The Nationally Unwelcomed One

( Matthew 10:40-42)

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The above letter was received by JTCM from Telstra's.....national unwelcome calls department... on behalf of ......The Good Shepherd Baptist Church, Brisbane, Fax / 07 3264 5189, after they received the following fax message from JTCM which was this newsletter..........
 

HE IS DESPISED AND REJECTED BY MEN A MAN OF SORROWS AND ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF AND WE HID AS IT WERE OUR FACES FROM HIM HE WAS DESPISED AND WE DID NOT ESTEEM HIM....................................................ISAIAH 53:3.

DESPISED MEANS DESPICABLE MEANS VILE.

Isaiah says by the inspiration of God Almighty that messiah was one who was considered to be worthless. One whom people turned their faces away from and hid themselves from. Jesus spoke the language that divides........Matthew 10:34-37.

Jesus wasn't flavour of the month, minister of the year neither was he elected for the noble peace prize, he was one who was despised. Despised means inferior, contemptible, scorned, Jesus was considered a vile person, says the prophet Isaiah. The truth is vile to the filthy, an insult, harsh and sharp...................Ecclesiastes 12:11.

Jesus the Christ was rejected by men and women, rejected means to refuse to accept, to put aside, discard, renounce, a person or thing seen as not up to standard. Reject can also mean....................refuse to recognise............Luke 16:14, 15.

The words of the prophet tell us all very clearly and very bluntly that Jesus the Christ was hated, he was not popular, he was hated, he was not esteemed by the people of his time he was hated. To esteem is to have a high opinion of a certain person, to value greatly, to have high regard or respect for.

Esteem can also mean to have a favourable opinion of. His friends were called sorrow and grief. This Jesus that the prophet talks about here was no socialite or religious celebrity tart, with a message even the worldwide television stations were happy to accept and even watch without the slightest of conviction.

Jesus was a threat to every crook, tax dodger, adulterer, prostitute, sorcerer, con man and con woman, a perverted justice system and the entire collection of religious money making hypocrites through Israel, he was hated!!!!( Click Here ).

AND YOU WILL BE HATED BY ALL FOR MY NAMES SAKE.....BUT....HE WHO ENDURES TO THE END SHALL BE SAVED.............................MATTHEW 10:22........................SELAH!

No, my dear reader, this is no absolute predestination, once saved can not be lost quote from Jesus. It means what it says, if we do not endure to the end we can not be saved. A good parallel to this is Hebrews 2:3. Which clearly says that if we neglect so great a salvation, how shall we escape? ( Click Here )

The ministers, gospels and church goers we have throughout the world today could hardly be numbered with the Christ of old, so who are these multitudes actually following?..........is it the despised and rejected Jesus or the user friendly one, the one the world and the churches can share and love in unity with every pagan celebration season, ref / easter, christmas etc?

AND MANY OF THEM SAID.......HE HAS A DEMON AND IS MAD WHY DO YOU LISTEN TO HIM?.............JOHN 10:20

.........amen.

Pastor Paul Sheehan
12.10.2003