Volume 2 Post/Email 12 – 1 Peter 2:7-8a
Peter writes, Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone,' and, 'A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.'
Ultimately, this matter of the rock is out of our hands.
We will all be broken by it.
Our only choice is when, but all will experience brokenness.
Philippians 2:10-11 mentions that every knee will bow and every tongue confess.
If we wait until judgment day to bow, Scripture teaches it will be too late for being blessed.
If we choose to submit now, while the rock still causes us to stumble and break, the rock also becomes the capstone of our lives, and the foundation upon which we build.
And so, we conclude the theme of spiritual formation with the One who makes it all possible, Jesus Christ.
If you and I are trusting in him and having our beliefs, character, and lifestyle changed because of him, then we are experiencing formation from God.
1 Peter 2:6 reads, For in Scripture it says, 'See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.'
Jesus makes abundant life in God's kingdom available! Trusting him, learning from him, and accepting undeserved and unlimited forgiveness from him is our lot.
And verse 7a again - "Now to you who believe, this stone is precious."
Indeed, Jesus is precious!!!!!
He gently, lovingly, patiently and compassionately breaks us from everything sinful and unnecessary. He takes unholy filth and builds us into holy worshippers (priests).
-Brian
(Below are the lyrics to the song "We Fall Down")
We fall down, we lay our crowns, at the feet - of Jesus.
The greatness of, Your mercy and love, at the feet - of Jesus.
And we cry, Holy Holy Holy.
And we cry, Holy Holy Holy.
And we cry, Holy Holy Holy, is the Lamb.
