Living Right Side Up in an Upside Down World:

Living Stones 1 Peter 2:4-12

3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

LIVING RIGHT SIDE UP IN AND UPSIDE DOWN WORLD!

Spiritual Houses verses 4-5

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

Living Right Side Upto be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Cornerstone or Capstone? Verses 6-8

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." 7Now to you who believe, this stone is precious.

Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

Cornerstone or Capstone? Verses 6-8

“I am The Way, The Truth & The Life, no one comes to the Father except through me.”

But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the CAPSTONE," 8and, "A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall."

“it is finished”

The Building’s Materials verses 9-10

9But you are a chosen people, John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you…

Deuteronomy 7:6-8 6For you are a people holy to the LORD your

God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. 7The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. 8But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you…

You are not your own; you were bought at a price.

a royal priesthood,

a holy nation, a people belonging to God,

1 Cor. 6:19-20

The Building’s Materials verses 9-10

that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.

Romans 8:31 If God is for us, who can be against us?

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.

The Building’s Materials verses 9-10

The Building’s Appearance verses 11-12

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.

Living Stones?Spiritual Houses

Cornerstone or Capstone?

The Building Materials

The Building Appearance

a chosen people, a royal priesthood,

a holy nation, a people belonging to God,

LIVING RIGHT SIDE UP IN AND UPSIDE DOWN WORLD!

“living life the way it was meant to be lived”

“acting fully human”