Contributed by Paul Dayao on Mar 10, 2026
This sermon portrays Jesus as the "Living Stone" who, though rejected by the world, is God's chosen foundation, calling believers to be "lively stones" built together into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood.
Introduction: A New Kind of Building
In the natural world, stones are cold, hard, and dead. They are the ultimate symbols of inanimate objects. However, Peter uses a startling paradox to describe the church: he speaks of a building made of living stones.
This passage moves us from the individual
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