(A) RECEPTIVITY
(1) General References to
Mt 13:23; Ac 2:41; Ac 17:11; 1Th 2:13
Martha received him into her house
--SEEHearing,HEARING
The Hearing Ear,RECEPTION
(2) Receiving Christ
Mt 10:40; Mr 9:37; Lu 8:40; Lu 19:6; Joh 1:12
(B) TEACHABLENESS
(1) General Referencesto
Illustrated in the Life of Ezra
Ezr 8:21; Jer 42:3
Essential to Entrance into God's Kingdom
Mt 18:3
Exhibited by the Disciples
Lu 11:1
Manifested by the Blind Man
Joh 9:36; Ac 2:37
Seen in the Ethiopian Eunuch
Ac 8:31
The Secret of Paul's Success
Ac 9:6
Results in the Philippian Jailer's Conversion
Ac 16:30
--SEEGuidance Sought,GUIDANCE
Seekers,SEEKING GOD
(2) Manifested by the Disciplesin Seeking Instruction
Mt 13:36; Mr 4:10; Mr 7:17; Mr 28; Mr 10:10; Mr 13:4; Lu 3:12; Lu 11:1; Lu 18:18
Joh 6:28
(3) The Hearing Ear
Ps 40:6; Pr 18:15; Pr 20:12; Pr 25:12; Mt 11:15; Mt 13:16
(C) REJECTION
(1) Of Christ
The Gergesenes
Mt 8:34; Mt 21:42
The People of Nazareth
Mr 6:3; Lu 29; Lu 17:25
The Chief Priests and Rulers
Lu 23:18
The Jewish Nation
Joh 1:11; Joh 5:43; Joh 12:48
(2) Of God
1Sa 8:7; Ps 81:11; Pr 1:24; Lu 7:30; 1Th 4:8
--SEEForsaking God,UNFAITHFULNESS
&UNFAITHFULNESS
Apostasy,UNFAITHFULNESS
Backsliding,DETERIORATION
(3) Of Spiritual Instruction
2Ch 30:10; 2Ch 36:16; Ps 50:17; Pr 22; Pr 5:12
--SEELaw Despised,BIBLE, THE; THE WORD OF GOD
Despisers,DESPISERS
(4) Of the Word of God
Ps 50:17; Isa 5:24; Isa 30:12; Jer 6:10; Jer 8:9; Jer 20:8; Jer 36:23
Zec 7:12; Mr 7:13
--SEELaw Despised,BIBLE, THE; THE WORD OF GOD
Despisers,DESPISERS