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Announcements. NEW website http://clearwater.cbsclass.org (can just type clearwater.cbsclass.org in address line!) ALL CBS related websites will be down from 6:00 a.m. Friday, Sept 30 - 6:00 a.m. Saturday, October 1 NEW F acebook page: Clearwater Community Bible Study
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Announcements • NEW website http://clearwater.cbsclass.org • (can just type clearwater.cbsclass.org in address line!) • ALL CBS related websites will be down from 6:00 a.m. Friday, Sept 30 - 6:00 a.m. Saturday, October 1 • NEW Facebook page: Clearwater Community Bible Study • Rummage Sale set up next week
Our roles in the stone smoothing: • As newborn babies, clean up (2:1-3) • As living stones, build up (2:4-8) • As God’s chosen ones, speak up (2:9-10)
We need to clean up because we form a spiritual temple for God.
“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it.”Matthew 16:18
Living stone--Greek • Not petra= rock • Not petros = loose stone by the roadside • lithos= a worked stone, whether a stone used in a building or a precious stone
“Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance—all who seek the Lord!Consider the rock from which you were cut, the quarry from which you were mined.”Isaiah 51:1 NLT
You are a… • Chosen people • Royal Priesthood • Holy nation • People belonging to God • So…????
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him.”John 3:16-17
Announcer: “No bond stronger when you become a member of Gator Nation. It identifies who and what we are. This network knows no boundaries….The University of Florida is THE foundation for Gator Nation.”
Announcer: “No bond stronger when you become a member of God’s Holy Nation. It identifies who and what we are. This network knows no boundaries….The Living Stone is THE foundation for God’s Nation.”
We need to clean up, build up, and speak up because we form a spiritual temple for God.
“Will you, will I, choose to be a dynamic stone in the temple?