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• What are some of the things that make you sad? (Discuss)
• What about at school. Have you found school friends who are nasty
and who reject you, or refuse to play with you because they have found
someone better? Discuss
• Some people can even be unkind about the place where you live
• Here in Werribee, where the sewerage farm resides, there are people
who reject those of us who live here. They feel we are amongst people
who are not as good as them.
• Isn't that sad. Do you feel you are as good as people who live
in the eastern side of Melbourne? (Discuss)
• It can also happen to Adults. There are people who miss out on
special jobs because they are branded as being, Werribee type people (What
ever that is supposed to mean)
• Jesus too had the same problem. You and I know how special Jesus
is, but those who had grown up with him in Nazareth did not believe he
was very important at all.
• Also people who lived in other towns would say "But he comes
from Nazareth (Many thought that Nazareth was like Werribee) so he would
not be of any value"
• Imagine how sad Jesus would have been to be rejected.
• Sadly today, people still reject Jesus. They say he is of little
importance, and anyone who follows him must be the same.
• So when you encourage one of your friends to come and be a part
of worship here, you are saying to them, I love Jesus and I would never
disown him.
• Next time you get rejected for what ever reason, just remember
you are not alone. This also happened to Jesus, and you know that Jesus
would never reject you.
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