The Lord is Gracious

1Pe 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
1Pe 2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

If we taste the sincere milk of the word we KNOW the Lord is gracious.
It's the sincere milk of the WORD that helps us grow as newborn Christians.
How could God not be gracious in that He offers us eternal life through His Son, us who do NOT deserve eternal life at all whatsoever. We do NOT deserve salvation! We are sinners born with flesh desires that we nurture throughout our lives by yielding to temptations, by sinning, by living contrary to God's will, against the laws of God.

The laws- LOVE GOD.
The laws- LOVE EACH OTHER.

We seldom do either of these because we are so incredibly self centered.

The LORD is gracious! We are offered this sincere milk all by His mercy, His grace!

1Pe 2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
1Pe 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1Pe 2:6 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.
1Pe 2:7 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,
1Pe 2:8 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.


There is great beauty in these words- a living stone.

Rocks are symbols of solidness, yes? A living rock, a living symbol of solidness- of truth, pure truth. Chosen of God, precious. We are also supposed to be lively stones- living stones- why? How? Because we are a part of the living rock, the living stone - JESUS. The spiritual house is the house of our LORD. The holy priesthood is JESUS' holy priesthood- He is OUR HIGH PRIEST! We are His priests.

Rev 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Rev 1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

The Spiritual House- the Holy Priesthood.

We do offer up spiritual sacrifices - not physical, fleshy sacrifices but spiritual sacrifices and these sacrifices are ACCEPTABLE to God by Jesus Christ!

Our Lord is the CHIEF CORNERSTONE. We know this, we know that our Savior is our all in all, He is EVERYTHING!

We who believe understand this, we who believe KNOW this, but those who do not believe can't understand.

To those who do not know Jesus - He is a STONE of stumbling. He is a ROCK of offence. They cannot understand, they don't want to understand that He is a living stone, the He is a ROCK, a LIVING ROCK of life to all who believe.

Our Lord is gracious beyond our comprehension. We need to cling to Him, to cling to His love, His amazing, amazing love.

Too many people stumble at the word of God- too many people are disobedient. We need to fall at the feet of Christ and beg forgiveness, repenting of our sins. He is pure LOVE in a way we scarcely can begin to comprehend. He is the purest love that exists and we need to cling to that pure love seeking to love as He loves all through HIS Holy Spirit sent to us. Of our own we are helpless, it is ONLY in Christ we are anything at all.


All through HIS love!
All through HIS mercy!

Please Lord, please… have mercy on us, forgive us, love us!

All through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior the Son of God.

Amen.