LIVING STONES
I PETER 2:4-10

THE TEXT PROVIDES A HISTORICAL MOMENT FOR FIRST AND TWENT-FIRST CENTURY AUDIENCES …

THE ENTIRE SECTION IS ABOUT GOD’S BUILDING PROGRAM:

CHRIST THE LIVING STONE, VS.4,6-8    

THE REALITY    

THE REJECTION

THE CHURCH AS LIVING STONES, VS.5,9-10    

THE POSSIBILITIES    

THE PRIVILEGES/RESPONCIBILITIES
         PRIEST … REPRESENT GOD BEFORE MAN … REPRESENT MAN BEFORE GOD          

SACRIFICES; OUR BODIES (ROMANS 12:1) …

THE PRAISE OF OUR LIPS (HEBREWS 13:15) …

SHARING OUR MONEY (HEBREWS 13:16) …

THOSE WE WIN TO CHRIST (ROMANS 15:16)

APPLICATION: TRIP OR TRUST?