Rejection is defined as feeling unwanted, excluded, and worthless. It can be caused by being deserted by a spouse or feeling rejected after being married young. Having a crushed spirit is difficult to bear. Rejection can result in an inability to receive and pass on love and be passed down from generation to generation. Wrong ways of handling rejection include depression, masking one's feelings, and seeking revenge. The remedy for rejection is found in Isaiah 53, which describes how Jesus took on our infirmities and sorrows upon the cross, experiencing punishment and wounds so that we could be forgiven and healed from our rejection. The cross provides a divine exchange where Jesus experienced what we deserve so that we can receive acceptance. The way to apply this

2. Rejection – Cause & Cure
A. Definition
Opposite = acceptance
‘Rejection’ = the feeling of being
unwanted, excluded, worthless, not really
belonging, somehow on the outside
looking in, but never knowing how to get
on the inside.

3. Rejection – Cause & Cure
Isaiah 54:4-6…
…a wife deserted & distressed in spirit
…a wife married young, only to be
rejected.
Proverbs 18:14…
‘A man’s spirit sustains him in sickness, but
a crushed spirit, who can bear?”

4. Rejection – Cause & Cure
B. Result of Rejection:
Inability to receive and pass on love
I John 4:19 - we love him, because he first
loved us.
Rejection passed down from one
generation to the next

5. Rejection – Cause & Cure
C. Wrong ways of Handling Rejection
(1) Depression

6. Rejection – Cause & Cure
C. Wrong ways of Handling Rejection
(2) Masking

7. Rejection – Cause & Cure
C. Wrong ways of Handling Rejection
(3) Revenge

8. Rejection – Cause & Cure
D. Remedy - Isaiah 53 : 4 - 6
‘Surely he took up our infirmities and carried
our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken
by God, smitten by him & afflicted. But he
was pierced for our transgression, he was
crushed for our iniquities, and the punishment
that brought us peace was upon him and by
his wounds we are healed. We all like sheep
have gone astray, each of us have turned to
his own way, and the Lord has laid on him the
iniquity of us all.”

10. Rejection – Cause & Cure
Cross = Divine Exchange
Jesus … So that we might …
… was punished … be forgiven
… was wounded … be healed
… was made sin … be made righteo
… took our curses … be blessed
… died our death … have eternal life
… was rejected … be accepted

11. Rejection – Cause & Cure
E. How to apply God’s Remedy
1. Repent
2. Forgive
3. Exchange
4. Belong
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