To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,”Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
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we've sung your praises lifting our voices up as a spiritual sacrifice now we wait before your word your God breathed word beyond these walls around this planet by the billions other people are hearing this word this very day and so we also hear it. Lord, speak. We pray you will anoint these words and they'll slip the bonds of ink on paper and become a living word for this church. In Jesus' name, amen. Please be seated. Living Stones. what do you suppose is the deepest foundation of any building on this planet as far as I can tell it's twin towers in Kuala Lumpur they have a foundation that is 400 feet deep that's deeper than a football field is long they're towering buildings and they needed a deep foundation. What do you suppose is the oldest foundation on this planet? Evidently in Syria near Aleppo archaeologists have found a foundation of a building that is 12,000 years old. As far as we know it's the oldest foundation. …
… You've got to relate to the cornerstone. Come to him, the living stone. Okay, let's first of all, here's what it means to be a Christian, among many other things. It means, as we see right here, it means that you are, like living stones, are being built into. It's a word that means to be fitted together, to be built into a spiritual house, a house of the Holy Spirit. We're being made a temple. Now, let me give you a summary of the entire Bible. Okay? Okay, set your watches. I'll give you a summary of the entire Bible, the entire storyline of the Bible, in terms of one theme, and that is this, the presence of God, seeing him and knowing him face to face. The Bible says that God created us for his presence. He created us to know him face to face. That's what we were built for. and in the Garden of God, in the Garden of Eden. God walked with Adam and Eve, and they knew his presence. …
"Unto you therefore who believe, He is precious." 1 Peter 2:7. [Other Sermons by Mr. Spurgeon upon this passage, are as follows Sermons #242, Volume 5—CHRIST PRECIOUS TO BELIEVERS; #2137, Volume 36—(same title as #242) and #3014, Volume 52—A SERMON FROM A SICK PREACHER] WHEN one has a head cold, it is a very effectual hindrance to thought. You may do what you will and select what subject you may, but somehow or other the mind has lost its elasticity. I frankly confess that for this reason I selected this text for my discourse. I thought that, perhaps, if the head would not work, the heart might, and that if the thoughts came not, yet the emotions might. Emotions may well be stirred in the preacher, if not in the hearer, by the memories awakened by this passage. For I remember well that, more than 22 years ago, the first sermon that I ever attempted to make was from this text. I had been asked to walk out to the little village of Teversham, some little distance from the town of Cambridge, in which I lived, to accompany a young man whom I supposed to be the preacher for the evening, and on the way I said to him that I trusted God would bless him in his labors. "Oh, dear!" he said, "I never preached in my life. I never thought of doing such a thing! I was asked to walk with you and I sincerely hope that God would bless you in your preaching." "No," I said, "but I never preached and I don't know that I could do anything of the sort." We walked together till we came to the place, my inmost soul being all in a tremble as to what would happen. When we found the congregation assembled, and no one else there to speak of Jesus, though I was only 16 years of age, as I found that I was expected to preach, I did preach, and this was the text. …