Webbelievers, then, are the “living stones” of the church that jesus promised to build (matthew 16:18). As living stones, we have new life in christ (2 corinthians 5:17). Webthere ellen white describes these living stones as people who have been quarried, chiseled or cut out from the quarry of the world. They are brought as building. —“being living stones,” says bengel, “they can be priests as well. ” they not only compose the temple, but minister in it. By becoming christians they are. If jesus is the cornerstone, then the believers are the stones that are laid on the stone in order to build up a temple. Webwe who are living stones can by god’s help resist the deteriorating and wasting forces of the world. If we will, we may retain our solidity, our firmness, our strength, yes, even our. Webyou also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to god through jesus christ. Webour lord jesus christ made these twelve promises to those who honor his sacred heart to st. Margaret mary alacoque, a french nun, whom he called “the beloved disciple of. Webas 'living stones' they, too, share in the life which flows from him. Touch him, and his quick spirit passes into our hearts. Webthe living stone and a chosen people. 4 as you come to him, the living stone —rejected by humans but chosen by god and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices. Webcarrie sandom shows how jesus christ the living stone creates a people of living stones who are built up together into a temple.
