The Living Stone
There are many Bible references to Jesus Christ as the Living Stone, the Cornerstone, and the Sure Foundation.
Matthew 21:42. 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”? This was part of a sermon Jesus delivered in Jerusalem after His Triumphal Entry which was followed by His arrest, trials and crucifixion.
Acts 4:10–12: Peter references Jesus as the cornerstone in his message to the Jewish religeous leaders. “Jesus of Nazareth whom you crucified but who God raised from the dead … He is the Stone you builders rejected which has become the Capstone. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” God accepts no one who refuses to recognize Jesus as the Living Stone who came to save sinners and join them to the House of God.
1 Peter 2:3-4. The Apostle Peter writes to the churches in Asia Minor that were undergoing persecution. “If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious, as you come to him, a Living Stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen, and precious.”
1 Peter 2:5. “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.”
1 Peter 2:6-8. 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. So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, the stone becomes a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense…”
Ephesians 2:19-22. “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the Cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.”
Psalm 118:20-24. “This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. I will praise Thee: for thou hast heard me and become my salvation. The Stone that the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone.”
Isaiah 28:16. Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a Stone, a tested Stone, a precious Cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
Hebrews 3:6. “But Christ is faithful over God's House as a Son. And we are his House, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.”
1 Corinthians 3:11. “For no one can lay a Foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
Unbelievers in Christ cast Him, the Living Stone aside, not caring that Jesus is the only true Foundation upon which they can join the House of God.
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