"Ponder" of the Week
* Read and reread the scripture each day.
* Ask God to show you His truth through His Word.
* Ponder the scripture as you go about your day.
* Keep a record of your spiritual growth and understanding.
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Week 1/19-25/2025 Suggested Scripture to Ponder this week:
I Peter 2:6-8
Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
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"Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame" (Isaiah 28:16).
Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious;
but to those who are disobedient,
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"The stone which the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone," (Psalm 118:22)
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and
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"A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense" (Isaiah 8:14).
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I Peter 2:6-8 NKJV
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Commentary:
In cartoons the character stumbles and falls over a rock, turns in anger and kicks the rock, then hops around holding his foot in pain. This is similar to what the unbeliever does. He or she rejects and discounts the gospel and Christ. The truth of the gospel makes them uncomfortable. They reject it, but they can't get away from the truth. So they loudly denounce it, they scream at it and fight and kick, but it doesn't move, doesn't change. In frustration they become ever louder and more animated to try to justify their unbelief, but all their antics have no effect on the rock.
The very nature of a rock that frustrates the stumbler makes it the perfect foundation to build on. Christ is the firm foundation on which to build our lives. We have only to surrender our lives to Him (John 3:16). If we choose to reject Him, it does not change Who He is. Christ is the Rock that we will continually stumble over if we pretend it isn't there. We can build our lives on the shifting sand of the world, and will suffer the consequences. We can choose to believe that the sand will be a solid foundation, but it will ultimately fail no matter how hard we insist it will not (Matthew 7:24-27).
Something else to consider: would anyone build part of their house on a solid foundation and build the other half on sand? The part on sand would eventually pull away from the part on a solid foundation, and would either pull it down with it, or tear the house apart.
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Christ is the solid rock in a world of shifting sand.
The Rock doesn't change.
We can build on it or fall over it.