Adjustments (Part 9) A Journey through 1 Peter 2:4-8

Discipleship

H-O-M-E

1 Peter 2

2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

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3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

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4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—

The Gospel

a person to welcome
a person to trust
a person to emulate

1 Peter 2

4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—

stability
strength
perseverance

accredited

1 Peter 2

4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—

God’s only Plan of Redemption

Unreceived Messiah

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5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

rejection

C-O-R-P-O-R-A-T-E

1 Peter 2

5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Spiritual Temple

Christ & His Church

1 Peter 2

5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Spiritual Temple

Christ & His Church

1 Peter 2

5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Marin Luther

Biblical Authority

Church Autonomy

Direct Access to God through Christ

World-Wide Evangelism

Priests

1 Peter 2

6 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.”

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7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

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8 and,“A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.