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1 Peter 2:5

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The Living Stone and a Chosen People

4As you come to him, the living Stone–rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him–

5you 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.

6For 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.”Isaiah 28:16

7Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
“The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone,Or cornerstone”Psalm 118:22

8and,
“A stone that causes men to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”Isaiah 8:14
They stumble because they disobey the message–which is also what they were destined for.

9But 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.10Once 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.

11Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.12Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

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GOD_IS_LOVE - (eBible Scholar) 9 months ago.

<>+<>CHRIST PRIESTHOOD IS ONE<>+<>We embrace the Grace of ALMIGHTY the Holy Father<>Through our faith in the Blood of CHRIST JESUS the Holy Son<>F<\+/>S<>

nlogoteta - (eBible Novice) 8 months ago.

man this is awesome were just the building blocks in God's bigger plan

Sunnyman - (eBible Scholar) 7 months ago.

We are embodiment of holy place of worship and adoration. Our ability to steer up worship from within and sustain it, activates our control and manipulation of the spirit realm to actualise our goals in life. The Father seeks such to worship him unceasingly.