1 Peter 2:7-8
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - 1 Peter 2:7
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - 1 Peter 2:7
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - 1 Peter 2:7
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - 1 Peter 2:7-8
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - 1 Peter 2:8
1 Peter 2:7-8. 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: whereunto also they were appointed.
This is the distinguishing mark between God’s chosen people and the rest of mankind. His elect receive Christ, and rejoice in him; but as for the ungodly, they willfully reject the Saviour, and so he becomes to them "a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence." Christ is the great touchstone of humanity; by contact with him, the precious are discovered, and the vile are discerned,