Bible Verse of the Day Sunday September 25th, 2022

1 Peter 2:8 A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the message —which is also what they were destined for.

In the Old Testament, the Jews, the Children of Israel, were called by God to be a holy nation of people unto God. God chose them to be His heralds and ambassadors to the rest of the world. They were to be a reflector of God's light that would shine into the gentile world. Their mission was to be priestly mediators between God and the world so that all people would know that salvation was found in God alone.

However, the Jews failed miserably in this mission given to them by God and handed down through His Prophets. They came to believe that salvation was for them and them alone. The Gentiles were to be shunned and avoided at all costs. They falsely believed that just going into the house of a Gentile would render them unholy and unclean. Thus, God gave Peter a vision of correction in this concern before being called to the house of Cornelius, a Roman Centurion, a Gentile. (Read the story in Acts 10). At the home of Cornelius, Peter finally realizes that God shows no favoritism between the Jews and the Gentiles (Acts 10:34-35).

To all people, Jew, or Gentile, who place their faith and trust in Him, Christ Jesus will become their Savior. Once He becomes our Savior, we must accept Him as our Lord. Christ Jesus stands ready, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to lead, guide, and direct our every step. To all that are called of God, regardless of race, culture, or nationality, He is Christ, the power and wisdom of God. But, on the other hand, for all that reject Him, regardless of race, culture, or nationality, He is their Judge. He becomes the "stone that causes people to stumble, and a rock that makes them fall” (1 Peter 2:8 Todays VOTD) People stumble because they fail to follow Jesus.

Our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus is either our Judge or our Savior; every person will experience His love, grace, and mercy or have to face His wrath. All people have free will to either believe in Christ Jesus, placing our faith and trust in Him as the true promised Messiah, or not believe, reject Him, and spend eternity separated from God, along with Satan and his followers. God will call every person to Himself; He wants all people to come to salvation (1 Timothy 2:3-4).

As followers and believers in Christ Jesus, it is our responsibility to ensure that the message of Christ Jesus's gospel reaches the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). We are all ambassadors to Christ Jesus, and our lives should reflect the only true light to this lost, dark, and dying world (2 Corinthians 5:20).

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