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To: verga
Peter himself says that Jesus is the stone on which the church is built.

1 Peter 2:4-12 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.”

7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,

“The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone,”

8 and

“A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.”

They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

1,581 posted on 01/17/2012 6:14:21 AM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: metmom
Peter himself says that Jesus is the stone on which the church is built.

You have a very good theory, but the problem is that you are disagreeing with Jesus Himself and ALL of the Protestant scholars. If you can gett hem to change their minds bully for you. But please don't agrue with me when it is your own people telling YOU that YOU are WRONG.

1,582 posted on 01/17/2012 8:58:37 AM PST by verga (We get what we tolerate and increase that which we reward)
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