Daily Bread - 05/04/07
1 Peter 2:6 - For this reason it is underscored in the scriptures, Behold I lay in Zion a corner stone chosen precious and those who believe on Him shall not be ashamed.
This quote is from Isaiah 28:16, "Therefore this is what my Lord YHWH says, behold I have laid in Zion a foundation stone: a proven stone, a precious cornerstone, a secure foundation, the believing shall not panic". The fragment of this verse that is quoted serves to point to Jesus Christ as the one who came to fulfill that which Father promised by His prophet Isaiah.
The context in Isaiah 28 is that everyone shall be measured by the cornerstone if they fail to line up with this chosen and proven cornerstone, then they shall be thrown away. The measuring line shall be justice and the leveling rod or plummet line shall be righteousness. The spiritual house is built by living stones that are placed into the building by the Holy Spirit because they meet the standards and qualifications of the cornerstone. We were made these living stones through the miracle of the new birth in Christ Jesus and there is no one that God will reject if they come to Him by Christ Jesus. Now through the grace of God in Christ Jesus we grow and mature in every attribute of His Holy Nature (1 Peter 2:2; 2 Peter 3:18; Ephesians 2:21; 4:15). Jesus who is the author and finisher of our faith perfects everything that concerns us (Hebrews 12:2; Philippians 1:6; 2:13; 1 Corinthians 1:8).
All we must do is stay yielded to Him and the Holy Spirit will train us in all of the ways of the divine nature (John 16:13; 14:26; Romans 6:19). If we trust Him no matter what the short comings we will discover that we will never be ashamed for He is always there to show His love and mercy. As we walk out a relationship of hungering and thirsting after righteousness we will find ourselves prepared by the Master unto every good work (2 Timothy 2:21; Hebrews 13:21; Matthew 5:6). God's standard is high but His mercy is great!
Be blessed!
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
abidingplace.org
About Me
- Carol L
- San Diego area, California, United States
- I started this blog back in 2005, but in 2006 began dedicating it solely for the purpose of posting email messages called, Daily Bread, sent out Monday through Saturday by my pastor, Mark Spitsbergen. These daily emails contain fresh revelation that Mark gets from the Word of God by the Holy Spirit for that day for the church that God has called him to pastor, Abiding Place. 1 Peter 4:11 says, "If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God gives that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, (John 14:6), and He says, "The words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are Life." (John 6:63). For the Word of God is quick (alive), and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12).
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