THE PRIESTHOOD OF ROCKS

By Rev. Richard Jones

rec 03-15-2020

THE PRIESTHOOD OF ROCKS
1 Peter 2: 1-12

CHOICE MILK    1 Peter 2: 1-3
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation”” 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Psalm 42: 1
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.

CHOICE STONE    1 Peter 2: 4-8
As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” 8 and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

Matthew 21: 42-43
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “”˜The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes”™? 43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.

Romans 12: 1
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Hebrews 13: 15
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

Hebrews 13: 16
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Romans 1: 16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

1 Corinthians 1: 18
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

CHOICE PEOPLE    1 Peter 2: 9-10
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

CHOICE CHARACTER   1Peter 2: 11-12
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

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