Luke 4:16-30: When Jesus came to save his people, they rejected him. He knows what it feels like when we feel left out and alone, rejected and not accepted. Insight from this article: https://lookingupward.org/2019/10/07/to-another-village-the-biblical-response-to-rejection/ https://youtu.be/vXVG0XTm754

1. Rejected
Luke 4:16-30

2. Someone Is Coming!
in you
all the
families
of the
earth
shall be
blessed.
Genesis
12:3
I will raise
up for them
a prophet
like you
from among
their
brothers.
Deuteronomy
18:18
I will
establish
the
throne
of his
kingdom
forever.
2 Samuel
7:13
Abram Moses David Isaiah
like a
lamb
that is
led to
the
slaughter
Isaiah
53:7
Then after
the sixty-two
weeks the
Messiah will
be cut off
and have
nothing
Daniel
9:26
Daniel

3. Someone Is Coming!
blessed.
Genesis
12:3
prophet
Deuteronomy
18:18
kingdom
2 Samuel
7:13
Abram Moses David Isaiah
lamb
Isaiah
53:7
Messiah
Daniel
9:26
Daniel
My servant …

4. Someone Is Coming!
blessed.
Genesis
12:3
prophet
Deuteronomy
18:18
kingdom
2 Samuel
7:13
Abram Moses David Isaiah
lamb
Isaiah
53:7
Messiah
Daniel
9:26
Daniel
My servant …
his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,
and his form beyond that of the children of mankind —
Isaiah 52:14

5. Someone Is Coming!
blessed.
Genesis
12:3
prophet
Deuteronomy
18:18
kingdom
2 Samuel
7:13
Abram Moses David Isaiah
lamb
Isaiah
53:7
Messiah
Daniel
9:26
Daniel
My servant …
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
Isaiah 53:2

6. Someone Is Coming!
blessed.
Genesis
12:3
prophet
Deuteronomy
18:18
kingdom
2 Samuel
7:13
Abram Moses David Isaiah
lamb
Isaiah
53:7
Messiah
Daniel
9:26
Daniel
My servant …
He was despised and rejected by men … and as
one from whom men hide their faces he was
despised, and we esteemed him not. Isaiah 53:3

7. Someone Is Coming!
blessed.
Genesis
12:3
prophet
Deuteronomy
18:18
kingdom
2 Samuel
7:13
Abram Moses David Isaiah
lamb
Isaiah
53:7
Messiah
Daniel
9:26
Daniel
My servant …
yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4

8. Someone Is Coming!
blessed.
Genesis
12:3
prophet
Deuteronomy
18:18
kingdom
2 Samuel
7:13
Abram Moses David Isaiah
lamb
Isaiah
53:7
Messiah
Daniel
9:26
Daniel
My servant …
scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
All who see me mock me
Psalm 22:6-7

9. And he came to his own, and his
own people did not receive him.
John 1.11

10. And he came to Nazareth

11. T
oday this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.

12. And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious
words that were coming from his mouth.

13. Is not this Joseph’s son?

14. Is not this Joseph’s son?
Where did this man get this wisdom
and these mighty works?

15. Is not this Joseph’s son?
Where did this man get this wisdom
and these mighty works?
And they took offense at him.

16. No prophet is acceptable
in his hometown.

17. No prophet is acceptable
in his hometown.

18. Why did they reject Jesus?

19. Why did they reject Jesus?
Familiarity

20. Why did they reject Jesus?
Familiarity Greed

21. Why did they reject Jesus?
Familiarity Greed

22. Why did they reject Jesus?
Familiarity Greed

23. Why did they reject Jesus?
Familiarity Greed Worldly

24. Why did they reject Jesus?
Familiarity Greed Worldly Prejudice

25. Why did they reject Jesus?
Familiarity Greed Worldly Prejudice Blind

26. Why did they reject Jesus?
Familiarity Prejudice
Greed Worldly Blind
No love
of God

27. Feeling Rejected?

28. Love your neighbor as yourself
James 2:8

29. Accepting Jesus

30. Accepting Jesus
You search the Scriptures because you think that
in them you have eternal life; and it is they that
bear witness about me
John 5:39

31. We implore you
on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20

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35. Firstborn Among Many Brothers
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Rejected
Luke 4:16-30
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
2023 January 29
www.1corinthians1614.com
Synopsis: When Jesus came to save his people, they rejected him. He knows what it feels like when we
feel left out and alone, rejected and not accepted.
Insight from this article: https://lookingupward.org/2019/10/07/to-another-village-the-biblical-response-to-
rejection/
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