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Rejecting God angers and grieves him. To reject God can be to reject all the benefits of the gospel, and can lead to judgment and punishment.

Rejection grieves God

God rejected as Creator

Genesis 6:6

God rejected as a husband

Ezekiel 6:9 See also Jeremiah 2:2; Jeremiah 3:20; Jeremiah 31:32; Hosea 1:2

God rejected as a father

Hosea 11:1-4 See also Deuteronomy 32:18; Jeremiah 3:19; Jeremiah 31:20

God rejected by Israel, his vineyard

Isaiah 5:4 See also Jeremiah 2:21

Rejection angers God and brings his wrath

Ezra 8:22; John 3:36 See also Leviticus 26:27-28; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Zechariah 7:12; Romans 2:8

The results of rejecting God

Judgment

Jeremiah 1:16; John 12:48 See also Leviticus 26:14-17; Psalm 50:22; Proverbs 1:24-26; Isaiah 28:22; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 15:6; Jeremiah 26:4-6; Amos 2:4-5; John 3:18-19

God rejects his people

Deuteronomy 32:19; Psalm 78:59; Psalm 119:118; Jeremiah 6:30; Jeremiah 7:29; Hosea 9:7

God rejects those who reject him

Hosea 4:6; Matthew 10:33 pp Luke 12:9 See also 1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 15:2; Luke 9:26

God hides his face

Deuteronomy 31:17-18; Deuteronomy 32:20; Psalm 88:14; Isaiah 1:15; Micah 3:4

God rejects the sanctuary and its worship

Leviticus 26:31; 1 Kings 9:6-7 pp 2 Chronicles 7:19-20; Lamentations 2:7; Ezekiel 7:24; Ezekiel 10:18-19; Ezekiel 11:22-23

God's people are removed from his presence into exile

2 Kings 17:18-20,23; Kings 23:27; Kings 24:3,20 pp Jeremiah 52:3; Jeremiah 7:15; Jeremiah 15:1

Examples of others rejected by God

Esau:

Romans 9:13; Malachi 1:2-3

Saul:

1 Samuel 15:23,26; Samuel 16:1; Samuel 28:15-16 Jeremiah 22:24-25 Jehoiachin

God's rejection is not final

Leviticus 26:44; Romans 11:15 See also 1 Samuel 12:22; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalm 66:20; Isaiah 41:9; Isaiah 49:21; Isaiah 54:5-8; Jeremiah 31:37; Jeremiah 33:24-26; Zechariah 10:6; Romans 11:1,25-29

See also

1025  God, anger of
1120  God, repentance of
1310  God as judge
2426  gospel, responses
5482  punishment
5779  advice
6124  condemnation
6628  conversion, God's demand
7215  exile, the
9165  restoration
9210  judgment, God's
9511  hell, place of punishment