God’s goal is to have a spiritual house built up with living stones; Christ came to us as the incorruptible seed to grow in us and produce us as living stones for God’s building, and we as believers come to Him as a living stone to become living stones through regeneration and transformation. Amen! The […]
The Triune God is our Full Enjoyment to Carry out the Economy of God for His Building
February 26, 2025 by 10 Comments
Although the subject of 1 and 2 Peter is God’s government, this is not the central focus and basic structure of these Epistles, which is the Triune God as our full enjoyment to carry out the economy of God. Amen! Everything concerning God’s government should bring us back to the central focus and basic structure […]
Living Stones are Worked on Outwardly and Living Inwardly to be Suitable for God’s Building
November 19, 2022 by 8 Comments
The stones of the temple signify Christ’s humanity in transformation, the transformed Christ – He’s the One suitable for God’s building! He as the living stone is making us living stones through the inward work of regeneration and outward work of cutting and dealing, just as the stones were cut and dealt with before […]
We are Being Transformed and Built up as Living Stones in God’s Spiritual House
December 15, 2018 by Leave a Comment
As believers in Christ, we are becoming living stones for the building up of the church, God’s spiritual house on earth today. Christ as the stone-Savior produces living stones for God’s building. We are men of clay; we are born of our parents in the flesh, and we are of dust, men of clay. How […]
Drink the Word to Grow and be Transformed to be Living Stones for God’s Building
December 14, 2018 by Leave a Comment
If we read John 1:42 and Matt. 16:18 we will realise that both Christ and the believers are living stones for God’s building, and that God’s goal is to have a spiritual house built up with living stones. Yes, Christ is the living stone, and we are born as men of clay, but through regeneration, […]
The Resurrected Christ is the Propagating Stone and the Building Stone to the Believers
December 13, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Christ as the Stone-Savior is producing many living stones for God’s building, God’s spiritual house, and for us as believers the resurrected Christ is the propagating stone and the building stone. We may have never thought of Christ being the Stone-Savior, but this is what Peter is speaking of in his second gospel message in […]
Preaching the Gospel of Christ as the Stone-Savior for the Church as God’s Building
December 12, 2018 by Leave a Comment
In Acts 4:10-12 Peter proclaimed Christ as the Stone-Savior; we need to preach the gospel of Christ as the Stone-Savior for God’s building. Our commission is not just to preach the gospel of grace for people to be saved and go to heaven…. Rather, as we see Peter doing, we need to know, enjoy, and […]
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