The Stone the Builders Rejected: Jesus Cornerstone

Who laid the sin upon Jesus? The Jews? The Romans? Who crucified Jesus? God did. Jesus was the lamb of God before the foundation of the world. God crucified his own son. And if God would give up his own son, will he not freely give us all things that pertain to life and godliness? There was a great exchange. He became sin for us so that we might become the righteousness of God in Christ. [01:03:38] (34 seconds)

Whoever believes in the son has eternal life. Notice the present tense of this. If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you have eternal life. What kind of life? The temporary kind in case you keep your keep all your ducks in a row and do everything just right? No. That would be temporary kind. Whoever believes in the son has a type of life, the eternal kind. Whoever does not obey the son shall not see life, but the wrath of God, notice this, remains. [01:06:08] (33 seconds)

So even though you don't feel like you're doing much wrong, or maybe you do, maybe you don't feel like you're worthy of being judged by your creator. The bible says the wrath of God remains and is only removed by the blood work of Christ on the cross and his victorious resurrection. That's why you should humble yourself and cry out for mercy today. The stone the builders rejected, man of sorrows, what a name. Do you know him? Let's pray. [01:06:41] (33 seconds)

So they're scattering. And he says, Peter, will you also go away? And Peter said, if we leave out from you, to whom do we go? See, we think there's somewhere else to go and that's why we will not go to Jesus. We think we got a better way. We think we've got a strategy of our own. We think we're gonna use our moral resume. We think we're gonna use our self discipline. [00:59:06] (27 seconds)

We think we're gonna use our religious affiliation. We think we're gonna use our family of origin. We think we've got a better way rather than just crying out for mercy like the tax collector did. We think we're we're more like the pharisee who came to the temple when the tax collector did. And he said, I'm so glad I'm not like that sinner over there. Look at him. Jesus said, which of the two went away justified? And it was the tax collector [00:59:32] (26 seconds)

He was rejected by those who cried hosanna. Our triumphal entry, riding on a donkey. They were crying out hosanna. That means God save us. They were crying out the right words, but the intention behind the words, God save us from Rome. God save us from poverty. God save us from difficulty. How about we say, God save us from the worst enemy of all, eternal death. God save us from the wickedness in our own heart that's contrary to our creator God. God save us from that. [01:01:29] (40 seconds)

So the builders look and they say, here's Jesus. We can't believe that the son of a carpenter, a boy from Nazareth, can anything good come from Nazareth. We can't believe that because we know his sisters and we know his half brothers. We know this. We know his mother and father. This can't be the Messiah. They are rejecting the only stone God would send. So for you, if you reject Jesus Christ and try to substitute for him some of your imaginary ideas about religion, philosophy, or the purposes of life, if you reject the only stone God sends, then you're like the builder who rejected Jesus. [00:40:49] (46 seconds)

This cornerstone that God has built through Jesus Christ, upon this cornerstone rests the church. Upon this cornerstone is the accurate true faith of every genuine believer. Upon this cornerstone is the apostle's doctrine and teaching. Upon this stone is you and it's you and it's you and it's you and it's you. It's all of believers at all times. We rest our faith upon the Lord Jesus Christ. And I'm very happy about that because my faith is frail and sometimes faltering. [00:45:33] (35 seconds)