Quotes about Rejection
Diotrephes and Demetrius 9 I have written something to the Church; but Diot'rephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority. 10So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, accusing me falsely with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the Church. 11 Beloved, do not
— Scott Hahn
If you believe in the Gospel what you like, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
— John Bevere
The reason for God's keeping some for himself and rejecting others is to be sought nowhere but in God himself.
— John Calvin
O! I shall soon despair, when I shall see That Thou lovest mankind well, yet wilt not choose me, And Satan hates me, yet is loth to lose me.
— John Donne
Jesus spoke to those who had turned their backs on history. He spoke to those who had blatantly ignored sign after sign, servant after servant.
— Max Lucado
At great cost to Himself, God has made it possible for each of us to live with Him eternally. Those who reject God's offer of a heavenly home will be assigned to hell.
— Billy Graham
We should throw the Epistle of James out of this school.
— Martin Luther
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
— Mother Teresa
Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up.
— Dr. Seuss
We've rejected the per-seat business model from day one. It's not because we don't like money, but because we like our freedom more! The problem with per-seat pricing is that it makes your biggest customers your best customers. With money comes influence, if not outright power.
— Jason Fried
Notice the first reason people reject the gospel is that "the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts" (v. 12). That's deception—the deceiving spirits and demons I mentioned earlier. The second reason is more complicated. Jesus described those who hear the good news and "receive the word with joy" (v. 13). These people are genuinely excited about Christianity.
— David Jeremiah