1 Peter 2:2-10
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Babies!!!!!
Babies!!!!!
Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture:
“See, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious;
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe,
“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the very head of the corner,”
and
“A stone that makes them stumble,
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
once you had not received mercy,
but now you have received mercy.
The Voice Blurb...
Has anyone ever told you to grow up? Maybe you’ve heard you need to act your age and not your shoe size? Peter is explaining to his readers and to us that we are called to “grow up” in our relationship with Christ. I hope you can join us this Sunday as we grow up together in Christ!
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building up, growth, growing up, becoming mature
Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
—> Not everyone likes milk, but all Christians need nurishment like newborn babies.
—> Our Spiritual life with Christ is a process, its a maturation, and one step relies on the last.
Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
—> We move from babies to building blocks
—> Jesus Christ is our foundation
—> We can’t start our Spiritual life without him as the cornerstone.
—> If that stone isn’t present nothing can be built
For it stands in scripture:
“See, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious;
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe,
“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the very head of the corner,”
and
“A stone that makes them stumble,
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
—> God has given us Jesus as our foundation
—> We can choose whether or not to accept that foundation and build off of it.
—> If we don’t accept Jesus, the very thought and idea of Jesus and all that comes with Jesus becomes antagonistic to our spiritual journeys
—> Jesus is an all or nothing
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Once you were not a people,
but now you are God’s people;
once you had not received mercy,
but now you have received mercy.
—> But you have chosen Jesus!
—> You are followers of Christ and the people and children of God!
