Building Blocks For Life   

1 Peter 2:4-8 (NASB)
⁴  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,
⁵  you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
⁶  For this is contained in Scripture: "BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNER stone, AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED."
⁷  This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, "THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE VERY CORNER stone,"
⁸  and, "A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE"; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.

1.     Christ Is The Living Cornerstone

 1 Peter 2:4 (NASB)
⁴  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,

1 Peter 2:7 (NASB)
⁷  This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, "THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE VERY CORNER stone,"

2.     Believers Are Purposeful Living Stones

1 Peter 2:5-6 (NASB)
⁵  you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
⁶  For this is contained in Scripture: "BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNER stone, AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED."

Isaiah 28:16 (NASB)
¹⁶  Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed.

3.     Unbelievers Will Find Their Life Condemned   

1 Peter 2:7-8 (NASB)
⁷  This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, "THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE VERY CORNER stone,"
⁸  and, "A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE"; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.

Psalm 118:22 (NASB)
²²  The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone.

Isaiah 8:13-15 (NASB)
¹³  "It is the LORD of hosts whom you should regard as holy. And He shall be your fear, And He shall be your dread.
¹⁴  "Then He shall become a sanctuary; But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over, And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
¹⁵  "Many will stumble over them, Then they will fall and be broken; They will even be snared and caught."