John’s view of the “world” John 7:7 – The world hates me… (Jesus) John 12:31 – Now is the time for judgment on this world John 14:17 – …the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him… John 15:18 - If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. John 16:11 -  …the prince of this world now stands condemned.

Jesus Rejected John 1:12 – He came unto his own, but his own did not receive him. John 7:5 – For even his own brothers did not believe in him. Isaiah 53:2-3 – He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. … He was despised and rejected by man.

Believing in WHO Jesus is  John 3:18 – Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.  John 5:24 – Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Ephesians 2:8-9 – For it is by grace you are saved through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

Born into God’s family John 8:41-44 –‘The only Father we have is God himself.’ 42 Jesus said to them, ‘If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God…. 44 You belong to your father, the devil.   John 3:3-7 – Jesus replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again…Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, “You must be born again.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.  Titus 3:5 – He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit…

When we feel rejected by people Realize we belong to Christ. We are accepted by him in his family. He cares when no one else does. We are God’s child (John 1:12; Romans 8:14-17)  For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God….you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God…   We are God’s friend (Romans 5:10-11). Realize we are called not to seek acceptance from others but to offer acceptance to others. We are spiritual children who can give the world the acceptance they long for through Christ Build relationships with spiritual siblings – Church family. Children – We aren’t God’s only child. He put us together for a reason.