1 Peter 2:5: “You yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house into a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
Revelation 21:18: “And the building work of its wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.”
2 Corinthians 3:18: “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.”
In God’s building, we are transformed into precious stones through the Spirit’s work. 1 Peter 2:5 identifies believers as living stones being built into a spiritual house. These stones are not natural but are produced through transformation.
Revelation 21:18 shows that the New Jerusalem is built with materials like jasper and pure gold. These materials signify the transformed nature of believers who have been fully constituted with the divine element.
2 Corinthians 3:18 describes how transformation occurs: by beholding and reflecting the glory of the Lord, we are changed into His image from glory to glory. This process involves the renewing of our mind, emotion, and will by the Spirit.
Becoming precious stones requires daily beholding of Christ and submission to His transforming work. Through His Word, Spirit, and Body, we are built up together as a testimony of His glory and a dwelling place for His presence.
Thought of the day/Main Points:
– Believers are living stones, transformed for God’s building.
– The New Jerusalem signifies the fully transformed nature of believers.
– Transformation occurs by beholding and reflecting the glory of the Lord.
– The Spirit renews our mind, emotion, and will in this process.
– Transformation leads to the building up of the Body as God’s dwelling place.
Prayer Confessions:
Lord, transform me into a living stone for Your building.
Help me to behold and reflect Your glory daily.
Renew my mind, emotion, and will by Your Spirit’s work.
Build me together with others into a dwelling place for Your presence.
Make me a testimony of Your glory as a precious stone in Your building, Amen.
