Living Stones, Holy Priests
1 Peter 2:1-5 NIV
2 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 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.
I. Therefore
II. Crave Like Babies
Crave
Ps. 42:1 NKJV “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.”
As Babies
You Will Not Grow Without The Word
III. Living Stones
IV. A Holy Priesthood
As Priests: 1) We Can Stand Before God 2) We Are Obligated To Live Holy Lives 3) We Are To Offer Spiritual Sacrifices To God.