How Precious Is Christ to You?

Passage: 1 Peter 2:4-10
B.I.-To you, Christ is either a precious stone or a stumbling stone.
INTRODUCTION:
I. All Beings in Relationship to the Living Stone. 2:4
a. Believers-“unto whom coming.” 4a
b. Unbelievers- “rejected indeed by men.” v. 4b
c. God-“chosen by God and precious.” v. 4c
II. The Believers Relationship to the Living Stone. 2:5-6
a. The Preciousness of the Building. v. 5
b. The Confidence of the Believer. v. 6
III. The Unbeliever Contrasted to the Believer. 2:7-10
a. Contrast in Relationship to the Stone. vv. 7-8a
b. Contrast in Appointment. vv. 8b-10
CONCLUSION.