Of the thousands of different ways that life can bring us pain, there are a few of them that are universal. Rejection is one of them. Every one of us at some point has dealt with rejection, and there are lots of reasons for it. Despite the reasons, though, rejection is a bitter and difficult pill to swallow. The Bible shows us that Jesus was despised and rejected, and this morning, we are starting a new three-part series to look at what caused people to reject Him, so we can guard our hearts against those same motives and learn from Jesus’s example how to handle rejection in our own lives.