Remember Who We Are #28

We were in I Peter 2 earlier this month looking at a whole list of "who we are" in verse 9. Today we back up to look at the core of that list:

 4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture:
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
    a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

We are living stones in this temple of God, serving as a holy priesthood.  This picture is so intriguing - of a building that is living, and growing, and acting. The church is not a physical building, but the buildings we use can be a picture of the church, with holy activity and spiritual growth and praise to the name of Christ taking place there.  One last note here is this final phrase: whoever believes in him will not be put to shame. Christ bore the shame of our sin on the cross, so we do not have to. It is our privilege is to be called to be His priests to bring others into God's presence.