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1 Peter 2:4-8
"As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to he a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.  For it stand 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.'
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,".

I am reading in 1 Peter chapter 2 and I came across a thought I wanted to share.  In verse 4-8 Peter is making reference to an Old Testament passage found in Isaiah that is making reference to Jesus.  The prophet is saying here that Jesus is the cornerstone.

This is an interesting little tidbit about history and architecture.  In the ancient times when they were building a building they did not have all the fancy tools we have now, what they would do is take a stone that was perfectly cut.  The lines were perfect, corners were perfect, everything about it was perfect.  They would lay that stone at the corner and it would act as the measuring line for the rest of the foundation of the building.  This stone was so important to the integrity of the building that if it was not perfect, the whole building would collapse.

Peter is saying here that Jesus should be in our lives that corner stone, the one upon which we build our entire foundation.  This makes sense because the bible is clear that Jesus is the source of all life.

So my thought is this, what does it say about people who do not build their lives on Jesus?  The ones that reject him?  What does it say about a person's life when they reject the very one who is the foundation of life?

We need to tell people that Jesus is life.  He is the one on which a person can build the foundation of their life.

May our LORD be with you
Josh