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1 Peter 2:4-10 Jesus is the living stone. He is our foundation, our support, and our shelter. Will you choose to receive him or reject him?

Part 4 of the Spiritual Gifts & Spritual People series. Spiritual Gifts are for the building of God's church and the Spirit of God, working through His Spiritual People can accomplish awesome things!

What is the purpose of the Old Testament? What is the purpose of the New Testament? Which law are we under? What happens when we don't distinguish which law we are under?

We are spiritually blessed in Christ. In 1 Peter 2:4-10, Peter shows what those 6 blessings are that all believers have received. Join Pastor Steve as he teaches through each one from God's Word.

Baptism is a sign of “newness of life”, a call to a transformation in holiness. What happens when the “coal” touches your lips, in real life. New creation. In Jesus, God’s holiness comes as an invitation. In Jesus, holiness is no longer corrupted by the unholy (as described in the priestly context of ritual purity)- but rather is in itself an invitation to a transformation in holiness. Baptism is a sacrament that expresses this holiness as a cleansing stream that flows from God’s heart.

When your children first learn to swim you give them a warning: stay out of the deep water. You tell them not to go into water that is over their head. You tell them this because you know that if you get into water over your head and aren’t able to really swim yet you may drown. However, you also know…

Palm Sunday commemorates the provision of God from within exile and the joy it inspires. A holiness that energizes a grateful response of -wait for it- joy. Imagine that. The events surrounding that first “palm sunday” was gratitude-inspired joy birthed from within the pain of exile. Palpable real world excitement around the fact that “resurrection” is a reality in the exile-ridden reality of the real world.

(Review part 1 – click on author’s name for earlier lesson) Mankind tries to deal with the flesh by suppression or celebration Galatians deals with both issues, however, the majority of the book deals with the problem of Christians using the law to find freedom in Christ. Men often write rules to stop…

By Pastor Glenn Pease In the middle 1800's Henry Comstock staked his claim and dug until he found gold. He was getting some, but knew there had to be more. He was convinced there was a mother load there somewhere, and he kept digging. Weeks turned to months, and months to years, and finally he gave up…

Baptist Distinctives: The priesthood of the believer. I Peter 2:5,9 The conclusion expounded by Peter that "you are a holy priesthood’’ is a Biblical expression of a godly individuality; this is another Baptist distinctive. Believers are directly accountable to God through Christ for the activities of…

1 Peter 2:9-12 Before we get to the heart of the topic today, it's important that we talk briefly about priests. Many of us, for many reasons, may not think thoughts of grace when we think of priests; after all, the priests of the Bible did not always act rightly. The priesthood, however, was a VERY,…

Liberty University The Book of Hebrew’s Use of the Old Testament To Preach the Gospel A paper submitted to Dr. Adeyemi In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the course NBST 654 Liberty Theological seminary By Christopher W. Myers Lynchburg, Virginia Sunday, 07 December, 2008 Table of Contents…

The Church: A Community of Priests 1 Peter 2:5, 9 As we continue our series on community … our topic this morning is “The Church: A Community of Priests.” I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of the fact that my last name is “Priest.” … Especially living in a such a heavy Catholic area as St. Louis. Some…

Read v. 1 Peter 2:9-10 What an exciting calling God has given us. We are to declare to others the praises of God. It should be easy to do because we have received the mercy of God. There is a true account of a women who approach the emperor Napoleon with a very urgent request. This mother approached…

Reading: 1Pet 2:4-12 — you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5 (NIV) I. God’s New Address A. The Tabernacle and the Temple 1. In Old Testament times God was primarily…

class=MsoNormal>PM Reflection of AM Sermon – Joshua 24 9-21-08 Introduction: The Bible is story of one big promise 1- The story of the Bible is the story of a single promise made by God Himself and then how he goes about keeping that promise 2- God has made a promise concerning you and what it means…

Sermon on the Priests of God This morning I want to look at the concept of the priesthood of all believers Before we look at this we need to look at the priesthood of the Old Testament. In the Old Testament, you had two leaders in Israel. One was a king the other was a priest This morning I want to look…

3/17/02 John 1:19-51 “A Burning and Shining Light…” Introduction: He was a young boy born and raised in a rural town. His parents had been involved in ministry all their lives. They both died when the child was fairly young. The boy separated himself from the world of his parents—took on the life of…