Human beings love using metaphors, comparisons between two things that are unlike to bring out some special way in which they are alike. In I Peter 2:4-12, the author piled on a series of metaphors and quotations from the Old Testament to explain, first, who Christ is and, second, who Christians are. The first metaphor he used was that Christ is a living stone, the cornerstone in fact. Christians in turn are built upon him as living stones and are also a chosen race, a holy and royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, and God’s people. All of these privileges are the result of God’s mercy not of Christian’s merit.
The detailed instructions for the construction of the Tent of Meeting held important lessons for Israel and also for us today.
In our worship service today, we received new members and baptized new believers, two of whom told their stories of becoming Christians. In Romans...
The tenth plague was the death of the firstborn of Egypt, which was also the salvation of the people of Israel.
