Not What Religion Expects – Greg Albrecht

He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. —Isaiah 53:3 Jesus was not just ignored nor was he merely disliked. He wasn’t simply a minor irritant—he was despised and rejected. Strong language—powerful emotions! When someone is despised they are regarded with contempt and scorn, they are hated and loathed, and regarded as unworthy of interest or concern. When someone is rejected, others refuse to accept or recognize them. A person who is rejected is effectively discarded as useless. Who, specific...