2. Why We Keep Silent

3. Why We Keep Silent
Fear of Rejection

4. Fear of Rejection Noah II Peter 2:5 – “a preacher of righteousness”
Moses
Had to deal with rejection from his own people; with pharaoh

5. Fear of Rejection Samuel
I Samuel 8:7 – “they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should no reign over them”

6. Fear of Rejection Isaiah
Isaiah 6:8-10 – “keep on hearing, but do not understand”
Isaiah 30:9-10 – “Do not prophesy to us right things”

7. Fear of Rejection Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:4-8, – “Do not be afraid of their faces”
Jeremiah 20:7-11 – “His word was in my heart like a burning fire”

8. Fear of Rejection Ezekiel
Ezekiel 3:4-11 – “speak to them and tell them, Thus says the Lord God”

9. Fear of Rejection Jesus
Isaiah 53:3-5 – “He is despised and rejected my men”
Mark 6:1-6 – rejected in his own country
Luke 11:53-12:5 – “Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell”

10. Fear of Rejection Apostles
Acts 4:18-20 – “We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard”

11. Fear of Rejection Early Christians
Acts 8:3-4 – “went everywhere preaching the word”

12. Fear of Rejection
Paul
Acts 18:9-11 – “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent”
Ephesians 6:18-20 – “I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak”