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Devotional #13 in 1 Peter
“To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 2:4-5 KJV)
When you come to Jesus, you are coming to the living stone, the Rock (1 Corinthians 10:4), and the Foundation (1 Corinthians 3:11). He was rejected (disallowed) of men, but chosen of God. Sinful men put Him to death, but God raised Him from the dead, forever proving that He was chosen of God. And He was precious – or costly – of great value to God and man. We are redeemed with the precious blood of Christ (1:19), God gave His precious Son. Jesus gave his life’s blood. Costly and precious.
Jesus is the Rock, the living stone, the Foundation. When we accept Christ we become a living stone in God’s spiritual house. Each believer becomes a part (another stone) in this house. We become priests - an holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable or pleasing to God. Jesus is the High Priest and we serve with Him as priests. The Jewish priests represented man to God and were mediators. But in the New Testament, Paul writes in 1 Timothy 2:5 that “there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”
Because we are priests, we can go directly to God without any human mediator. Jesus is the only mediator. (1 Timothy 2:5). As a living stone we become a part of God’s spiritual house. As a priest we offer spiritual sacrifices – that is our praise and thanksgiving, our bodies, our talents and gifts, and our service. Give yourself to Him.
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