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The Challenge of Rejection 0:01 Welcome to the ALSC podcast. Here at ALSC, we seek the lost, teach the found, and send the disciples. We truly hope you are encouraged by this week's message.0:12 For those of you who don't know, my name my name is Gabriel. I work for the, the children's department here at the church. So if you ever dropped off your kids thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. If0:24 you ever dropped off your kids, you might have seen me over there. We got a great team with Colin and Alyssa. They're holding it down right now while I'm over here, so your kids are safe, they're accounted for, it's0:33 alright, but I'm gonna spend some time with you guys, tonight going through the word if that's alright. Is that guys good with you guys? Alright. Good. I hope this, series has been good for you guys, the the series of0:44 Mark. I hope you guys have had your journals, you guys got your journals, you guys have been writing those, it's been really fruitful for you guys, that you've been seeing God's fruit in your life going through the book0:54 of Mark. We have fantastic preaching going through here, going through every verse, explaining what's going on and how it can apply to your life. And so today, we're gonna be in chapter1:05 6 of the book of Mark. And so if you have your Bibles, or you have your journals, or you have your phone, or you're watching online, you just want to listen, we're gonna be going through chapter 6. But,1:17 before we get into it, somebody came up to me before service started and they said they had an announcement that they wanted to make during service. And, I thought the best time for it to happen would be right before we1:29 get into the sermon because it is going to be a great segue into what we're talking about today. It's going to be a perfect segue into the topic today. So, Mark, I got a mic here for you, my man. The floor is yours.1:41 Go ahead.1:42 Alright, guys. I'm really nervous about this, okay? But I have something written down right here, and I just wanna say it right now. Alyssa,1:55 from the moment we met, I knew there was something extraordinary about you. Our shared faith has deepened my love for you, and I believe that God has brought us together for a purpose. Today, under2:07 the vast guy that he created, I wanna make a covenant with you. Will you marry me?2:15 I'm sorry. No. Okay. Okay. Okay. Hey, Mark. Mark, Mark, Mark. It's we got Pastor Kenny right here for you. He's2:26 available for counseling. But that is a great transition to what we're talking about today because today we're talking about rejection. We're talking about,2:38 not only was I know, it was hard for me to keep a straight face. We're talking about the people sitting next to him where they couldn't believe it. It2:50 was too good to be true for some people. And it was, it was. But we're talking about rejection. And not only was Jesus rejected, but he prepares us to be rejected as3:02 well. So you guys got your Bibles open to Mark chapter 6. If you guys can stand up for me really quick. We're gonna read Mark chapter 6 right now.3:15 I got the first 29 verses here, so we're only going up to verse 29, and then 30 is a whole other thing. So, I'm grateful I only have 29 verses today as opposed to, you know, Pastor Diego's had3:27 the roughest, I think. They give him 2 chapters at a time. But, we're gonna start reading. We're only gonna read the first 6 verses here. The word says, he went away from there and came to his3:39 hometown, and his disciples followed him. And, on the Sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue, And many who heard him were astonished saying, where did this man get these things?3:51 What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and4:03 Joses and Judas and Simon? And, are not his sisters here with us? And, they took offense at him. And, Jesus said to them, a prophet is not without honor except4:15 in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household. And he could do no mighty work there except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed4:26 them. And he marveled because of their unbelief, and he went about among the villages teaching. You guys can have a seat. Let's pray. Lord, we come before you right now and4:38 we just pray that you get me out of the way tonight, God. People came to hear you tonight, God. They didn't come to hear a man speaking with man's wisdom, Lord.4:51 I pray that your word would go forth tonight, Lord. That people's lives would change. That people would get ministered to. And, that we'd be sensitive to your word and what it has to say to us. In your name we5:02 pray, amen. Amen. Amen. Well, as I open, we're talking about rejection. And rejection is really throughout these whole 29 verses here. And raise your hand5:14 if you love getting rejected. No, no, no, no, no, Mark's hand is way down right now, right now. I don't know, nobody likes being rejected, and5:26 there's different ways we can get rejected. You can get rejected in a proposal, like right now, that's the worst way to get rejected, and we all witnessed that, and how did you feel? When she5:38 said no, and you realized this actually isn't happening right now. We didn't even get rejected, and we felt terrible about it. Maybe you get rejected from a job. You ever5:50 put your application in, they don't give you a callback, or you even go in for You take the extra step to go for an interview, but they're going in another direction. Wow. If anybody's been applying to schools, for I6:02 don't know what month it is for the fall, I guess. If you ever applied for a college and you get rejected, that's a tough thing. That's a tough thing. We're talking about6:13 rejection today. This first section obviously illustrates really good rejection with Jesus himself, and it's throughout these whole verses. We're gonna be talking about in the first 6 verses, a rejection of familiarity.6:26 In verses 7 to 13, a rejection by proximity. And in verses 14 to 29, rejection by pressure. So, let's get into it, let's start breaking down. I know we already read the6:38 first section, but let's start breaking down these verses as we get into it. So, verse 1, got your pens ready, let's get into it. He went away from there and came to6:50 his hometown, and his disciples followed him. And on the Sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astonished, saying, where did this man7:02 get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands? And we'll stop right there for now. We're going to be doing a lot of back and forth now. Okay? So, just keep7:14 your finger on your bible, keep your pen on your bible at all times, because at any time, we're just going to go right back into it and continue on with the verses and we'll get through all of these in a timely fashion,7:23 I promise. Hold on to your seats here. So, just a little bit of a recap, if you weren't here, for Pastor Aaron's message right before this, but Jesus just got finished healing7:35 Jairus' daughter. And Pastor Nathan and Pastor Aaron were both talking about how Jesus has power. That's what chapter 5 was really coming across with, Jesus has power. And Pastor7:47 Aaron talks about how faith kind of plays a role in there. And there's a difference between the woman's faith and Jairus' faith there. And so, now we get into chapter 6 and we're7:59 going to see a lot of rejection with Jesus. Some rejection with his followers, some rejection of his word. And so, Jesus has power and he's showing8:11 everybody his power and people are amazed and astonished by his power, he's going to get rejected. So, that's what Mark is going to show us right now, that in spite of Jesus'8:22 power, there's rejection that follows. And we've got to wrestle through that and we're going to do that tonight on how that works. So, in these first 2 verses, they're asking some good questions here.8:34 These people are asking genuine questions. Where did this man get these things? How does he have this wisdom? They seem unaware of how Jesus is so, so wise with the scriptures8:46 as He's teaching in the synagogue. And I think this speaks even to Jesus' humanity while in the gospels. Because He's at His hometown now. He left Jairus' daughter, and now He's in the hometown of Nazareth.8:58 That's where He grew up, Those are His people, that's where He's from.9:02 Yeah. Right.9:02 And so, it just goes to show that they're really confused when Jesus sits on the scene because He wasn't, He wasn't, how should I put this? He wasn't a fool yet, if that makes sense. Jesus9:14 grew when He was growing up. He grew up just like all of us in His humanity. If you're a man in here, you've been to any of the men's events, Luke 2 52. It says,9:27 And Jesus increased in wisdom, and in stature, and in favor with God and man. Amen. So, He wasn't just, He wasn't Jesus, age 33, when He was 5, and9:39 taking these people to school in the synagogue, throwing it down and going crazy. I mean, He did that a little bit at 12 that we'll see, like, Oh, He's growing in wisdom. He really grows, but right now he's growing. So,9:48 they're asking these questions, where did this guy come from it turns out? Where did he get these things? Because we didn't have these here, this wasn't Jesus before. But it starts to switch up a little10:00 bit. Their questions change a little bit, from being genuine, to being a little cynical, to being slight handed. They're giving them a right hand right10:12 now. Verse 3, Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters here with10:23 us? And they took offense at him. And Jesus said to them in verse 4, A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown, among his relatives, and10:35 in his own household. So, now their questions are different. It's not the same kind of It starts to go down the rabbit hole of getting more cynical here. It's not10:47 as cutthroat. They're saying, I don't know if you've ever been in a situation where somebody does something, maybe they're trying to impress you, maybe they're, I don't know, just something comes off the wrong10:59 way, and you're just, this guy. This guy's right here. To them, Jesus is just this guy. Who is this guy? Who does this guy think he is, trying to share this wisdom right now. And not only11:11 do they just think, Who is he? But they almost use a derogatory statement here. They say, Son of Mary. I don't know if you know this, but that's the11:23 only time that that phrase is used in the New Testament. This is the only time Jesus is referred to as the son of Mary. You know, culturally, especially back then, and11:34 even scripturally, he's always referred to as the son of Joseph. But here's the son of Mary. You know, he grew up in Nazareth, so those people would11:46 know his situation. Giving birth. You're right there with me. I love it. If you're unaware, the11:58 Holy Spirit impregnated Mary. So Joseph's not really the father. And so, it's almost a slight of hand to him. Son of Mary, because I can't call you the son12:10 of your daddy because we don't know who that is. Right? She said it was the Holy Spirit, but who knows at this point? Who knows with the wisdom you're sharing right now? I don't know what to think anymore. Son of Mary.12:20 Son of Mary. That's good. You see, they're rejecting Jesus right now. Jesus is facing rejection in His hometown.12:32 Their their familiarity, that's what I'm talking about, their familiarity with Jesus, how familiar they were with him leads to their rejection of him ultimately. Now,12:44 what does this say for us today? For us today, what could that even look like? Well, maybe you know some people that have been raised in church their whole12:56 life, and then they end up leaving the faith. Maybe, maybe, maybe people just been burnt out on Christianity. They've been13:08 there, they've done that with the church. They become too they're so familiar with it. Oh, I know Christians, I know that life, I left that life because I didn't like the way it went down, or I didn't like this or13:19 that. They didn't like it. Their familiarity, oh, they lost their love for the Savior there. I want to encourage you guys tonight, that we want you to come13:31 to church as much as you can. We want you to read your bible as much as you can. We want you to pray as much as you can. But, you have to remember that you cannot lose13:43 your love for the savior when you're doing all those things. Because if you don't and you're not careful, it could lead to rejection. Yes. The people in Nazareth13:55 were right there with Him physically. They had the physical Jesus there. They had His physical wisdom there. That's good. And they rejected Him. And so, we can't think we're so much better14:07 than those people in the Bible that didn't know what was going on when they had the man right there. It happens all the time with us today. And we have to be careful and we have to be watchful and we have to be14:19 on our toes to make sure that we always have that love and that love matches what God loves for us. Amen. Alright. Verse 5,14:31 this is the interesting thing here, this might have, you guys might have looked at this verse and be like, woah, and he could do no mighty work there except that he laid his hands on a few sick14:43 people and healed them. So, what happened? We just saw Jesus doing mighty works in chapter 5.14:57 He was bringing people back from the dead in chapter 5. And now, he gets to Nazareth and he can't do anything there except, it says, heal a few sick people.15:09 What's going on? Why could Jesus not do that? Is he not all powerful anymore? Can he not do anything he wants to do anymore? Well,15:21 Pastor Aaron gave us a little glimpse into what that is. Faith. Faith and God's power go hand in hand. It plays a role. Faith plays a role15:33 here. And so, the people of Nazareth reject Jesus. And so, he's not going to It's not that he couldn't do anything, it's that he wouldn't do anything. He's not15:45 going to get even God's50:51 We really hope you enjoyed the message. 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