Sermon Notes 3/30/25
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Being Lively Stones
I Peter 2:4-5
I. The Living Stone- Jesus Christ
A. How can a stone be “living?” (v. 4)
1. Can you speak to it?
2. Can it speak back to you?
3. He is alive!
4. Living Stone was rejected by man
5. Living Stone was chosen by God
B. Chief Cornerstone (v. 6)
C. Precious Stone
D. Stone of stumbling becomes a stone of offense
II. We are Lively Stones (v. 5)
Greek meaning- to live, life, quick
A. We demonstrate Jesus, the Living Stone
B. Lively Stones are peculiar people (Titus 2:14)
C. We are special people
1. Brothers and sisters in Christ
2. We have the same Father
3. We have special privileges (Ps. 116:15)
III. Stones are for ____________________
A. _________________ house
B. Building a ______________________________________
C. What is a NT believer priest?
1. Represents __________________________________
2. Access before the ____________________ (Heb. 4:16)
3. Same ________________ before God
4. No ___________________
5. _____________ (Rev. 1:6)
a. Royal _________________ that has cleansed us
b. Royal ________________- Christian
c. Royal ___________________
D. The ________________________ of the priest (v. 5)
1. _____________ (Rom. 12:1)
2. _____________ (Heb. 13:15)
3. _____________________ (Heb. 13:16)
4. _________________ (Phil. 4:18)
5. _____________ (Rom. 15:16)