, and who is The Truth? Jesus Christ is The Truth. So all men will come to know Jesus Christ, but when? Well not in this age that’s for sure. Feel free to contact me at yes2faith@yahoo.co.uk if you wish to know more about God’s Truth - Jesus Christ. Charles Crosby Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Charles_Crosby http://EzineArticles.com/?What-is-True-Rejection-of-Our-Lord-Jesus-Christ?&id=288797 personal garentee loan nerd runt payday snicker grand baton rouge bad credit car loan easy to get personal loans
