This verse references the less than famous metaphor of Jesus as a stone. (Peter, apparently aware of the unrenowned comparison, conveniently provides references in his following three verses.) As a follower of Christ we're supposed to be like living stones. When you cram us all together we form a church. The thing that is lost on so many people is the idea that the church is a building were you go on Sunday to freshen up your Jesus Points. The real church is built of living stones and by living stones. That's us. Christians are the church. That building we meet in may have stole our name, but without us it's just a conference center. It's up to us with the help of Jesus to build a spiritual house that is pleasing to God.
This verse caught my attention when I recently found out that it is something of a “life verse” for my church. And with that I have successfully divided everyone reading this into 2 categories: those people ready to shout out their own life verse and those people who have no idea why the other guys are yelling scripture at them. For the latter, a life verse is a single passage from the Bible you've selected based on its personal significance, be it comforting or inspiring or whatever. It can be a very powerful tool, but it sometimes comes off as a sort of secret handshake between super-Christians. (Pssst. What's your life verse? Philippians 4:13. A'ight. We cool.) So don't let those Life Versers, pressure you into picking one all willy nilly. Take your time and the verse will find you. It's kinda like in the movie Avatar where the guy connected to that weird bird thing with his magic ponytail. Except your verse shouldn't try to bite your head off.
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