Samaritan Rejection – Matt 19:1, Luke 9:51-56 and John 7:10
Jesus sent His messengers ahead for His arrival in a town in Samaria but the people would not accept Jesus. The reason was that He was heading for Jerusalem. Long standing prejudice issues arose here. James and John took this rejection personally and their hatred and prejudices surface. They wanted to call down fire from heaven to destroy the town. Jesus rebuked them for their reaction. Jesus came to save not to destroy. Any time we are rejection it is natural to want to react but true love does take rejection personally.
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