The rejection of Jesus Christ.

John 8:37 “I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.”

Jesus Christ is without question the Son of God, the Saviour that God sent to this world to die for our salvation and shed His blood to wash all our sins away. He was born of Mary who was in the linage of Abraham and David and therefore Jesus is the rightful heir to King David’s earthly throne. “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:” Luke 1:32 However, He was rejected of the Jews. John wrote about the Jews rejecting Jesus, “He came unto his own, and his own received him not.” John 1:11 Since the Jewish Nation rejected Jesus Christ they sought to and did crucify Jesus who was the very Christ they were seeking. This was to show their rejection of Him as God’s Son and mankind’s God sent Saviour. So, let us ask ourselves, what can we learn from this rejection? It is easy for people to miss the Messiah and live a life of deceitful worship, never knowing the True Saviour. Today, people who are “Christians” by name only, church members by name only, and servants of God by name only, do not know the Saviour of mankind in their heart. While the Jews did not know Jesus nor recognize Him as God’s Son, many today while they recognize Him as God’s Son, recognize Him not as Saviour, and that is their condemnation. Jesus said, “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” John 3:18 This belief is not in your mind but rather in your heart, “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:10 Not with the blood pumping heart, but the spirit which is also known as the inner-man as Paul wrote in Ephesians 3:15 “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;” It is this “inner man” or spirit in man that is God’s communication place. It is this spirit that is dead in lost people and until it is made alive and you have absolutely no communications or no inner blessings from God. “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;” Ephesians 2:1 This is why Paul wrote in Romans 10:10 “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness…” it is the Holy Spirit that quickens your natural dead spirit and causes it to live, therefore having the ability to have communication with the Holy Spirit. “And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness...But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” Romans 8:10 – 11 It is thru this spiritual communication of God’s Spirit and our living spirit that we are blessed in being able to communicate with God. If your spirit has not been made alive by the Holy Spirit, then (1.) you are not saved. (2.) you cannot have any communications with the Father, and (3.) Jesus the Christ means nothing to you, and you are eternally lost regardless of your status in this life. Just as the Jews never knew Jesus Christ as Saviour, many who claim to know Him and claim to be Christians are just as wrong and just as lost about the Messiah and their eternal status. God’s word has no effect on these people; therefore, they create a religion and form their own doctrine that denies the True Saviour and word of God. They cannot see that God is Sovereign and that salvation is totally in the person of Jesus Christ. They abuse the scriptures, changing God’s truth into a lie, and creating a religion that praises themselves instead of God and Jesus. Just like the Jews are sadly wrong about Jesus so are the “Religionist Christians”. And why do they do this, “… because my word hath no place in you.” Therefore, Jesus went on to say, “And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.”  John 8:45 The bible is truth, but they seek to distort it because they cannot spiritually understand it if the Holy Spirit does not dwell in them. It is only those who God has truly saved by the power of the Holy Spirit and thru the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ that will ever understand the truth. “He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.” John 8:47 If you have not truly fled to Jesus Christ then today is the day of salvation if you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28, - “And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.” John 6:65, - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.  Romans 8:14