A Stone Of Stumbling
by
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
Some thirty years after the death and resurrection of
Christ, St. Peter wrote to the believers of the Jewish dispersion:
“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 of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient…” (I Pet. 2:7,8).
It is true that Israel’s builders, 1900 years ago,
“disallowed” Christ as the cornerstone for their building, and
that when He became the “Head of the corner,” according to Psa.
118:22, it was for them an occasion for stumbling and embarrassment.
But Christ is a “stone of stumbling” to all who
reject Him. In Rom. 9:33 St. Paul quotes from several Old Testament
passages:
“As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence; and whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed.”
In Peter’s day and in Paul’s, those who looked upon
Christ as their Cornerstone were never given cause to be ashamed. It
was those who disallowed and refused Him who kept stumbling over Him
and were constantly embarrassed by Him.
So today, those who put their trust in the crucified,
risen Christ are eternally secure and will never be put to shame for
having done so. But those who reject Christ keep forever stumbling
over Him. They hear Him preached over the radio, they see Him offered
as the One who died for their sins, they are constantly confronted
with His claims and they are embarrassed. They keep forever stumbling
over Him.
Moral:
trust Him now as your personal Savior, for “whosoever believeth on
Him shall not be ashamed.”
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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Acts 16L31 Romans 1:16, and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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