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This message from Danny delves into the dramatic biblical account in Matthew 27:15-23, focusing on the moment the crowd chose Barabus over Jesus, called the Christ. It explores the incredible scene of Jesus taking the place of a guilty man, bearing the punishment Barabus deserved. Imagine being Barabus, facing death for your crimes, only to be freed while the innocent Jesus is led to the cross.Danny highlights the swift shift in public opinion from "Hosanna" to "Crucify". He points out the irony of Barabus's name, meaning "son of the father," potentially even "Jesus Barabbus," contrasting with Jesus, the true Son of the Father. The message emphasizes the profound truth that Jesus literally carried the cross Barabus would have carried, taking his death.Verses ReferencedMatthew 27:15-23Luke 9John 10:182 Corinthians 5:21

This teaching is from Matthew Matthew 26:69 - 27:31, Deuteronomy 27:25, Zechariah 11:12.-13, Jeremiah 19:1-13, Isaiah 53:4-8 The story of Jesus' trial continues with a look into what's transpiring in the courtyard. We see Peter being accused of knowing Jesus 3 different times and all three times Peter denies knowing Jesus. But then the rooster crows and he remembers Jesus' words predicting his denial. Peter leaves the courtyard in tears. Meanwhile, Judas is experiencing remorse as he sees that Jesus is condemned. Judas returns the 30 pieces of silver realizing he has betrayed innocent blood and goes out to the hang himself. The story moves into the Roman part of the trial.  Note: it is not just the Jewish leadership sentencing Jesus, it is the Gentiles as well.  Showing us that It is all of us who have put Jesus on the cross.  "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23.  Isaiah 53:4-6 “Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
    stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions,
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
    and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
    each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.” Jesus is brought before Pontius Pilot and asked, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Throughout the testimonies against Him, Jesus remains quiet. Jesus' silence is a fulfillment of the prophetic verses found in Isaiah 53:7-8 “He was oppressed and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
 For he was cut off from the land of the living;
    for the transgression of my people he was punished.” Pilot could see that the charges against Jesus are drummed up - and while proceedings are going on Pilot's wife sends him a message, “Don't have anything o do with the innocent man for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of Him.” Pilot had the option to release one prisoner - asking the crowd who they would like released - Jesus or Barabus - the crowd chooses to release Barabus and they cheer for Jesus to be crucified. Pilot then washes His hands saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood. It is your responsibility.” And then Pilot has Jesus flogged and handed over to be crucified. Visit our website here https://www.awakeusnow.com Watch the video from our website https://www.awakeusnow.com/matthew-discipling Watch the video from Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTaaqrC3dMOxHZDaamNk9DaM7h7LejJj7 Watch via our app. Text HELLO to 888-364-4483 to download our app. We invite you to join us for our Sunday service every Sunday at 9:30am CT (live or on demand) here: https://www.awakeusnow.com/sunday-service

We all need encouragement.  The Bible tells us about Barabus who was an encourager.  What makes this man so special?  Let's explore what it means to be a generous giver.

What is this, freakin' Christmas time or something, haha? Nah but for real, here's another compilation of classic bangers and goofs from our past, to make up for taking a little break this past week. All of your favourites or new favourites are here such as Zack Snyder's interview, anime voice acting, greasy gross woman, Melee players, cringe contest, r/amitheasshole, Spore virus, losing your Disney job, joke stealing, Holmes and Watson, Gaylord Focker, reddit comments, Superhero 2008 movie reviews, TikTokTit, Superman vs the British, white vision, Puppy Girl, gooey decimal system, the popemobile, Alf driving school, secularizing every religion, Barabus, legalized mysticism, explaining the blockchain to a pilgrim, omnitrix vs duel disk, weed lootboxes, child birthday bong rip, Scooby doo letterman jacket, truck nuts necklace, Pokemon black face, and Kerog. Let us blast you with our past. Check out our monkey merch!: https://my-store-c638a6.creator-spring.com

This week we talk about Barabus, Jack Nicholson, Church, The Griddy, Johnny Carson, Buckner's fango's, tattoos, Arsenal's series of unfortunate events, Chelsea and the relegation battle, Wolves Stomped, Jota back on track, Leafs win, Pablo Aimar & Lucho Gonzalez & Bruno Fernandes, Lucas Macnaughton, Local Lads (Toronto FC & York United FC) The Champions League, The Portuguese League, Premier League, Ligue 1, Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, Stonk of the Week, & Joao Wonder! Enjoy! Hey you, yeah you, the person reading this... go rate and review the podcast! Twitter: @Portugal_Corner Instagram: @theportugalcorner Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/ThePortugalCorner Google: theportugalcorner@gmail.com Anchor: https://anchor.fm/joao-wonder Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3JhYDg9UQ5mpMMOkaItpwx Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-portugal-corner/id1553421610?l=en Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80YzM4YzQ1Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw=

As Peter is confronted in his hypocrisy along with Barabus and the rest of the Jewish Christians. We learn of the nature of the mob's power over the individual and the courage of standing in Christ Jesus. Paul asks a very important queastion... Does following Christ mean we can do what we want? Choose a religion or a theological path? The answer is as emphatic as it is straightfoward.love you, Erick

Sermon Manuscript I want you to travel back in time with me. Imagine everything that happened on the journey to Jerusalem.It began with an intentional shift. In the middle of his ministry, the Scriptures say, “he set his face to go to Jerusalem.” The annual spring-time feasts were coming up and he knew he needed to be in Jerusalem. And then, every step. Every movement was intentional. It's not that ministry didn't happen on the way. It did. He continued to bless many and to powerfully teach and preach.That, in itself, is amazing thing to think about. He knew what was going to happen – that he would suffer. He made that divine leading clear to his companions. But his closest friends wouldn't have it. “May it never be.” They said. He rebuked them. This was God's divine will, even though they didn't understand.And so they pressed on with him, to Jerusalem.When he arrived, he was warmly greeted. But Jerusalem overflowed with people – Jews from all over on their pilgrimage. Hundreds of thousands. The temple area was jam packed - people coming and going, prayers and sacrifices. Then things started to unravel. His very presence in the temple stirred things up.That's when everyone seemed to turn against him. In no small way, either. The Jewish leaders wanted him dead. Everything he stood for threatened them - threatened their power and position. So they sought to stamp him out… and his followers. To them, his teaching and claims hd already gotten out of control.Next, word spread – truth and lies - who he was, what they thought he stood for.He was soon arrested, bound by Roman soldiers. Ordered to be flogged. Put on trial - a mock trial, mind you. The verdict was already set in their minds. He was bruised and beaten. Hit in the face in front of the high priest. What could the Romans do? The charges were baseless, the Romans knew that and said so. But the crowd wanted nothing else but his death. They had been shouting “Away with this man.” They plotted his death.What happened next?Well, that depends on who you think I was talking about.If you thought I was speaking about Jesus, you would be right! Everything I said portrayed his Journey to Jerusalem.If you thought I was speaking about the apostle Paul, you would be right! Everything I said portrayed his Journey to Jerusalem.There's at least 12 parallels between Jesus' journey to Jerusalem and his trial… and Paul's journey to Jerusalem and his trial. This isn't a coincidence. Luke, the author of Acts, and the author of the Gospel according to Luke unpacks both for us.An important question is “why?” Why did God orchestrate this parallel account, and Luke then highlight it?Well, the answer, I believe, goes back to why this very book was written. Do you remember the themes? • A - the ascended Christ, • C - the Church, • T - to the ends of the earth, and • S - the Holy Spirit. God has been working his plan. It's all been coming together. There's been an explosion of Jesus followers. And part of what Luke, guided by the Holy Spirit, is informing his reader is that it's all true. As Luke has unpacked the history of the early church in Acts • the miracles have testified to its truth, • the repeated outpouring of the Spirit from Jerusalem, to Judea, Samaria, and ends of the earth have testified to its truth. • AND, the parallel between Paul and Jesus up to this point have testified to its truth. That God is in the midst of it all. Luke was validating Paul's authenticity - his teaching and his ministry.It's easy to skim over the last few chapters of Acts. Right?We think, “what's going on here?” It's a legitimate question. We're given these long accounts of Paul's trials. There's some repetition. Some of you have asked me, “what are you going to do with this text or that text?” Actually, I've asked myself that question at times. But what I've found is that these later chapters go much deeper than a surface level reading. The Lord shows us, first, that he's in control over all of it, second, that the Gospel is still going to the ends of the earth – he's even using the Romans to provide cover and protection for the Gospel message, and third, along the way, besides those things, he's teaching us about hope and about boldness in sharing Christ.I wanted to start there for an introduction because we're at another turning point in Acts. The parallels between Paul and Jesus journey diverge here. Jesus continued on the path to the cross. Paul, however, was rushed away from Jerusalem, from immanent death. He began his long journey to Rome.You'll notice my sermon is titled “A matter of life and death.” If I had points this morning, I would have 4 of the: point 1, “a matter of life and death,” point 2, “a matter of life and death,” and youcan figure out my last points - “a matter of life and death.” • That's because for these 40 assassins, if you could call them that, they saw this matter as a matter of life and death. • For Paul, the situation was for sure a matter of life and death. • For the Romans, this became a matter of life and death.• And for us, these matters are matters of life and death. That's because, for Jesus, in his parallel journey, years earlier, the matter was a matter of life and death.Let me start with a couple of reminders. Last week in our study, the apostle Paul had been on trial with the Sanhedrin – they were the Jewish leaders. The Romans were the ones who called for the trial. But it devolved into another brawl. Paul pinpointed the very reason they were all there. The resurrection. Well, that stirred the pot, so to speak. The Romans had to again rescue Paul from death – it even says “they were afraid Paul would be torn to pieces.” So they brought Paul back to the barracks. And that night, Jesus appeared to Paul. That's up in verse 11. Jesus not only encouraged Paul, but promised that Paul would testify about him in Rome.And the question we're left with is this: Just how is Paul going to get to Rome? He's in a tight spot. He's in the jail right there on the north side of the temple mount. Not the safest place for Paul to be.And that's when the plot to kill him was hatched. 40 Jews bound themselves by oath to kill Paul. They wouldn't eat or drink until they had killed him. That's how serious they were! Why? Because this was a matter of life and death to them. Historical records outside of Scripture describe a Jewish group of trained militia. These were likely those men – not a random group of angry Jews with their shovels. They were likely skilled fighters. They risked their own lives. Remember, Paul was in a Roman jail, so these 40 men would be going up against the Romans. They knew, even the ones that survived would likely face death for their involvement if Paul was killed. Paul was a Roman citizen, after all, and had the rights and privileges and protection.But it wasn't just these 40 Jews. No, complicit in their plot was the Sanhedrin – the chief priests, which included Ananias the high priest and the council of elders. So the 40 brought their proposal to the Sanhedrin. The Sanhedrin signed on to it. They agreed to request Paul for further questioning. The plan was that when Paul was brought out, they would ambush the Romans and kill Paul.This matter was so serious to all of them, that they were compelled to take things into their own hands. In their minds, they had to undermine the Roman authority. Paul needed to die. The idea of killing their enemy was not new to them, of course. Jesus was crucified at the hands of the Romans because of the Jews insistence. And Stephen was martyred, by the Jews. But there's something new, here. They risked their own lives.So the stakes have been raised. This was a matter of life and death for Paul. Now let's go back to the earlier question: how will God protect Paul as he promised?Well, from the most unlikely of sources. A boy – the text says, “young man.” We're not given his exact age, but the tribune had taken him by the hand. We get the sense that he was perhaps a young teenager.Not only that, but he's Paul's nephew! And Paul has a sister. We didn't know that before! It appears that they have a good relationship. Maybe they were Christians? Paul's family likely would have disowned him if not… since he was such an outcast among the Jews. But also, Paul does mention a different family member who was a Christian. At the end of the book of Romans, Paul greets a relative who was part of the church in Rome.We have several teenage boys here. One thing is for sure. You all like to snoop around. Your curiosity sometimes gets you in trouble, doesn't it? I know, I've been there… and I know a couple of you pretty well. Imagine that God used your snooping to save your uncle. Maybe you were hiding on the roof – I mean what boy doesn't like being on a roof! Yesterday at our workday we needed to clean off the roof to fix the leaks, so I asked, “who wants to work on the roof?” and every single boy said “me me me.”Well, you were on the roof, no one saw you, and you overheard a plot. Some men were going to murder your uncle! You heart was pounding. You snuck off just as stealthily as you had gotthere. And you ran to let your uncle know. You saved his life.We're not told just how this boy overheard, but God had put him in the right place at the right time. And Paul's nephew ran and told Paul what he heard. Remember, even though Paul was in prison, he had not yet been charged with a crime. He had more freedom. The Romans would have let his nephew in to see him.This set off a chain of events.• Paul's nephew was brought to the Roman tribune. He was the senior military officer in the region• Paul's nephew told them the plot – all the details. That included how serious these 40 men were, not eating or drinking. And how the Sanhedrin were part of the conspiracy.• The tribune took it all in… and then told the young man not to tell anyone.Boys, that was probably the hardest part. Not telling anyone. “Hey, I know something secret, but I can't tell you.” “what do you mean you can't tell me? If you tell me, I promise I won't tell anyone.” “well, ok, if you promise.” You know the temptation.And so the chain of events continued. The Roman tribune launched a counter measure. 470 men. That included soldiers, mounted cavalry, and trained men with spears. That's over 10 times more men than the 40. It says they left at “the third hour of the night.” That would be about 9pm. Picture in your mind all the soldiers, swords, horses, spears, as they converged to the temple area to retrieve Paul. And then imagine as they soldiered off to Caesarea with their precious cargo. • Proverbs 21:1 - The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He wishes.• Psalm 22:28 – Kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.• Isaiah 46:9 - I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning... saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose, ...I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.'• John 19:10 - Pilate said to [Jesus], “...Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?” Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above."God orchestrated all of it. In a display of his providence, he protected his apostle and used the secular Roman authority to accomplish it. Everything that comes to pass is in his hands.It's not that the Romans didn't have their reasons to protect Paul. Rather, God used their motivations. You see, this was also a matter of life and death for the Romans. Were Paul to have been killed as a Roman citizen under their watch, then they in turn would have faced the death penalty.Or consider the Roman tribune, Claudius (verse 26). His motivation was personal. He wanted to take advantage of the situation for personal gain. Look at the letter he wrote to Governor Felix in verses 26-30. He began, “O his excellency, the governor Felix!” Let me summarize the rest of it: “I” “I” “I” “me,” “I.” That's pretty much it! Claudius made himself the hero of the story! Notice he conveniently didn't mention he almost flogged a Roman citizen.God sovereignly worked this all out. He used Paul's nephew. He used the Romans. He will take his Gospel spokesman, the apostle Paul, to Rome.Beloved, God is in control of all matters in your life. Matters of life and death. His providence oversees your activities, who you meet, what happens each moment. This doesn't take away the responsibilities God has given you. No, the Scriptures are clear about that. But God orchestrates all of it… everything that comes to pass. That doesn't mean physical health or protection all the time. You know that. Stephen's martyrdom demonstrated that. But if you remember, Stephen's martyrdom also demonstrated God's sovereignty in all that he accomplished through it. The dispersion of God's people all over.Paul's life is a prime example. As you know, this situation was not the first matter of life and death for him. No, everywhere he went, he encountered life and death situations. But God went before him. Through the persecution and trials, God comforted him. Guided him. Gave him strength to persevere. This did not mean that Paul sat back and let his enemies overcome him. No, several times he acted in self-defense – • He escaped out of window in a wall• He used his Roman citizenship as cover • He was persuaded not to jump in the middle of the mob in Ephesus • He left Berea early because of the persecution. Acts 23 is no different. When Paul's nephew reported the murderous plot, Paul acted to protect his life. Maybe he thought, “Oh, this is the way God is going to rescue me!” But none of his actions were done out of fear. No, he willingly entered into danger… it gave him an opportunity to share the salvation found in Christ alone. For example, in his journey to Jerusalem, the Spirit spoke to him multiple times about the persecution he would experience in Jerusalem. Agabus the prophet predicted he would be bound. But none of that deterred him.Where can you draw an apostle Paul kind of comfort in life and death? We jointly confirmed an answer this morning - the Heidelberg Catechism question 1, written 450 years ago. Centuries and centuries of Christians have been blessed by these words.Let me read some parts of it, again, but imagine that the apostle Paul saying these words to you. “My only comfort in life and death is that I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ… He preserves me in such a way that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head…. Through his Holy Spirit he also assures me of eternal life and makes me heartily willing and ready from now on to live for him.” And if I can add… “or to die in him”CS Lewis used the phrase “die before you die.” I think that he may have gotten that saying from the puritans. “die before you die.” Be prepared to die, not in a morbid sense at all! No rather in a glorious hope sense. The beginning of Colossians 3 speaks of this same thing. It say, “set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” We have already died in Christ, died to our sin and it's consequences, died to the world. Instead, we are alive in Christ. Our life is “hidden in him.”If you are a believer in Christ Jesus, you belong to him, body and soul. He holds you in his hands in this life. And he holds you in his hands in death. There's no greater comfort in life and death than to rest and trust in the savior. The more and more you grasp hold of this promise, the more and more you are freed from the fear of dying, the more and more you can live! This is joy and peace in all matters of life and death!So, Paul's journey continued. He was whisked away to Caesarea by the sea, to Felix, the regional governor, who received him and read the letter. He agreed to hear the matter once Paul's accusers arrive. Paul will spend some time there, detained, but then begin a journey to Rome.Jesus's journey, on the other hand, took a different turn. After the crowd shouted, “Away with him,” they then shouted, “Release Barabus.” In Jesus's case, the mob would get their way, or so they thought. Pilate, the Roman governor, released Barabus, the guilty one, and had Jesus, the innocent one, taken away for a Roman style execution.The persecution continued as he was led away. His hands and feet nailed to a wooden cross. The Jewish leaders and the rest of the mob looked on, as the cross was hoisted. In their minds, they had won. This man Jesus, and his followers would be no more. But what they didn't realize is that their actions played into God's perfect will. You see, God the father had orchestrated everything that had taken place. The very thing that they though would put an end to this - the death of Jesus, was the very thing that God used to bring life. In him, in Jesus, are found all matters of life and death.

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Silent Killers Pt.1 REJECTION Sunday, May 3, 2020 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-12 Infection occurs when viruses, bacteria, or other microbes enter your body and begin to multiply. Disease occurs when the cells in your body are damaged as a result of infection, and signs and symptoms of an illness appear. An infection is when something from the outside gets on the inside and starts to destroy your body from the inside out. The infection is silently killing you before the symptoms appear. Example/illustration; Building barbed wire fence as a kid, I was always getting cut. Eventually it would scab over and then go away. Sometimes, if the wound was deep enough and it went unaddressed, it could get infected. It may scab over and look ok on the outside (for a time) while still doing damage on the inside. Eventually, symptoms would start too manifest on the outside eluding to what was going on on the inside. Redness, swelling, pus, etc... If still left untreated, this small wound could eventually set up gangrene and cause me to loose a limb or die! The danger of unaddressed wound is it becomes subject to infection! The cut might not kill you, but the infection will! Today I want to talk about a silent killer called rejection! Rejection is something that everybody has to deal with. No mater who you are, your educational background, your cultural background, socioeconomic background, you either have or will experience rejection on some level. Jesus’ life was full of rejection! Rejected by the inn keeper, “No room for you here, sleep in the barn.” Rejected by the religious scholars, “can anything good come from Nazareth.” Rejected by the ones He came to save, “Give us Barabus”! Rejected by Peter, “I do not know Him!”. Rejected by the Father, “My God my God, why have you forsaken me!”. Jesus was despised and rejected so you could be loved and accepted! The word rejection comes from the Latin and means to throw backwards. The enemy wants to use rejection to take you backward and keep you from moving forward in what God has for you. Rejection is a soul wound. A soul wound is a different kind of wound. It is not a physical wound, it is an internal wound. You can be wounded on the inside and look fine on the outside! When we underestimate this type of wound we do not address this type of wound. And unaddressed wound will cause an infection Of the soul. An infection caused by rejection does not manifest in pus, but personalities. This will cause us to mistake infection for identity. That bad attitude… Thats not identity, that’s infection! That hard heartedness, not allowing anyone to get close to you.. Unable to connect on anything more than surface level… That’s not identity, that’s infection! That works mentality that says “if I want something done right I have to do it myself”, that’s infection! That people pleasing tendency that sacrifices your purpose on the alter of some else’s pleasure… That’s infection! That messiah complex that drives me to swoop in and save the day, help people who don’t even want to help themselves… That’s infection! That timidity that will not allow your to use the gifts and talents God gave you because your afraid of failure… Thats not identity, That’s infection! We cannot dismiss dysfunction as identity! Why? Because dismissed dysfunction will destroy destiny! We don’t want to deal with dysfunction because it hurts! No doubt God is the great healer, but sometimes I would prefer a little more anesthetic. An anesthetic is a substance that induces insensitivity to pain. The Lord spoke to me and said; “There is power in pain. Pain will motivate you to change. When you are tired enough of the pain you will deal with the cause. I shielded you from experiencing much of the pain because you couldn’t handle it, but I allowed you to experience a certain amount of pain to persuade you of my faithfulness!” Transition: Rejection is a silent killer! If left unaddressed, it is a wound that will destroy your life from the inside out. Our text and the overall story of our text is full of rejection and the corresponding manifestations. I can not find anyone in the Bible other than Jesus who experienced more rejection that David. But David was not the only one in our text to experience rejection. “Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.” Samuel was partial to king Saul because God had used him to anoint him King. He was mourning over the rejection of Saul. Sometimes you have to stop looking at the dead things to see the living. Samuel was taking Saul’s rejection personally and it was restricting his movement! Rejection will keep you locked in the past when God wants to move you into your future! Rejection will keep you mourning dead things and cause you to miss new opportunities. Rejection will affect movement. 6 So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!” 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” Samuel was a seer yet he could not see that Eliab was not Gods chosen king. He was seeing through the eyes of disappointment and rejection. Rejection can distort your vision! When you not seeing clearly you revert back to the last thing God did and how He did it. 1 Samuel 9:2 NKJV [2] And he had a choice and handsome son whose name was Saul. There was not a more handsome person than he among the children of Israel. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people. Saul was the people’s choice based on the peoples criteria, But God said, No Samuel, we are doing it my way this time! Don’t let the rejection of others distort your vision. Some of you are looking at todays spouse through a 20 year old divorce! Some of your are looking at your future calling though the eyes of your past failure! Rejection will affect vision! he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!” 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “…I have refused him. Eliab was rejected for a position he wasn’t even seeking! What if for Eliab, this wasn’t a test, but training? What if God was training Eliab to walk about from things he wants, but don’t belong to him? Everything that looks like elevation isn’t my assignment. Sometimes God will take something away from you in one season to teach you to walk away from something in another season! Sometimes rejection is for your own good! Sometimes, God will use rejection to sharpen discernment! 1 Samuel 17:28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”29 And David said, “What have I done now? Is there not a cause?” 30 Then he turned from him toward another and said the same thing Rejection perceived wrong will be handled wrong! Rejection will cause you to be angry with people who didn't even reject you! Rejected people reject people will often reject others to make themselves feel better about the perception they have of themselves. The hurt of rejection will manifest in your words. Because you question your value, you will use words to diminish the value of others. Rejection will cause you to be dismissed. “What have I done now?” Is an indicator that this was not a new thing but an ongoing attitude from Eliab toward David. 10 Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.” 11 And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all the young men here?” Then he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here.” 6 more sons passed by. I’m sure Samuel was confused by now. “Lord, I thought you told me to ….” This is the first mention of David in the Bible. The first time we hear of David, we hear of rejection. David’s story begins with him being rejected by men, yet appointed by God! He was relegated to the worst task in the family. Exiled to the fields to tend sheep! His own family, the ones closest to him didn't even know there was a King in Him! Just because they see you often doesn’t mean they see you right! He was isolated… Sometimes the isolation of rejection will open the door to the comfort of intimacy! It might be that the people who rejected you in one season God will make stand for you in another season! 12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. I can imagine how David must have felt when he shows up and see’s whats going on. “Dad, you couldn’t even call me?” “You didn’t think enough of me to even include me.” Rejected by his dad. The one who was supposed to protect him. The one charged with raising him. The one who was supposed to be there for him no matter what! The rejection that hurts the most is from those closest to you! You're going to choose addiction over me, your own son. Most of the time rejection says more about them than it does about you! Many scholars believe that David’s father rejected him because he was the child of another women. David said “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.” It could be that David’s father rejected him because he reminded him of his own failures. There stands David, picked by God to hold the highest position in the known world, yet rejected by his own father. Oily yet injured! Anointed but broken. Talented yet tormented by rejection. Don’t mistake anointing for healing! Many people refuse to deal with the wound of rejection because they think they are good because their anointed. Jesus was despised and rejected so you could be loved and accepted! For some of you, the silent killer of rejection is killing you softly. You look good on the outside, but inside your dying. Don't let the wound of rejection infected the rest of your life. Jesus paid the price, He took your place so that you could take His!

Preacher: James Hoey The incident between Pilate, Jesus and Barabus calls us to make the most important decision in our lives

As we celebrate Easter John shows us the sacrifice Jesus embodied as we choose Barabus over the Messiah.

From the series Matthew | Scripture Reference: Matthew 27

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