Thursday, July 12, 2007

Living Stones

1 Peter 2:5
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.

Under the inspiration of the Spirit, Peter called believers in Christ "living stones." The New Testament contains several different Greek words for rock...Peter used lithos, which can refer to small or large stones [to refer to believers]. Interestingly, lithos is also the original term used for the stone rolled away from Christ's tomb. Wouldn't it be something if our lives became living stones exposing the empty tomb--the proof Jesus li
ves? What if people were convinced we worship a living Savior simply by watching the effervescent life of the Spirit in us?


Beth Moore, Whispers of Hope

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