October 28, 2023 … Building On The Cornerstone …

October 28, 2023 … Building On The Cornerstone  …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Chris Rice singing … Rock of Ages …  Poignantly singing of how we Christians must build our lives on Christ as God’s Cornerstone and the “Rock of Ages.”  

Recognizing the bowl's true value ... 

  

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Highlight Passage: … 1Peter 2:4, 7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God’s cornerstone was (and is) rejected by many; but He was (and IS) chosen by God as His precious Cornerstone and His Messiah.              

              

Highlight Passage (Context): … 1Peter 2:4-10 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… Peter shows fellow persecuted Christians that choosing to follow Christ is choosing to build our lives on God’s Cornerstone of His temple.    

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 118:22 [NLT] … 

22 The stone that the builders rejected has now become the Cornerstone.   

… Likely King David sings of God’s Messiah, chosen by God as the cornerstone of His Temple (i.e., His church) being rejected by many.   

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 28:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru the Prophet Isaiah, prophesies of the coming Messiah, Who would be God’s precious Cornerstone to fulfill His Covenant promises.     

Reference Passage: … Luke 20:17-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus uses OT Scripture (i.e., Ps 118:22) to show the Religious leaders who were rejecting Him that He was God’s chosen Cornerstone, sent by God, the Father, to build His church upon.       

Reference Passage: … Acts 4:6-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Peter, speaking for John, both of whom were arrested by the Jewish leaders for preaching about Jesus being The Christ, and The Cornerstone, spoken of in Scripture, protest the rejection of Jesus as The Messiah.      

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:19-22 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Apostle Paul shows that any/all, including Gentiles can be a part of God’s Temple (i.e., His Church) by believing in Jesus as THE CHRIST and The Cornerstone of God’s chosen Temple.    

                                                                              

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Lisa M Samoa  … AT THIS LINK …   Tells of a rare Chinese bowl, bought at a garage sale for $35, was later recognized as a precious antique and sold at auction for over $700,000 (See photo).   

This was an illustration of how the value of Jesus, being The Cornerstone of Christ’s Church, has, over centuries, been overlooked and rejected by so many, who, if they had seen Christ’s value as God’s Cornerstone, would see that our Lord’s worth is WAY MORE precious that anything we might value here on earth.  Oh … how I pray that all reading here have made Jesus to be THE CORNERSTONE of our faith.  Because if we have seen Christ’s true value and surrendered to build our lives on God’s Cornerstone, we will build our eternal future on the Rock of Ages (see linked song).    

   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being the Rock on which I build my life.                                           

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to build our lives on You, Lord, as our Rock of Ages and our Cornerstone.  … Amen

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