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1 Peter 2:4 · BSB
2:4 As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
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…we get this zeal, we get this knowledge from the teaching of God's word, from training in the word of God. In 1 Peter 2 verse 5, we saw on Sunday,1 Peter 2 verse 4and 5. Of course, we say that the precise knowledge of God's will is essential for us to fulfill in God's will. And we saw the believer's identity…
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…part not no longer of a particular nation No longer of an ethnicity no longer of a race. Those things don't matter will now remember, as he says,1 Peter 2, verse 4, coming to him as a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God are precious. You also, as living stones, are being built into a…
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…how do we interact with this? What do we actually do Today? It's 2025. It's June 22nd 2025. How do we interact with this? Well, peter says this in1 Peter, chapter 2, verse 4. It says coming to him. Let me start that over Coming to him. Those three words are so important. What am I supposed to do? Coming to him as to a…
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…not actually stop, would not oppose, would not stop, would not prevail upon what Jesus was about to build by his death and resurrection. Look at1 Peter 2, verse 4. Look at 1 Peter 2, verse 4. He said, coming to him as to, well, coming to him is... Coming to him a living or life, you understand. Anyway, that…
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…We are a choosing generation and a royal priesthood. God has called us who we are not people, and now we are people of God. Praise the Lord.1 Peter 2, verse 4. He said, coming to him as a living stone, rejected by men, but chosen by God and precious. He said, you also, a living stone, are built of a…
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…back to that original intention of God. That is to be a nation of priests. To be a royal priesthood. To be a treasured people. To be a holy nation.1 Peter chapter 2, verses 4 to 5. Come to him as to a living stone rejected indeed by men and chosen by God and precious. You also as living stone are built up a spiritual house, a…
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…response to the stone we can stumble on the stone the stone can fall on us is there another way and I think that is also clear in 1 Peter chapter 21 Peter chapter 2 verses 4 to 6says this as you come to him a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious you yourselves like living stones are being…
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…stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.’ (1 Peter 2:4-5) ‘The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions. All the…
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…stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.’ (1 Peter 2:4-5)
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…passage. We're going to be focused on verse 5. But we've got to back up to verse 4 so that you can kind of get the full context of it. So this is1 Peter 2:4–5: “And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living…
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…passage. We're going to be focused on verse 5. But we've got to back up to verse 4 so that you can kind of get the full context of it. So this is1 Peter 2:4–5: “And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living…
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…us in person at the Heights Church on Golston Road in Sydney, Australia, or check out our website at theheightschurch.org.au. I'll be reading from1 Peter chapter 2 verses 1 to 10. Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of Like newborn babies crave pure spiritual milk so that by…
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…physical temple. However, we have been tasked to build a new temple, not build By stones, but by the people of God. Let me tell you what I mean. In1 Peter chapter 2, verses 4 through 5, Peter says this as you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by humans, but chosen by God and precious to him, you also, like living stones, are…
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…people, his servants, will inhabit. God is creating the people now for the place later. That is what is happening here. The city of truth. In fact,1 Peter 2, verses 4and 5 picks up on the same theme, doesn't it? When Peter calls the members of Christ's church who are believers, living stones, and he calls Christ…
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…me. But uh let's read our anchor passage. This is 1 Peter. I'm in 2 Peter, that's not gonna work. That would have been an interesting message.1 Peter chapter 2, verse 4. Coming to him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious. You also, as living stones, are being built up a…
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…as I'm preaching, determine to lay your life on the right foundation, and that foundation is our Lord Jesus Christ. I'll just read some verses from1 Peter, chapter 2, verse 4 to 7, just amplifying this thought again the foundation conviction that Jesus Christ is that cornerstone that the builders rejected, but God has chosen…
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…off to the right start today. If you don't mind, will you stand right where you are? We're about to read God's Word and it's going to be in today.1 Peter, chapter 2, verses 4 through 9. If you'll allow me to read that, just out of reverence to God's Word, we'll stand as you come to Him. The living stone, rejected by men but chosen…
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…So we're supposed to fit. God's building us into what he wants us to be and he's building us together. So we are stones in the same temple. Look at1 Peter chapter 2 verses 4and 5. As you come to him, Jesus, a living stone. He is the living stone we're talking about here. There's this typology that we're reading here.…
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…and important, not better than the other. Same is true of the church. But lastly, I want to look at what Peter says. Peter, in his letter,1 Peter 2, verse 4, he says, As you come to him, the living stone rejected by humans, but chosen by God and precious to him, you also, like living stones, are being…
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So the reading is from1 Peter chapter 2, verses 4 to 12. And it says this, As you come to him, the living stone, rejected by humans, but chosen by God and precious to him, you also, like living stones,…
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