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"Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on Him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe He is precious: 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.†1 Peter 2.6-8
I believe, according to the Scriptures, that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished the redemption of God’s elect when He died as our Substitute under the wrath of God, that His blood paid our debt, satisfied the justice of God, and effectually put away our sins forever, that all for whom Christ died shall be with Him in glory. However, there are many who do not believe the testimony of Scripture regarding the death of Christ. Rather than believing on Him unto life everlasting, trusting Christ alone for redemption and righteousness, the vast majority of religious people in this world stumbles over the gospel doctrine of the atonement and perish in their sins. As He is revealed in Holy Scripture, the Lord Jesus Christ is to reprobate, unbelieving, self-righteous men a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. And this is by divine arrangement.
God has so written His Word that reprobate men will get tripped up by it, and stumble over the Scriptures as stumbling stones to hell. God has fixed it, so that those who are determined to cling to their own righteousness, who are determined not to submit themselves to the righteousness of God established by, revealed in, and found in Christ alone, will stumble over Him and fall into hell. This is exactly what happened to those Jews described in Romans 9:31-33.
"But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed."
Those very same Scriptures, which, by the blessing of God the Holy Spirit, are as stair steps to God’s elect, are stumbling stones to the reprobate and unbelieving.
"Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on Him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe He is precious: 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.†1 Peter 2.6-8
I believe, according to the Scriptures, that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished the redemption of God’s elect when He died as our Substitute under the wrath of God, that His blood paid our debt, satisfied the justice of God, and effectually put away our sins forever, that all for whom Christ died shall be with Him in glory. However, there are many who do not believe the testimony of Scripture regarding the death of Christ. Rather than believing on Him unto life everlasting, trusting Christ alone for redemption and righteousness, the vast majority of religious people in this world stumbles over the gospel doctrine of the atonement and perish in their sins. As He is revealed in Holy Scripture, the Lord Jesus Christ is to reprobate, unbelieving, self-righteous men a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. And this is by divine arrangement.
God has so written His Word that reprobate men will get tripped up by it, and stumble over the Scriptures as stumbling stones to hell. God has fixed it, so that those who are determined to cling to their own righteousness, who are determined not to submit themselves to the righteousness of God established by, revealed in, and found in Christ alone, will stumble over Him and fall into hell. This is exactly what happened to those Jews described in Romans 9:31-33.
"But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed."
Those very same Scriptures, which, by the blessing of God the Holy Spirit, are as stair steps to God’s elect, are stumbling stones to the reprobate and unbelieving.