1 Corinthians 10:4 And all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
1 Peter 2:4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but
chosen by God and precious,
1 Peter 2:5 You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Matthew 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will
build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
I. COMING TO THE LIVING STONE.
1 Peter 2:4 Coming to Him as to a living stone…
II. REJECTING THE LIVING STONE.
1 Peter 2:4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, …”
John 1:11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
III. RECEIVING THE PRECIOUS STONE.
1 Peter 2:4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but
chosen by God and precious,
IV. BECOMING A LIVING STONE.
1 Peter 2:5 You also, as living stones,
John 5:21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the
Son gives life to whom He will.
2 Peter 1:4 “… become partakers of the divine nature”
Granite may crumble, but this is LIVINGSTONE!
David Livingstone was a living stone because of the Living Stone.
V. BUILDING OF LIVING STONES.
1 Peter 2:5 You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house…”
1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the pilgrims of the Dispersion
If everyone was a church member like you what kind of church would we have?
1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain
from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Ephesians 2:19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners,
but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are
God’s building.
1 Peter 2:5 “… a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, …”
