Stone Temple Theology for Rejects and Rejectors - 1 Peter (Part 9)

1 Peter 2:4 (ESV) As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, Mark 8:31–32 (ESV) And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. Image; Gary Todd Ralph Ellis images Ralph Ellis images Acts 4:8–12 (ESV) Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, 9 said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, 10let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this 11 man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become 12 the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Luke 23:35 (ESV) And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One! 1 Peter 1:1 (ESV) Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 1 Peter 2:9 (ESV) But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Luke 14:8 (ESV) “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished [lit. honored] than you be invited by him 1 Peter 2:5 (ESV) you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:19–22 (ESV) So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of 20 God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the 21 cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the 22 Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit Hebrews 10:12 (ESV) But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 1 Peter 1:18–19 (ESV) knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such 19 as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. Hebrews 10:14 (ESV) For by a single offering he [Christ] has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. Romans 12:1 (ESV) I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Hebrews 13:15 (ESV) Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Hebrews 13:15–16 (ESV) Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that 16 is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. 1 Peter 2:6 (ESV) 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. Isaiah 28:15 (ESV) Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”; Isaiah 28:16 (ESV) therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’ Isaiah 28:18–19 (ESV) Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be beaten 19 down by it. As often as it passes through it will take you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be sheer terror to understand the message. Isaiah 30:3–5 (ESV) Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the shelter 4 in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation. For though his officials are at Zoan and his envoys 5 reach Hanes, everyone comes to shame through a people that cannot profit them, that brings neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace.” 1 Peter 2:7 (ESV) 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,” Psalm 118:22 (ESV) The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The writer’s circumstances in Psalm 118 “Out of my distress I called on the LORD.” (v. 5) The writer’s circumstances in Psalm 118 “Out of my distress I called on the LORD.” (v. 5) “those who hate me” (v. 7d) The writer’s circumstances in Psalm 118 “Out of my distress I called on the LORD.” (v. 5) “those who hate me” (v. 7d) “All nations surrounded me” (v. 10a) The writer’s circumstances in Psalm 118 “Out of my distress I called on the LORD.” (v. 5) “those who hate me” (v. 7d) “All nations surrounded me” (v. 10a) “They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side (v. 11a) The writer’s circumstances in Psalm 118 “Out of my distress I called on the LORD.” (v. 5) “those who hate me” (v. 7d) “All nations surrounded me” (v. 10a) “They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side (v. 11a) “They surrounded me like bees” (v. 12a) The writer’s circumstances in Psalm 118 “Out of my distress I called on the LORD.” (v. 5) “those who hate me” (v. 7d) “All nations surrounded me” (v. 10a) “They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side (v. 11a) “They surrounded me like bees” (v. 12a) “I was pushed hard, so that I was falling” (v. 13a) Alternatives to trusting God “fearing man” v. 6 Alternatives to trusting God “fearing man” v. 6 “trusting in man” v. 8 Alternatives to trusting God “fearing man” v. 6 “trusting in man” v. 8 “trusting in princes” v. 9 Psalm 118:19–20 (ESV) Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them 20 and give thanks to the LORD. This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. Psalm 118:26 (ESV) Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD. Psalm 118:25 (ESV) Save us, we pray, O LORD! O LORD, we pray, give us success! Psalm 118:27 The LORD is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar! 1 Peter 2:8 (ESV) and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. Isaiah 8:13–14 (ESV) But the LORD of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and 14 let him be your dread. And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 2 Kings 16:8 (ESV) Ahaz also took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasures of the king’s house and sent a present to the king of Assyria. 2 Chronicles 28:20–21 (ESV) So Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted 21 him instead of strengthening him. For Ahaz took a portion from the house of the LORD and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.