Strangers in a Strange Land:
“Spiritual Privilege”
1 Pet 2:4-10

• The Living stone: He is all about life. The temple stones were dead; Jesus brings life: John 6:35
• Their rejection does not diminish his relationship to God, just as our rejection by others does not diminish our status before God: Luke 6:22
• Believers are living stones that make up a spiritual temple: Eph 2:19-22
• This has always been God’s plan:  Ex 19:6
• Our Priesthood brings service: Rom. 12:1

             There are two responses to the Messiah:

              1.      Trust: honor not shame…

              2.   Rejection:  Ps 118:22

•  The builders are the Jewish Leaders who rejected Christ: Acts 4:11
• But now Peter writes more broadly about those they influenced. James 3:1

•  Accept God’s control: Rom 9:19-20
• Jesus also quoted Isaiah 8:14, but added to the prophecy: Mt. 21:44
• Again, drawing from the OT: Exodus 19:5-6
•  God is in control: Rom 8:28
•  He gives us real purpose; our purpose is to make God known: Isaiah 52:7
• Peter draws from  Hosea 2:23

 

 

 

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