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Vision Sunday (1 Peter 2:4-10)
Andrew Clark, 8 September 2019
Part of the Vision Focus series, Sunday Morning service
This Sunday, at the beginning of the autumn term, we remind ourselves of our three-dimensional call as disciples and as a church to Meet God, make Friends, and Make a Difference, reflecting on Peter's call to build a house of living stones. How can we be a vibrant community of God's people together in mission?
| Earlier: | Same day: | Later: |
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| « "If my people..." | None | The life of Jesus » |
1 Peter 2:4–10 (Listen)
4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture:
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,
“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
8 and
“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
(ESV)