Cornerstone
May 30, 2023
“Cornerstone"
Blessings folk!
We come to Him…to Jesus.
Jesus, the Living Stone.
Jesus, rejected by men.
Jesus, chosen and precious in the sight of God.
We are like living stones through Him.
Being built up as a spiritual house.
A holy priesthood.
A spiritual sacrifice acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Jesus is the Cornerstone of the living spiritual house that we are…
1 Pe 2:6
For it stands in Scripture:
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
ESV
Father laid the Son as the Cornerstone.
Chosen.
Precious.
Those who believe in Him will not be put to shame.
The honor of being a living stone belongs to those who believe.
1 Pe 2:7-8
So the honor is for you who believe,
but for those who do not believe,
“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
and
“A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
ESV
Those who do not believe?
They reject the cornerstone.
They will be rejected.
They stumble upon The Rock.
The Rock of Offense.
They disobey the word.
As they were destined to do… hummm….