We Rejected Him

Colin Smith:

We live in a Christ-rejecting world. “He came to His own and His own did not receive Him” (John 1:11). That truth from the Bible helps me make sense of the news.

When natural disasters happen, people say, “Why doesn’t God do something about that?” But when He came and calmed the storm, we rejected Him. When gunmen are terrorizing schools, we say, “Why doesn’t God do something about that?” But when He came and cast out demons, we asked Him to leave. When we see cancer, we say, “Why doesn’t God do something about that?” But when He came and healed the sick, we rejected Him.

He came to His own and His own did not receive Him. But thank God it doesn’t end there. “Yet to all who received Him … He gave the right to become children of God” (John 1:11, 12).