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To: metmom

So, Jesus is the truth, and Jesus is the foundation of the church, do we then read the verse in question to say that the church is the foundation of truth? How does that blueprint work out? Wouldn’t that make the church the foundation of Jesus, and Jesus the foundation of the church? Seems awfully circular to me.


66 posted on 03/28/2014 8:05:03 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman
Jesus is the chief cornerstone.

1 Peter 2:4-8 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 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. 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.”

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,”

and

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

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

There is no dispute among people who believe the truth.

70 posted on 03/28/2014 8:58:49 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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