ম্যাথিউতে 21:41 এবং 1 পিটার 2:6-8, we not only read that Jesus Christ is the chief Cornerstone, but that Jesus is a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense. To whom is Jesus a precious Cornerstone and to whom is Jesus a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense? What does the Bible say about the precious Cornerstone and what does a Stone of stumbling mean?
দেখুন, I lay in Sion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: and he that believes on Him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe He is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock ofoffense even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed (1 পিটার 2:6-8)
For whom is Jesus a precious chief Cornerstone?
Jesus is a precious chief Cornerstone to those, who believe in Jesus Christ and want to follow Him and are prepared to lay down their lives for Him. Because Jesus Christ is the living Word, the Word is precious to them. অতএব, they shall spend in the Word, listen to the Word, এবং শব্দ মান্য করা.
They shall lay down their lives and become born again in Christ.
They shall feed their spirit and তাদের মন পুনর্নবীকরণ Of শ্বরের বাক্য দিয়ে. তাই যে, their mind will line up with the will of the Father, যীশু খ্রীষ্ট (ঈশ্বরের পুত্র এবং জীবন্ত শব্দ), এবং পবিত্র আত্মা.
Because they believe in Jesus Christ, they shall believe and do His words and walk in His commandments.
The Word shall lead them into all truth. And as they follow the Word, they shall live in the truth of God.
They shall be doers of the Word and walk in His commandments in the faith. (এছাড়াও পড়ুন: ‘The hearers versus the doers of the Word’).
For whom is Jesus a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense?
বাইবেল বলে, that Jesus a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense to those, who stumble at His words and are rebellious and disobey the Word and refuse to walk in the commandments of Jesus.
Because they refuse to listen to Him and refuse to walk in the Word, they shall not build their lives upon Jesus Christ, God শ্বরের জীবন্ত শব্দ. They shall disobey the words and commandments of Jesus and change the words of God so that they fit into their lives. And so they change the Truth of God into a lie.
They don’t love but hate the Word, because the Word testifies of their evil works; তাদের পাপ এবং অন্যায়.
যীশু, the precious Cornerstone and the living Rock, shall be a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense to them, and they shall not be able to endure Him. As they can’t endure the Word, they can’t endure Christians either and be in their presence. They shall avoid them. কেন? Because Christ lives in them.
Why does the world hate born-again Christians?
When you are prepared to lay down your life and live in obedience to God according to His will, you shall be hated by the world. You shall be hated by the people around you, who live in darkness in disobedience to God (পাপ এবং অন্যায়). Because you live in obedience to God in the light. As Jesus is a Stone of stumbling to them, you shall also be a stone of stumbling to them.
That’s the price you have to pay, to follow Jesus. তাই এটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ খরচ গণনা before deciding to follow Jesus Christ. Because following Jesus will cost you your life!
যাহোক, when you’ve laid down your life and বৃদ্ধ লোকটিকে বন্ধ করুন, you don’t mind what other people think. You don’t mind whether other people like you, despise you, or even hate you.
That’s because you don’t longer live but Christ lives in you. You’ve আপনার মাংস ক্রুশবিদ্ধ খ্রীষ্টে. This means that you’ve crucified your carnal emotions, অনুভূতি, মতামত, ফলাফল, ইত্যাদি. which are all part of the flesh.
You don’t need to be liked or to be accepted by people. You also don’t need to prove yourself অন্যদের কাছে. কারণ আপনি জানেন, আপনি খ্রীষ্টের মধ্যে যারা.
বাবা, ছেলে, and the Holy Spirit know who you are and that’s what matters. You have their confirmation and therefore you don’t need the confirmation of the world.
আপনি যখন আত্মার পরে হাঁটেন, you shall understand why the পৃথিবী তোমাকে ঘৃণা করে. You shall understand, why some people can’t be in your presence and avoid you. Because you know who their father is and to whom they belong and who lives on the inside of them.
The Holy Spirit testifies of their evil works
When people belong to the world and live in disobedience to God and don’t accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour and are not willing to make Him Lord of their lives (neither in the future and God knows this, because God knows already who belongs to Him and who don’t), these people shall not want to be with you and don’t want to hang out with you.
কেন? Because they can’t hang out with someone, who constantly testifies of their evil works; পাপ এবং অন্যায়.
Even if you don’t say anything, পবিত্র আত্মা, যে তোমার মধ্যে থাকে, পাপের জগতকে তিরস্কার করে. অতএব, you shall be for those, who don’t believe, a stone of stumbling and a savor of death
কারণ আমরা ঈশ্বরের কাছে খ্রীষ্টের সুগন্ধ, তাদের মধ্যে যারা সংরক্ষিত হয়, এবং তাদের মধ্যে যারা ধ্বংস: যার কাছে আমরা মৃত্যুর সুবাস; এবং অন্যদের কাছে জীবনের জন্য জীবনের গন্ধ (2 করিন্থীয় 2:15-16)
এক, যারা তাদের মধ্যে বাস করে; শয়তান, hates Jesus Christ and therefore they will hate you. By the abiding of the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ is in you and He testifies of their evil works; পাপ.
যীশু বললেন, পৃথিবী যদি তোমাকে ঘৃণা করে, তুমি জানো যে এটা তোমাকে ঘৃণা করার আগে আমাকে ঘৃণা করেছিল. যদি তোমরা দুনিয়ার হতে, পৃথিবী তার নিজের পছন্দ করবে: কিন্তু কারণ তোমরা জগতের নও৷, কিন্তু আমি তোমাকে দুনিয়া থেকে বেছে নিয়েছি, তাই পৃথিবী তোমাকে ঘৃণা করে (জন 15:18-19)
A born-again Christian is set apart from the world
আবার জন্মগ্রহণকারী খ্রিস্টান হিসাবে, you are set apart from the world. যদিও আপনি এই পৃথিবীতে বাস করেন, তুমি আর জগতের অন্তর্গত নও. Therefore you shall not live like the world anymore.
You have freely laid down your old worldly life and your sinful nature, যা মাংসে উপস্থিত. Your state as a sinner has been exchanged for a holy and righteous state as son of God (এটি পুরুষ ও মহিলা উভয়ের ক্ষেত্রেই প্রযোজ্য). ফলে, you shall be persecuted by the world, by the people, who live in disobedience to God. (এছাড়াও পড়ুন: তুমি কি এখনো পাপী?).
জনগণ, যারা বিশ্বের অন্তর্গত, could be your acquaintances, বন্ধুরা, সহকর্মীরা, পরিবারের সদস্যদের, and maybe even fellow Christians.
অনেক মানুষ আছে, who go to church and call themselves Christians, while they live in rebellion against God and disobey the Word. They still belong to the world and live like the world in darkness.
If you live like the world, doing the same things that unbelievers (পাপী) করতে, who don’t know God and disobey Him, and if the world likes you and enjoys hanging out with you, you should examine yourself if you are really born again. (এছাড়াও পড়ুন: আপনি কীভাবে জানবেন যে খ্রীষ্ট আপনার মধ্যে আছেন?).
You could ask yourself the following questions:
Am I really born again? Have I become a new creation? Does Jesus Christ live in me? Is the old ‘me’ really crucified and have I really laid down my life as a sinner? Do I live after His will or do I live after my will? Do I love the Word or do I love the world? Who do I obey and serve?
Because as Jesus said, “Remember the word that I said unto you, বান্দা তার প্রভুর চেয়ে বড় নয়. যদি তারা আমাকে অত্যাচার করে থাকে, তারা তোমাকেও অত্যাচার করবে; যদি তারা আমার কথা পালন করে থাকে, তারা আপনারও রাখবে. কিন্তু এই সব কিছুই তারা আমার নামের জন্য তোমাদের প্রতি করবে৷, because they know not Him that sent Me” (জন 15:20-21)
Is the savor of Christ a savor of life or a savor of death?
The world shall not love you because you are no longer of the world. You shall be an offense to the world. এটাই কারণ, through regeneration and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, you are the light that shines in the darkness.
To those, who belong to the darkness and walk after the flesh and love the works of darkness and keep doing the works of darkness, you shall be an offense and a savor of death. They shall dislike and hate you and avoid you, because you expose their evil works of the flesh and testify that their works are evil. (এছাড়াও পড়ুন: The savor of Christ; a savor of life or a savor of death).
কিন্তু যারা, who are seeking and are willing to give up their lives for Jesus Christ, to them you shall not be an offense, nor a savor of death, but you shall be to them a savor of life; a sweet savor of Christ. They shall be drawn to the Light; যীশু খ্রীষ্ট, যে তোমার ভিতর বাস করে. You shall lead them to Jesus Christ, and they shall অনুতপ্ত of their evil works and be saved.
যীশু খ্রীষ্ট, জীবন্ত বাণী, shall always be the Cornerstone. কিন্তু প্রশ্ন হল, is Jesus to you a living Stone and a precious Cornerstone or is Jesus to you a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense?
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