- The Devil’s Rebellion
Implied from passages like Isaiah 14:12-15 and Ezekiel 28:12-17 (often interpreted as descriptions of Satan’s rebellion).
Revelation 12:7-9 refers to the devil being cast out of heaven with his angels.

- Angels Rejecting God
Jude 1:6: And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.

- Adam and Eve Rejecting God
Genesis 3:1-6: Adam and Eve’s disobedience and rejection of God’s command in the Garden of Eden.

- The Tower of Babel
Genesis 11:1-9: Humanity’s collective rejection of God by building the Tower of Babel.

- The Golden Calf
Exodus 32:1-35: The Israelites worship the golden calf after being delivered from Egypt.

- Rejection During the Judges
Judges 2:11-19: A cycle of Israel rejecting God, facing consequences, crying out to Him, and being delivered.

- Rejection of God as King
1 Samuel 8:7: And the Lord told him, “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.”

- Jeremiah's Lament Over Idolatry
Jeremiah 2:5: This is what the Lord says: “What fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.”
Jeremiah 2:11-13: “Has a nation ever exchanged its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols. My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.”

- Jesus Rejected by His Own
Isaiah 53:3: He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
John 1:11: He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.

- The Crowd Choosing Barabbas
Matthew 27:21-23: The crowd shouts for Barabbas to be released and Jesus to be crucified.

- Jesus Knocking on the Door of the Church
Revelation 3:20: Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

Jesus was not critiquing Martha’s work ethic, He was revealing a missed opportunity

Centre for Bible Engagement surveyed over 650,000 people

‌Bible 1 x a week (including church) = negligible affect on any areas of life
Bible 2 x a week = negligible affect again
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- ‌Feeling lonely drops 30%.
- Anger issues drop 32%.
- Bitterness in relationships (marriage, kids etc) drops 40%.
- Alcoholism/Addictions drops 57%.
- Feeling spiritually stagnant drops 60%.
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- Sharing your faith likelihood increases 200%.
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