Summary
¥May the Lord help us to handle his word rightly and not to stumble over the person of Jesus:
¥1Pet 2:5 (NIV) 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." {[6] Isaiah 28:16} 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 capstone," {[7] Psalm 118:22} 8 and, "A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." {[8] Isaiah 8:14} They stumble because they disobey the message--which is also what they were destined for.