{"id":481,"date":"2017-08-03T06:46:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T14:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2017-08-05T05:19:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T13:19:00","slug":"devotion-2-peter-24-6-no-shame-to-our-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=481","title":{"rendered":"Devotion\u00a0\u00a0 1 Peter 2:4-6\u00a0 No Shame To Our Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 Peter 2:4-6 <\/strong>\u2013 4\u00a0As you come to him, the living Stone\u2014rejected by humans but chosen by God\u00a0and precious to him\u2014\u00a05\u00a0you also, like living stones, are being built\u00a0into a spiritual house\u00a0to be a holy priesthood,\u00a0offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.\u00a06\u00a0For in Scripture it says: \u201cSee, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1 Kings 6:7<\/strong> – In building the temple, only blocks dressed\u00a0at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool\u00a0was heard at the temple site while it was being built.<\/span><\/p>\n

Isaiah 28:16-17<\/strong> – 16\u00a0So this is what the Sovereign\u00a0Lord\u00a0says: \u201cSee, I lay a stone in Zion,\u00a0a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic.\u00a0 17\u00a0I will make justice\u00a0the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line;<\/span>
\n hail\u00a0will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow\u00a0your hiding place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew 21:44 <\/strong>– \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.<\/span><\/p>\n

We don\u2019t come to a man, or a god, that once was alive, but now is dead.\u00a0 The dead cannot love us, protect us and provide for us.\u00a0 The dead cannot lead us anywhere.\u00a0 We come to Jesus Christ, who walked the earth as God and man. \u00a0We come to Jesus who was cruelly tortured and died as He assumed the penalty for our sin.\u00a0 But He did not remain dead, the grave could not hold Him!\u00a0 By the power of God Almighty, Jesus rose from the dead and lives today!\u00a0 Those who do not answer the call from God to kneel before Jesus and call Him King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 17:14<\/strong>), they refuse to hear, they refuse to know that our Jesus lives.\u00a0 But we are not such people!\u00a0 Praise the Lord!\u00a0 We heard the call and were drawn to Jesus.\u00a0 We do kneel before Him and call Him our King and our Lord (Romans 14:11, Philippians 2:10-11<\/strong>).\u00a0 In our hearts and minds there are none before Him and none will succeed Him (Isaiah 43:10-11<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Though the world refuses to see an empty tomb, we have peered into it and the empty tomb was evidence of life to us.\u00a0 God has called us to His Precious One and we follow Jesus our Christ.\u00a0 We understand, by the grace of God, that eternal salvation is given only through Jesus.\u00a0 We have come, understanding our need for forgiveness, and have fallen upon the large, solid, unbreakable Cornerstone that is the forever enduring covenant of grace from God.\u00a0 We fall upon the Cornerstone, broken and in need of a Savior save us.\u00a0 We were all like Humpty Dumpty.\u00a0 Broken with no hope of being repaired by self or any other.\u00a0 Yet, we fell, broken, upon the cornerstone and He did the miraculous and put us \u201cback together again\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:17<\/strong>).\u00a0 Our lives, ever being molded to the image of God, are proof that He lives.<\/p>\n

1 Kings 6:7<\/strong> relates to us that when the temple that Solomon built, the stones of the temple were hammered and chiseled before they came to the temple.\u00a0 It is that way with us.\u00a0 Before we get to Heaven, before we take our eternal place with God, the Lord has been doing the chiseling away of what is rough, what is not desirous.\u00a0 We are stones that are being prepared before arriving at the temple to fit perfectly with all other stones of the temple.\u00a0 We are being perfectly crafted by perfect hands.\u00a0 In the perfect foreknowledge and by the absolute will of God, we were being crafted by Him before we even bowed our knees to Him.\u00a0 He knew us before we knew Him and when the time came to bow our knees to Jesus, we had already been crafted to do.\u00a0 First, Jesus is the Cornerstone that is the foundation for all who honestly and purely seek God.\u00a0 Then God, who has known all who would be His before the creation of all of creation, knew exactly how He would shape us to be a part, an essential part, of the temple where God resides (1 Corinthians 6:9<\/strong>). The mysteries and wonders of God are endless and beyond us!\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

Father God sent His Son to us and He has brought us to Him.\u00a0 Now we behold the beauty of our Savior and Lord Jesus.\u00a0 He is our Life, He is our Love!\u00a0 We are enraptured by the love of God that is presented to us through Jesus.\u00a0 We absolutely, without wavering, trust in Him.\u00a0 We trust in no other.\u00a0 Trusting in Him we are never put to shame.\u00a0 Here in this world, we are not ashamed of Him.\u00a0 Instead, we lift Him up to be seen by all as we proudly proclaim He is our Savior and Lord.\u00a0 We proudly present Him to world so that they may see Him and be saved.\u00a0 We belong to Jesus.\u00a0 We are never ashamed of Him.\u00a0 Not now, on this earth, as we share the Gospel by word and action.\u00a0 And we shall never be put to shame.\u00a0 When the final day of judgement comes, then it will be revealed to all that we are His. We will be jubilant as we stand with Jesus in heaven.\u00a0 Shame will be for those who rejected God\u2019s grace.\u00a0 We are not people of shame, or who shall be shamed.\u00a0 We are those who are God\u2019s prize.\u00a0 We are loved by God.\u00a0 We shall never know shame (Romans 10:11<\/strong>).\u00a0 Praise God for our sure destiny!\u00a0 Praise God solely for who He is. \u00a0Praise God!<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/strong> – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/strong> – But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/strong> – He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/span><\/p>\n

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