Zephaniah - Friday Reading

Themes in the Minor Prophets - Week Nine

Scripture Text: 1 Peter 2:1-10

Series: Bible Reading Challenge - Fall 2022

November 4, 2022 By Peter Churness

1 Peter 2:1-10

?¹ Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. ² Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, ³ now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
⁴ As you come to him, the living Stone —rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— ⁵ you 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. ⁶ For 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.”
⁷ Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
“The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
⁸ and,
“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.
⁹ But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. ¹⁰ Once 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.

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A 1997 graduate of the American Lutheran Theological Seminary, Peter is Lead Pastor of One Hope Church in Gig Harbor, WA. An evangelist at heart with a passion for employing creative means for communicating the gospel to the next generation, Peter founded Rebel Planet Creations in 2003, a company which creates evangelistic video games (www.TheRebelPlanet.com). Peter is a certified pastor with both Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (www.lcmc.net) and the Alliance of Renewal Churches (www.allianceofrenewalchurches.org).

Zephaniah - Friday Reading