Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,
“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”
Has become the chief cornerstone,”
8 and
“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”
And a rock of offense.”
They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
Only God can help us lay aside all the snares and strong holds that bind us. We have to be out on a real quest to find our Father God. All our dirty habits must cease and desist in our lives today. Our ancestors couldn't get it back then, and we let our money and greed stop us from reaching God today. Peter goes on to say in verses 2 and 3 that we become as newborn babes desiring the pure milk of the word, that we may grow thereby if we indeed have tasted that the Lord is gracious. God is here and supplies enough grace to conquer all our trials. However, if we feel that we can't humble ourselves and back away from our hum drum lives, He cannot assist us correctly in our fight to reach Him. We can't walk and talk as our world does and then say Hallelujah, Amen believing He's receiving honor. He honors truth and justice. We must admit we are simple to the word of God so He can nourish us correctly, coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious. We have been chosen by God and He should be our only reason for rising each day. He wants to give us peace of mind. He is gracious, loving, and caring, and we must also become that in our journey. We must take on the mind of Christ each day as we live and breath our dreams to life. Our spiritual man is much more powerful than our fleshly man. However, if we don't let the truth of God's word build us into the holy vessels He says we are, we will continue to war within ourselves and with each other. Lay it aside and run to God.
Blessings to all as we lay aside the negatives for the truth,
Vincent Young, Christian Analyst
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