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Rejected by Humans but Chosen by God
In a little while, we are going to share in the Lord’s Supper.
Here we recognize the body and the blood of the Lord Jesus.
As you come to Him, the Living Stone...
As Jesus was ending the Sermon on the Mount, He talked about two builders, and this is what He said,
When the storms of life come, your life cannot crumble, it can’t be destroyed because even in death we have the victory.
The stone that the builders rejected...
According to Christianity.com,
The image comes from the ancient quarries where highly-trained stonemasons carefully chose the stones used in construction.
No stone was more important than the cornerstone because the integrity of the whole structure depended on the cornerstone containing exactly the right lines.
If the cornerstone was not exactly right, the entire building would be out of line.
For that reason, builders inspected many stones, rejecting each one until they found the one they wanted.
Rejected stones might be used in other parts of the building, but they would never become the cornerstone or the capstone (the first and last stones put in place).
(Ray Pritchard)
After the lame man was healed, Peter stood before the Sanhedrin and spoke about this rejected Stone,
Isaiah prophesied about Jesus’ suffering hundreds of years before Jesus came to die on the cross, but this was God’s plan all along that He would become one of us and suffer and die for our sins.
It pleased God to bruise Him, because His suffering provided payment for our sins.
His bruising provided healing for each one of us, in our bodies, in our souls, and in our spirits.
He was chosen by God and precious to Him
Because God’s great love for all humanity, there was no price that was too much, even His only begotten Son.
You are valuable to God
You are valuable to God.
I can state that without fear of exaggeration.
His Word makes it clear that He willing bought and paid for you.
As I said before, a thing is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.
God was willing to give His Son and Jesus was willing to give His blood – that is what you are worth.
So What?
So don’t think of yourself as worthless.
Think of yourself as worth the blood of Jesus.
Think of yourself for what you are really worth.
You are worth more than a paycheck at then end of the pay period,
You are worth more than the stuff piled in your house or garage.
You are worth more than what society says you are worth; more than your education or abilities.
You are worth the blood of the Son – if you are not, then you were a bad investment and I don’t believe God makes those.
Now What?
Since you are worth the blood of the Son to the Father, what are you worth to me?
The blood of the Son
And what am I worth to you?
The blood of the Son
Then how should we treat one another?
Just as we would treat Jesus himself.
God chose Jesus and He is precious in His sight, because He loves you so much.
This morning, we are going to share together in the Lord’s Supper.
Usually I don’t read these verses of Scripture, but I feel that I want to today.
In the church at Corinth, Paul had heard about problems concerning how the Lord’s Supper was being observed.
He taught to protect the people.
Personally, I haven’t seen anybody disregard the body and the blood of Jesus, but we have been told to examine ourselves.
This is where we ask the Holy Spirit to show us if there is anything in us that isn’t pleasing to Him and we repent of it.
Let’s just take a few moments and ask the Holy Spirit to search our hearts and to help us to recognize what Jesus accomplished for us when He was beaten for us and when He shed His blood.
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