Christ as the Stone for God’s Building

2023-04-15

As the believers in Christ, we need to see that God wants to have a building as His eternal dwelling place. For this purpose He is transforming us all into stones for His building.This was Peter’s experience; after the Father showed him the vision of who Jesus was, and Peter confessed Him as the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Lord showed Peter a vision who he, Peter, now was: a stone for God’s building (Matt. 16:16-18). Then, in his first epistle, Peter made it clear that all the believers in Christ need to have this very same experience (1 Peter 2:4-8).To appreciate wha...

As the believers in Christ, we need to see that God wants to have a building as His eternal dwelling place. For this purpose He is transforming us all into stones for His building.

This was Peter’s experience; after the Father showed him the vision of who Jesus was, and Peter confessed Him as the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Lord showed Peter a vision who he, Peter, now was: a stone for God’s building (Matt. 16:16-18). Then, in his first epistle, Peter made it clear that all the believers in Christ need to have this very same experience (1 Peter 2:4-8).

To appreciate what all this means, we need to see Christ as the Stone for God’s building in three aspects: Toward the unbelievers, especially the Jews, He is the Stumbling Stone, and to the rebellious nations, He is the Smiting Stone; but to the believers,

“Behold, I lay in Zion

A chief cornerstone,

chosen and precious,

And he who believes on Him

Will by no means be put to shame.”

— 1 Peter 2:6

Finally, this all becomes real to us in our experience when we come directly to Christ to contact Him as the Living Stone (1 Peter 2:4), to allow Him to impart His divine life into our being.

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The Christian Faith Radio Hour is presented by David Canfield as an extension of TheChristianFaith.org website. Both that website and this podcast exist to provide a healthy word of ministry for God’s children today, and to present the truths of the gospel to the world.David lives in Chicago, Illinois where he has been serving the Lord on a full-time basis for over 25 years. He is the author of Lawlessness, the Left, & the Antichrist, which is now available in paperback from Amazon.

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PREVIOUS EPISODES REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE

4. Jesus & the Bible: Inclusive and Exclusive; What Is Transformation? (1)

5. What Is Transformation? (2)

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