Teachings
Under Pressure: Purpose of the Church
Feb 14, 2010 Speaker / Series: Neil Kring // Under Pressure
This section lays out in a very straightforward way the mission of the church. In this message we discuss the background of this section and a challenge to allow God to build us into something useful for His kingdom.
Reference text: I Peter 2:4-10
[4] As you come to him, the living Stone–rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him – [5] 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. [6] For in Scripture it says:
"See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame."
[7] Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
"The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone," [8] and,
"A stone that causes men to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall."
They stumble because they disobey the message–which is also what they were destined for.
[9] But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. [10]Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Question of the week: We're a part of a people belonging to God. In what ways am I not living up to that? In what ways am I demonstrating it?
Reference text: I Peter 2:4-10
[4] As you come to him, the living Stone–rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him – [5] 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. [6] For in Scripture it says:
"See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame."
[7] Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
"The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone," [8] and,
"A stone that causes men to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall."
They stumble because they disobey the message–which is also what they were destined for.
[9] But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. [10]Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Question of the week: We're a part of a people belonging to God. In what ways am I not living up to that? In what ways am I demonstrating it?
