Key Texts REFLECTION: John 3:16-18 MEMORY: Matthew 7:11-12 CHARGE: 1 Peter 3:15 Summary: What does it mean to reject Jesus? To say, I don’t really believe in Jesus? Jesus deals with the weight and reality of rejecting Him - it’s not good. The impending state of our unbelieving friends and neighbors should cause us to passionately pray and live on mission in the hopes that they might be saved. 1. UNBELIEF WAS ! John 12:37-41 Miracles didn't persuade Prophecy pointed to this rejection 2. BELIEF IS A PROBLEM! John 12:42-43 Some will not confess with their mouths They love/fear others approval more than God's 3. THE PROMISE OF JESUS John 12:44-50 Believing in Jesus = Believing in God (John 12:44) Seeing Jesus = Seeing God (John 12:45-46) Hearing Jesus = Hearing God (John 12:47,49) Rejecting Jesus = Rejecting God (John 12:48-50) “Lord, since this is so serious, today, I commit to...for my lost friends and family!”