A Rejected Foreigner

Series: N/AService: Lord’s Supper ServiceType: Lord's Supper TalkSpeaker: Brian MesserliJohn 1:9-11 - Since the dawn of human history, it’s been the tendency for the majority population in any culture to view foreign immigrants with suspicion.  For instance, Hebrews 11 says part of the suffering Abraham faced was living as a foreigner in the land of promise.  In the ancient world, there was a stigma and shame attached to sojourners because people assumed you must have been kicked out of your homeland and rejected by your own people, otherwise you wouldn’t be there.When the Israelites were living in Egypt, Pharaoh became paranoid, thinking they’d take over the country, so the…