By Frank Hammond
Scriptures: Jeremiah 30:16-17; Luke 4:18
Introduction:
- Deliverance brings healing
- Acts 10:38 (by the anointing)
- Matthew 15:28
Greek: iaomai; to free from sins, error, sickness & demons
- Matthew 4:24
- Luke 8:2
Greek: therapeuo: the care and attendance necessary to bring a sick person back to health (a process)
- Inner wounds compared to outward wounds
- REJECTION IS A ROOT PROBLEM
- The worst of wounds
- All need love
- God’s Kingdom vs. Satan’s kingdom
- Two companion roots:
- Fear of rejection – opens door for paranoia
- Self-rejection – opens door for false personalities
Illustration: chain links
- REASONS FOR REJECTION
- Unwanted conception -reasons why
- Undesirable sex preference
- Undesirable appearance -toes
- Victim of circumstance -Joyce’s birth
- Abuse -Alfred
- Peer related rejections -myself (Baptists)
- Marriage related rejections
- Church related rejections
- REACTIONS TO REJECTION
- Rebellion -alcohol, drugs, occult, Eastern Religion
- Resentment (root of bitterness)
- Self-pity
- Escapism -run away, withdraw, fantasy (Buffalo), alcohol
- Self-accusation
- Insecurity
- Hopelessness -Hebrews 6:19 anchor of hope
- Defensiveness
- Distrust and disrespect of authority
- Hardness -Turtle
- READJUSTMENTS TO REJECTION
- Perfectionism -pride, vanity, ego -frustration, impatience, intolerance -anger (Breakfast)
- False compassion & false responsibility
- Material lust
- Sexual lust
- Pride
- Suppression
- Seeking attention
- Control & possessiveness of other
- REPERCUSSIONS FROM WRONG REACTIONS AND WRONG READJUSTMENTS
- Within oneself:
- Imprisoned in self
- Loss of identity -Illustration: Michael
- Loss of hope -feels trapped
- Withdrawal
- Fear to love
- Abandonment of faith
- Infirmities
- Self-deception
- From others:
- Further rejection (rejection begets rejection)
- Confrontations – others offended
- Unpredictable behavior – others feel uncomfortable
- Unresponsive to love – others discouraged
- Complicated personality – others frustrated
- Attracts wrong helpers
- Evokes wrong treatment
- REMEDY FOR THE WOUND OF REJECTION
- Be teachable
- Forgive all others and self
- Forget past hurts and resentments
- Repent of all sins -including wrong reactions to rejection
- Be reconciled to others whenever possible
- Stabilize in God’s love
- Stabilize in human love
- Get your deliverance
- Maintain your deliverance. Fill your “house” with Christ-like responses and behavior
- Accept God’s comfort for the healing of the wounded spirit