Mat 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Mat 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
The Lord is the stone that the builders rejected. The pharisees, the rulers of His day rejected Him. His OWN people rejected Him. The people God chose to be His- the Israelites- abandoned God over and over again throughout their history. They went after idols many times and God's wrath fell upon them time and time again for their transgressions. Finally, God's OWN Son came and they rejected Him as well. He was of God, a God born of flesh and they called Him of the Devil!
Jesus told them they would reject Him and they did!
The Stone- Jesus.
Whoever falls on the Stone will be broken.
Whoever has the Stone fall on them will be ground to powder.
It's true. We come to Jesus and our selfishness, our self love, our flesh and its sin perverted desires will be broken. This breaking process is hard, it's painful in many ways- physically, mentally, emotionally. We will be chastised over and over again until we are close to despair. We will feel the refiners fire upon us as we are striped of our flesh and born in spirit, growing in spirit and it is very much like being broken. So much better it is for us to be broken than to be ground to powder- to nothingness.
There is NO other option for us. There is NO third option. No fourth, fifth, sixth options either. There are ONLY two options for us. To fall on the Stone or have the Stone fall upon us.
By the grace and mercy of God may we FALL upon the Stone and be broken, completely broken!
All through HIS amazing and wonderful LOVE!
Amen.
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