RECEPTION-REJECTION OF GOD AND TRUTH
(A) RECEPTIVITY
(1) General References to
Matthew 13:23; Acts 2:41; Acts 17:11; 1 Thessalonians 2:13
Martha received him into her house
Luke 10:39
--SEE Hearing, HEARING
The Hearing Ear, RECEPTION
(2) Receiving Christ
Matthew 10:40; Mark 9:37; Luke 8:40; Luke 19:6; John 1:12
(B) TEACHABLENESS
(1) General References to
Illustrated in the Life of Ezra
Ezra 8:21; Jeremiah 42:3
Essential to Entrance into God's Kingdom
Matthew 18:3
Exhibited by the Disciples
Luke 11:1
Manifested by the Blind Man
John 9:36; Acts 2:37
Seen in the Ethiopian Eunuch
Acts 8:31
The Secret of Paul's Success
Acts 9:6
Results in the Philippian Jailer's Conversion
Acts 16:30
--SEE Guidance Sought, GUIDANCE
Seekers, SEEKING GOD
(2) Manifested by the Disciples in Seeking Instruction
Matthew 13:36; Mark 4:10; Mark 7:17; Mark 9:11; Mark 9:28; Mark 10:10; Mark 13:4; Luke 3:12; Luke 11:1; Luke 18:18
John 6:28
(3) The Hearing Ear
Psalms 40:6; Proverbs 18:15; Proverbs 20:12; Proverbs 25:12; Matthew 11:15; Matthew 13:16
(C) REJECTION
(1) Of Christ
The Gergesenes
Matthew 8:34; Matthew 21:42
The People of Nazareth
Mark 6:3; Luke 4:28; Luke 4:29; Luke 17:25
The Chief Priests and Rulers
Luke 23:18
The Jewish Nation
John 1:11; John 5:43; John 12:48
(2) Of God
1 Samuel 8:7; Psalms 81:11; Proverbs 1:24; Luke 7:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:8
--SEE Forsaking God, UNFAITHFULNESS
& UNFAITHFULNESS
Apostasy, UNFAITHFULNESS
Backsliding, DETERIORATION
(3) Of Spiritual Instruction
2 Chronicles 30:10; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Psalms 50:17; Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 5:12
--SEE Law Despised, BIBLE, THE; THE WORD OF GOD
Despisers, DESPISERS
(4) Of the Word of God
Psalms 50:17; Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 30:12; Jeremiah 6:10; Jeremiah 8:9; Jeremiah 20:8; Jeremiah 36:23
Zechariah 7:12; Mark 7:13
--SEE Law Despised, BIBLE, THE; THE WORD OF GOD
Despisers, DESPISERS