V Matúšovi 21:41 a 1 Peter 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?
Hľa, 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 Peter 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. Preto, they shall spend in the Word, listen to the Word, a poslúchať Slovo.
They shall lay down their lives and become born again in Christ.
They shall feed their spirit and obnoviť ich myseľ so Slovom Božím. Takže to, their mind will line up with the will of the Father, Ježiš Kristus (Syn Boží a živé Slovo), a Ducha Svätého.
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. (Prečítajte si tiež: ‘The hearers versus the doers of the Word’).
For whom is Jesus a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense?
Biblia hovorí, 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, živé Slovo Božie. 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; ich hriechy a neprávosti.
Ježiš, 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. Prečo?? 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, svet ťa bude nenávidieť. You shall be hated by the people around you, who live in darkness in disobedience to God (v hriechoch a neprávostiach). 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. Preto je dôležité počítať náklady before deciding to follow Jesus Christ. Because following Jesus will cost you your life!
Avšak, when you’ve laid down your life and odložiť starca, 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 ukrižoval tvoje telo v Kristovi. This means that you’ve crucified your carnal emotions, pocity, názory, zistenia, atď. 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 ostatným. Pretože viete, kto si v Kristovi.
Otec, Syn, 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.
Keď kráčaš za Duchom, you shall understand why the world hates you. 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.
Prečo?? Because they can’t hang out with someone, who constantly testifies of their evil works; hriechy a neprávosti.
Even if you don’t say anything, Ducha Svätého, Kto v tebe prebýva, karhá svet hriechu. Preto, you shall be for those, who don’t believe, a stone of stumbling and a savor of death
Lebo sme pre Boha sladkou vôňou Kristovou, v tých, ktorí sú spasení, a v nich, ktorí zahynú: Pre toho sme až na smrť vôňou smrti; a pre toho druhého vôňu života k životu (2 Korinťanom 2:15-16)
Jeden, kto v nich žije; diabol, 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; hriechy.
Ježiš povedal, Ak ťa svet nenávidí, viete, že mňa nenávidelo skôr ako vás. Keby ste boli zo sveta, svet by miloval jeho vlastné: ale preto, že nie ste zo sveta, ale ja som si ťa vyvolil zo sveta, preto ťa svet nenávidí (John 15:18-19)
A born-again Christian is set apart from the world
Ako znovuzrodený kresťan, you are set apart from the world. Aj keď žiješ v tomto svete, Už nepatríš svetu. Therefore you shall not live like the world anymore.
You have freely laid down your old worldly life and your sinful nature, ktorý je prítomný v mäse. Your state as a sinner has been exchanged for a holy and righteous state as son of God (to platí pre mužov aj ženy). Ako výsledok, you shall be persecuted by the world, by the people, who live in disobedience to God. (Prečítajte si tiež: Si stále hriešnik?).
Ľudia, ktorí patria svetu, could be your acquaintances, priatelia, Kolegami, rodinní príslušníci, and maybe even fellow Christians.
Je tam veľa ľudí, 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 (Hriešnikov) robiť, 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. (Prečítajte si tiež: Ako zistíš, či je Kristus vo tebe?).
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?
Pretože ako povedal Ježiš, “Remember the word that I said unto you, Sluha nie je väčší ako jeho pán. Ak Ma prenasledovali, budú vás tiež prenasledovať; ak dodržali moje slovo, ponechajú si aj vaše. Ale všetky tieto veci vám urobia pre moje meno, because they know not Him that sent Me” (John 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. Je to preto, že, 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. (Prečítajte si tiež: The savor of Christ; a savor of life or a savor of death).
Ale pre tých, ktorí, 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; Ježiš Kristus, Kto žije vo vás. You shall lead them to Jesus Christ, and they shall činiť pokánie of their evil works and be saved.
Ježiš Kristus, živé Slovo, shall always be the Cornerstone. But the question is, 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?
„Buď soľou zeme’
