2013.30.17 The Messiah enters
the Temple
Luke 19: 45 to Luke
20: 19
Luke 19:
45-48 NKJV
45 Then He
went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, 46
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have
made it a ‘den of thieves.’”
47 And He was
teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the
leaders of the people sought to destroy Him, 48 and were unable to do anything;
for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.
Luke 19: 45-48 Schlachter 2000
45 Und er ging in den Tempel hinein
und fing an, die Verkäufer und Käufer darin hinauszutreiben,
46 und sprach zu ihnen: Es steht geschrieben:
»Mein Haus ist ein Bethaus«. Ihr aber habt eine Räuberhöhle daraus gemacht!
47 Und er lehrte täglich im Tempel;
die obersten Priester aber und die Schriftgelehrten und die Vornehmsten des
Volkes trachteten danach, ihn umzubringen;
48 doch sie fanden keinen Weg, wie
sie es tun sollten; denn das ganze Volk hing an ihm und hörte ihm zu.
Luke 20: 1-
19 NKJV
1 Now it
happened on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and
preached the gospel, that the chief priests and the scribes, together with the
elders, confronted Him 2 and spoke to Him, saying, “Tell us, by what authority
are You doing these things? Or who is he who gave You this authority?”3 But He
answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, and answer Me: 4 The
baptism of John—was it from heaven or from men?”
5 And they
reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why
then[a] did you not believe him?’ 6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people
will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.” 7 So they
answered that they did not know where it was from.
8 And Jesus
said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
9 Then He
began to tell the people this parable: “A certain man planted a vineyard,
leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time. 10 Now
at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him
some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him
away empty-handed. 11 Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also,
treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 And again he sent a
third; and they wounded him also and cast him out.
13 “Then the
owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son.
Probably they will respect him when they see him.’ 14 But when the vinedressers
saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let
us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15 So they cast him out of the
vineyard and killed him. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to
them? 16 He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to
others.” And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!”
17 Then He
looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone which
the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone’?
18 Whoever
falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him
to powder.”19 And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to
lay hands on Him, but they feared the people —for they knew He had spoken this
parable against them.
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1 Es geschah aber an einem jener
Tage, als er das Volk im Tempel lehrte und das Evangelium verkündigte, da
traten die obersten Priester und die Schriftgelehrten samt den Ältesten herzu
2 und redeten mit ihm und sprachen:
Sage uns, in welcher Vollmacht tust du dies? Und wer hat dir diese Vollmacht
gegeben?
3 Er aber antwortete und sprach zu
ihnen: Auch ich will euch ein Wort fragen! So sagt mir:
4 War die Taufe des Johannes vom
Himmel oder von Menschen?
5 Da überlegten sie bei sich selbst
und sprachen: Wenn wir sagen: Vom Himmel, so wird er fragen: Warum habt ihr ihm
dann nicht geglaubt?
6 Wenn wir aber sagen: Von Menschen,
so wird das ganze Volk uns steinigen; denn es ist überzeugt, daß Johannes ein
Prophet war!
7 Und sie antworteten, sie wüßten
nicht woher.
8 Da sprach Jesus zu ihnen: So sage
ich euch auch nicht, in welcher Vollmacht ich dies tue.
9 Er fing aber an, dem Volk dieses
Gleichnis zu sagen: Ein gewisser Mensch pflanzte einen Weinberg und verpachtete
ihn an Weingärtner und hielt sich längere Zeit außer Landes auf.
10 Und als es Zeit war, sandte er
einen Knecht zu den Weingärtnern, damit sie ihm [seinen Anteil] von der Frucht
des Weinbergs gäben. Die Weingärtner aber schlugen ihn und schickten ihn mit
leeren Händen fort.
11 Und er fuhr fort und sandte einen
anderen Knecht. Sie aber schlugen auch diesen und beschimpften ihn und jagten
ihn mit leeren Händen davon.
12 Und er fuhr fort und sandte einen
dritten; aber auch diesen verwundeten sie und warfen ihn hinaus.
13 Da sprach der Herr des Weinbergs:
Was soll ich tun? Ich will meinen Sohn senden, den geliebten; wenn sie den
sehen, werden sie sich vielleicht scheuen!
14 Als aber die Weingärtner diesen
sahen, sprachen sie untereinander: Das ist der Erbe! Kommt, laßt uns ihn töten,
damit das Erbgut uns gehört!
15 Und sie stießen ihn zum Weinberg
hinaus und töteten ihn. Was wird nun der Herr des Weinbergs mit ihnen tun?
16 Er wird kommen und diese
Weingärtner umbringen und den Weinberg anderen geben! Als sie das hörten,
sprachen sie: Das sei ferne!
17 Er aber blickte sie an und sprach:
Was bedeutet denn das, was geschrieben steht: »Der Stein, den die Bauleute
verworfen haben, der ist zum Eckstein geworden?
18 Jeder, der auf diesen Stein fällt,
wird zerschmettert werden; auf wen er aber fällt, den wird er zermalmen!
19 Da suchten die obersten Priester
und die Schriftgelehrten Hand an ihn zu legen in derselben Stunde; aber sie
fürchteten das Volk; denn sie erkannten, daß er dieses Gleichnis im Blick auf
sie gesagt hatte.
Jesus has entered Jerusalem as the King and Messiah…….
He has entered the Temple and cleaned house…… He has purged the Temple of the
greedy servants of the High priest…….. He devastated the temple merchants by
throwing them out…… Symbolically cleansing His Father's house…… Now it has
become a classroom for Him……. The first verse of chapter 20 tells us that He is
in the temple preaching the gospel……. and teaching the people…….. and being
confronted by the religious leaders…….. the chief priests and the scribes and
the elders……..
By this time the leaders of Israel hate Him…… now they
are furious at Him…. because He has cleansed out their businesses…… He is
acting without any authority that they know of……. Hey
Jesus….. What do you think you´re doing…… who told you to do this?
They have always wanted Him dead….. They
want Him dead now more than ever……. and they will have Him dead at the hands of
the Romans by Friday…….
Jesus tells a very simple story about a man who owned
a vineyard and rented it out…….. And he sent his slaves to collect what's due…….
They mistreated the slaves…. Finally in
an act of patience sent his own son……. Thinking they would at least respect his
son…... But they killed the son in an effort to gain complete control of the
vineyard…….. Everybody listening to the story would have agreed with the
conclusion….. kill them and hire some new farmers……. Simple story…...
Look at verse 16…..
what will the
owner of the vineyard do to them?
Luke 20:
16 NKJV
16 He will
come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to others.” And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!”
Luke 20 : 16 Schlachter 2000
16 Er wird kommen und diese
Weingärtner umbringen und den Weinberg anderen geben! Als sie das hörten,
sprachen sie: Das sei ferne!
“When they heard it they said, ‘May it never
be!'” When they heard it, akouo, meaning when they understood it…….. When they finally got
it…… they said, “No, no, no, no.”
Let´s look at the parable….
God is the Landowner…. The vineyard is Israel……. The
vine-growers are the religious leaders….. the priests, scribes ,
Pharisees…etc…. and all of the other religious leaders…… They are responsible to
shepherd Israel…… or in this parable…… to tend God's vineyard…… The long
journey is all of Old Testament
history...... all the way from the beginning of Israel…. to the coming of
Jesus…. that long time when the people of God were under the care of men appointed
by the LORD….. The slaves in the story that are sent to the vine keepers are
the Old Testament prophets…… They were
sent by God from time to time through Israel's history to receive the fruit
that was due to God…... And they came to repeat the Word of God…… and to call
for obedience to Him……. and to call for the people to bear fruit unto God……..
As we study the
Old Testament we see that they rejected the prophets…… they
hated the prophets…… they stoned the prophets…… They often killed them…..
Finally God says, “I'll send My beloved
Son.” Who is none other than the
LORD Jesus Christ and they kill Him…….
Jesus is telling Israel its own history…... You have
been under the care of certain leaders who were placed by God in responsibility
over you…. To care for you so that you would produce spiritual fruit…….. Righteousness and Godly living….. They failed
miserably……… They were so full of sin
and rebellion that they were unwilling and unable to help the people follow the
Lord….. And when God sent His prophets to call for some spiritual fruit…..
Repentance and obedience and loyalty to a merciful redeemer….. you mistreated and even killed the prophets…...
Because you wanted the inheritance for yourselves….
And now God
has sent His Son……. and what will these same spiritual leaders do?
The priests, the chief priests, scribes, the
Pharisees, the Sadducees, the elders of Israel, they will kill the Son........
In only two days……. they'll have the Romans nail Him to a cross….. They will
scream for His crucifixion…… And why? Because they want the inheritance…….
They want to keep control over the people…… They want to run God's Kingdom, Israel…..
And what will
God do to them? Two things…… right here in verse 16……
1 “He will come
and destroy those vine-growers.”
Jesus looks forward 40 years to 70 A.D. when Titus Vespasian…… the Roman
general came with his great Roman army to stop a rebellion that began four
years earlier……. Titus will destroy Jerusalem and its temple….. Divine judgment…….
2 He will “Give the vineyard to others.”
That is, take away the stewardship of Israel's
religious leaders over God's people……. God will give that stewardship to others……
And the idea of the story is that God removed from the
leadership of Israel the stewardship of His people….. They had been stewards of
God's truth…... They were keepers of the Law….. They were to shepherd and care
for His people…. In Romans chapter 9….. Paul lists some of the privileges that
Israel had been given…… the adoption as sons….. the glory…. the covenants…..
the giving of the Law….. the temple service…. the promises…. the fathers…. And
of course the long promised Messiah….. the LORD JESUS Christ……. They had been
given everything…… And the leaders of Israel, the priests and the scribes…… The
Pharisees and the Sadducees and the elders and leaders of the people were the keepers
of truth…….
But now our Lord says, “Not only will this generation be destroyed, but the custodianship of
Israel will pass from the hands of these apostate, untrue, unfaithful,
Messiah-rejecting leaders to others…….
What does this mean? Others will become the custodians
of the truth of God……. Others will become custodians of the people of God…….
Who are the others? Matthew tells us…….
Matthew 21:43
NKJV
Schlachter 2000
43“The
Kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a people bringing forth the
fruit of it.”
43 Darum sage ich euch: Das Reich
Gottes wird von euch genommen und einem Volk gegeben werden, das dessen Früchte
bringt.
God will appoint new leaders….. The new leadership
will be faithful stewards…… and the new people will be faithful followers…..
Who are these others?
The new leaders of God´s people are none other than
the followers of Jesus Christ…...
They are to become the new custodians of God's
Kingdom, of God's work of redemption among men…...
Now this shouldn't surprise anybody because this
transition has already been happening…….
Turn to Luke chapter 9.......
Jesus called
the Twelve together....... Remember…… this is relatively early in His
ministry….. He gave them power and
authority over all the demons and to heal diseases…… sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God
and to perform healing……
Luke 9:
6 NKJV
Schlachter 2000
6, “They began
going about among the villages preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.”
6 Und sie gingen aus und durchzogen
die Dörfer, verkündigten das Evangelium und heilten überall.
The had been given power and truth that the leaders of
Israel did not have……. The leaders of Israel were not authentic…… they were
hypocrites……In their hypocrisy….. they
were not speaking for God…… they had no
power….. and they did not proclaim the truth…... Here early in His ministry,
our Lord commissions the Twelve, gives them power and authority over demons and
disease and sends them to proclaim the gospel of the Kingdom…… that is the way
of salvation and entrance into God's Kingdom……. The transition has already
begun…… They are to be the new caretakers, the new custodians, the new stewards,
the new vine-growers in God's vineyard…….
Chapter 10 of Luke shows this change too…… Luke
10Verse 1
Luke 10:
1-3 NKJV
1 After these
things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before
His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. 2 Then He
said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore
pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. 3 Go your
way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
Luke 10: 1-3 Schlachter 2000
1 Danach aber bestimmte der Herr noch
70 andere und sandte sie je zwei und zwei vor sich her in alle Städte und Orte,
wohin er selbst kommen wollte.
2 Er sprach nun zu ihnen: Die Ernte
ist groß, aber es sind wenige Arbeiter. Darum bittet den Herrn der Ernte, daß
er Arbeiter in seine Ernte sende!
3 Geht hin! Siehe, ich sende euch wie
Lämmer mitten unter die Wölfe.
Jesus saw the
religious leaders of Israel as the wolves dressed in sheep's clothing…….
He now sends 70 out who are to go with the true Gospel…..
repentance and genuine faith towards God…. All of that from a redeemed and
changed heart….
The transition has already begun…… Ordinary men….. some
fishermen and notice that we don´t even know the names of most of these….. They
are the new stewards of the Kingdom……. Jesus
says you go out and proclaim the Kingdom!..... They began to proclaim the truth
of God……. Look down to verse 17….. Chapter
10 verse 17…..
Luke 10: 17-
20 NKJV
17 Then the
seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in
Your name.”
18 And He
said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I give
you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power
of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not
rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice
because your names are written in heaven.”
Luke 10: 17- 20 Schlachter 2000
17 Die Siebzig aber kehrten mit
Freuden zurück und sprachen: Herr, auch die Dämonen sind uns untertan in deinem
Namen!
18 Da sprach er zu ihnen: Ich sah den
Satan wie einen Blitz vom Himmel fallen.
19 Siehe, ich gebe euch die
Vollmacht, auf Schlangen und Skorpione zu treten, und über alle Gewalt des
Feindes; und nichts wird euch in irgendeiner Weise schaden.
20 Doch nicht darüber freut euch, daß
euch die Geister untertan sind; freut euch aber lieber darüber, daß eure Namen
im Himmel geschrieben sind.
the seventy returned after going out into all these
places…… with great Joy!
There is no
greater joy than this ….. to obey the command of the Lord Jesus and go out and
proclaim the Good news…… The disciples are thrilled and excited….. Jesus
reminds them of something very important here in verse 20….. Don´t rejoice
because of your power and influence….. rejoice because of the fact that your
names are written in the Lambs book of Life….. That is the ultimate source of
our joy! Wonderful….
Redemption, mercy….. forgiveness that we did not and
never could deserve……
Go down to verse 21……..
John 10: 21-24 NKJV
21 In that
hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent
and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your
sight. 22 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows
who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the
one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”
23 Then He
turned to His disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the
things you see; 24 for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to
see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not
heard it.”
John 10: 21-24 Schlachter 2000
21 Zu derselben Stunde frohlockte
Jesus im Geist und sprach: Ich preise dich, Vater, Herr des Himmels und der
Erde, daß du dies den Weisen und Klugen verborgen und es den Unmündigen
geoffenbart hast. Ja, Vater, denn so ist es wohlgefällig gewesen vor dir.
22 Und zu den Jüngern gewandt sagte
er: Alles ist mir übergeben worden von meinem Vater; und niemand weiß, wer der
Sohn ist, als nur der Vater; und wer der Vater ist, [weiß niemand] als nur der
Sohn und wem der Sohn es offenbaren will.
23 Und er wandte sich zu seinen
Jüngern besonders und sprach: Glückselig sind die Augen, die sehen, was ihr
seht!
24 Denn ich sage euch, viele
Propheten und Könige wünschten zu sehen, was ihr seht, und haben es nicht
gesehen, und zu hören, was ihr hört, und haben es nicht gehört.
Verse 21……. Look
at this Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit……
How cool is that…… Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit over His disciples…… Why?….. 1
because they went out and obeyed Him……. 2They proclaimed the Good News….. and 3 because they were thrilled to see what
God was doing through them…… it filled them with joy…. The joyful thankful
Christian life that we all seek? Where is it?.... It´s right here….
1 go and obey Jesus…….
2 Proclaim
the Good News….. and
3 You
will see what God is doing through you……
You are now the stewards of the kingdom of Heaven….. What a treasure!
Look down at verse 23….. Jesus says…….. you are
Blessed!
John 10: 23,24 NKJV Schlachter 2000
23“Turning to
the disciples, He said privately, ‘Blessed are the eyes which see the things
you see 24 for I say to you that many
prophets and kings wish to see the things which you see and didn't see them, to
hear the things which you hear and didn't hear them.'”
23 Und er wandte sich zu seinen
Jüngern besonders und sprach: Glückselig sind die Augen, die sehen, was ihr
seht! 24 Denn ich sage euch, viele Propheten und Könige wünschten zu sehen, was
ihr seht, und haben es nicht gesehen, und zu hören, was ihr hört, und haben es
nicht gehört.
Jesus told His disciples….. You are receiving privileges
that people have longed for…….
Here today in the 21st century Ps 118….. You
and me…. We are seeing things and
doing things that show that we are the new ministers of the truth…… Proclaimers
of the Good News….. New Testament grace and truth flowing out of our lives…… At
least it should be flowing out of our lives….. Jesus says..…... You see things
others don't see….. You hear and understand what others don't hear and
understand…… What are you going to do about it? remember Jesus said……. Why do
you call me LORD and not do what I tell you to do?
Ephesians
2:20 says the church is built upon the foundation of the Apostles and the prophets…… Christ Jesus being
the chief cornerstone……. This is the
new leadership in the church……. the Apostles and the preachers who preach the
Word of God…. As Peter said in his letter….. 1 Peter 2…..
1 Peter 2:
9 NKJV
9 You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him
who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light
9 Ihr aber seid ein auserwähltes
Geschlecht, ein königliches Priestertum, ein heiliges Volk, ein Volk des Eigentums,
damit ihr die Tugenden dessen verkündet, der euch aus der Finsternis berufen
hat zu seinem wunderbaren Licht
We are now His royal representatives…. A chosen
generation
In the Great Commission Jesus sent us out…..
You go, you're My representatives…... You're the new
vine-growers in My vineyard…..
Our stewardship is pretty simple…… Preach the Word..........
and of course……. Live the word….. Live the truth…… don´t be like these
hypocritical leaders of Israel…. Make disciples of every nation….
Back to the parable…. The last word in the parable was
that they killed the son….. But That´s not the end of the story….. Go back to Luke 20…… They panic when they
understand the meaning of the story,
The parable has ended…… The end is tragic for the
vine-growers…… It's tragic, at this point, for the son, he's dead……. But the
death of the son can't be the end of the story…… So he looks at them and says,
“In case you're wondering if that's the end of the story, have you forgotten
the Scripture?” And He quotes Psalm 118….
Luke 20: 17,
18 NKJV Schlachter 2000
17 Then He
looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone which
the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone’? 18 Whoever falls on
that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to
powder.”
17 Er aber blickte sie an und sprach:
Was bedeutet denn das, was geschrieben steht: »Der Stein, den die Bauleute
verworfen haben, der ist zum Eckstein geworden?18 Jeder, der auf diesen Stein
fällt, wird zerschmettert werden; auf wen er aber fällt, den wird er zermalmen!
He takes them from the parable…. right into the Old
Testament….. This is not the end of the story….. Have you forgotten the Scripture……..
Scripture says that the stone rejected becomes the chief cornerstone……!
Why is this passage important…?
They would understand it clearly….. They knew the
hallel very well…… They knew Psalm 118, probably most of them knew it by
heart…. certainly the leaders did....... the chief cornerstone is a picture of
the Messiah…... The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone……
Now as Jesus is teaching he says that the son in the
parable…… is the stone that they are
rejecting…… and that He is also the Chief cornerstone….. the illustration has
shifted and the son has become a stone…... They had said, “You're not perfect…..
We don't accept You as the cornerstone to God's Kingdom.”
If you go back into the hallel in Psalm 118…. It is
about the Lord Jesus…… the Messiah…. He
is the stone which the builders rejected…… Peter talked about the Stone that
they rejected when he preached to the leaders in Acts…. Turn to Acts 4…. Verse
10….
Acts 4: 10,
11 NKJV
10 let it be
known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him
this man stands here before you whole. 11 This is the ‘stone which was rejected
by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ 12 Nor is there
salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men
by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4: 10, 11 Schlachter 2000
10 so sei euch allen und dem ganzen
Volk Israel bekanntgemacht, daß durch den Namen Jesu Christi, des Nazareners,
den ihr gekreuzigt habt, den Gott auferweckt hat aus den Toten, daß dieser
durch Ihn gesund vor euch steht.
11 Das ist der Stein, der von euch,
den Bauleuten, verworfen wurde, der zum Eckstein geworden ist.
He's talking to the rulers, the elders, and the
scribes and to Annas and Caiaphas and all the leaders, and he says, “You
rejected Him, you rejected Him as the cornerstone and He rejects you.” And
guess what? The stone which you rejected is back and it's the cornerstone……. The Son is the stone and He has returned.......
The story does not end with a dead Son….. He will die on Friday but He will
rise on Sunday…… The stone did not measure up to their standards….. They
rejected the Lord of Glory…… They killed Him…. But Jesus is the chief corner
stone…… accepted and approved of by
God..... Jesus rose from the dead…..
This is a message of love and grace to these
rebellious leaders….. It is also a solemn and warning…… The consequences of
refusing to repent….. of killing the son is disasterous…… that's why He wept
back in Luke chapter 19 verse 41 when He came to Jerusalem…….. Rejecting Jesus
Christ is the absolute worst thing anyone can ever do…… The message goes right
to the heart of the matter…… It is the most important choice you will ever make
in your life….. How did the leaders respond? Look at Luke 20 verse 19….
Luke
20:19 NKJV Schlachter 2000
19 And the
chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but
they feared the people —for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.
19 Da suchten die obersten Priester
und die Schriftgelehrten Hand an ihn zu legen in derselben Stunde; aber sie
fürchteten das Volk; denn sie erkannten, daß er dieses Gleichnis im Blick auf
sie gesagt hatte.
They knew JESUS was talking about them…… He was
condemning them……. Instead of being convicted and repenting…… They continued their efforts to kill Him…… What
will you do with Jesus Christ? Will you submit to Him, embrace Him as Lord and
Savior? Will call Him LORD and do the things that He said? Will we ….. who say
we belong to the Lord Jesus finally begin to really love and serve Him?
Close
Peter wrote about our position in the Lord Jesus
Christ….. He gives us some very practical and helpful advice….. He also connected
our Christian lives to the rejected cornerstone……. Alive forever…..
1 Peter 2:1 –
12 NKJV
1 Therefore,
laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2
as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,
3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4 Coming to
Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and
precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a
holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through
Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,“Behold, I lay
in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will
by no means be put to shame.”7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious;
but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected Has become
the chief cornerstone,”8 and“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of
offense.”They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were
appointed.
9 But you are
a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people,
that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into
His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of
God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
11 Beloved, I
beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war
against the soul, 12 having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that
when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which
they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
1 Peter 2: 1-12 Schlachter 2000
1 So legt nun ab alle Bosheit und
allen Betrug und Heuchelei und Neid und alle Verleumdungen,
2 und seid als neugeborene Kindlein
begierig nach der unverfälschten Milch des Wortes1, damit ihr durch sie
heranwachst,
3 wenn ihr wirklich geschmeckt habt,
daß der Herr freundlich ist.
4 Da ihr zu ihm gekommen seid, zu dem
lebendigen Stein, der von den Menschen zwar verworfen, bei Gott aber auserwählt
und kostbar ist,
5 so laßt auch ihr euch nun als
lebendige Steine aufbauen, als ein geistliches Haus, als ein heiliges
Priestertum, um geistliche Opfer darzubringen, die Gott wohlgefällig sind durch
Jesus Christus.
6 Darum steht auch in der Schrift:
»Siehe, ich lege in Zion einen auserwählten, kostbaren Eckstein, und wer an ihn
glaubt, soll nicht zuschanden werden«.
7 Für euch nun, die ihr glaubt, ist
er kostbar; für die aber, die sich weigern zu glauben, gilt: »Der Stein, den
die Bauleute verworfen haben, gerade der ist zum Eckstein geworden«,
8 ein »Stein des Anstoßens« und ein
»Fels des Ärgernisses«. Weil sie sich weigern, dem Wort zu glauben, nehmen sie
Anstoß, wozu sie auch bestimmt sind.
9 Ihr aber seid ein auserwähltes
Geschlecht, ein königliches Priestertum, ein heiliges Volk, ein Volk des Eigentums,
damit ihr die Tugenden dessen verkündet, der euch aus der Finsternis berufen
hat zu seinem wunderbaren Licht
10 — euch, die ihr einst nicht ein
Volk wart, jetzt aber Gottes Volk seid, und einst nicht begnadigt wart, jetzt
aber begnadigt seid.
11 Geliebte, ich ermahne euch als
Gäste und Fremdlinge: Enthaltet euch der fleischlichen Begierden, die gegen die
Seele streiten;
12 und führt einen guten Wandel unter
den Heiden, damit sie da, wo sie euch als Übeltäter verleumden, doch aufgrund
der guten Werke, die sie gesehen haben, Gott preisen am Tag der Untersuchung.
What will you do with Jesus Christ? This rejected
stone….. Is He precious to you? Will you submit to Him, embrace Him as Lord and
Savior? Or is He a rock of offense….. a crushing stone? If you refuse Him who
now speaks from heaven….. You will be ground into powder…. You will lose your
life…..
