RECEPTION-REJECTION OF GOD AND TRUTH

Thompson Chain Reference (1934)

(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

(2) Receiving Christ

Matthew 10:40 Mark 9:37 Luke 8:40 Luke 19:6 John 1:12

(B) TEACHABLENESS

(1) General References

Illustrated in the Life of Ezra

Ezra 8:21 Jeremiah 42:3

Essential to Entrance into God's Kingdom

Exhibited by the Disciples

Manifested by the Blind Man

John 9:36 Acts 2:37

Seen in the Ethiopian Eunuch

The Secret of Paul's Success

Results in the Philippian Jailer's Conversion

(2) Manifested by the Disciples

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

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

(3) Of Spiritual Instruction

2 Chronicles 30:10 2 Chronicles 36:16 Psalms 50:17 Proverbs 1:7 Proverbs 1:22 Proverbs 5:12

(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