1 PETER 2:9-12 BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN RACE, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR GOD'S OWN POSSESSION, SO THAT YOU MAY PROCLAIM THE EXCELLENCIES OF HIM WHO HAS CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT; FOR YOU ONCE WERE NOT A PEOPLE, BUT NOW YOU ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD; YOU HAD NOT RECEIVED MERCY, BUT NOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED MERCY.

1 PETER 2:9-12 BELOVED, I URGE YOU AS ALIENS AND STRANGERS TO ABSTAIN FROM FLESHLY LUSTS WHICH WAGE WAR AGAINST THE SOUL. KEEP YOUR BEHAVIOR EXCELLENT AMONG THE GENTILES, SO THAT IN THE THING IN WHICH THEY SLANDER YOU AS EVILDOERS, THEY MAY BECAUSE OF YOUR GOOD DEEDS, AS THEY OBSERVE THEM, GLORIFY GOD IN THE DAY OF VISITATION.

EPHESIANS 2:19-2219 SO THEN YOU ARE NO LONGER STRANGERS AND ALIENS, BUT YOU ARE FELLOW CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS, AND ARE OF GOD’S HOUSEHOLD, 20 HAVING BEEN BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES AND PROPHETS, CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF BEING THE CORNER STONE, 21 IN WHOM THE WHOLE BUILDING, BEING FITTED TOGETHER, IS GROWING INTO A HOLY TEMPLE IN THE LORD, 22 IN WHOM YOU ALSO ARE BEING BUILT TOGETHER INTO A DWELLING OF GOD IN THE SPIRIT.

19 SO THEN YOU ARE NO LONGER STRANGERS AND ALIENS, BUT YOU ARE FELLOW CITIZENS WITH THE

SAINTS…

BELONGING

EPH 2:19… AND ARE OF GOD’S HOUSEHOLD

NEW BIRTH

20 HAVING BEEN BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES AND PROPHETS, CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF BEING

THE CORNER STONE

THE RIGHT FOUNDATION

21 IN WHOM THE WHOLE BUILDING, BEING FITTED TOGETHER…

MOLDED ANDSHAPED to

FIT TOGETHER

EPH 2:21…IS GROWING INTO A HOLY TEMPLE IN THE LORD

WORK IN PROGRESS

EPH 2:22 IN WHOM YOU ALSO ARE BEING BUILT TOGETHER INTO A DWELLING OF GOD IN THE

SPIRIT.

LIVING STONES

ACTS 7:58-5958 WHEN THEY HAD DRIVEN HIM OUT OF THE CITY, THEY BEGAN STONING HIM; AND THE WITNESSES LAID ASIDE THEIR ROBES AT THE FEET OF A YOUNG MAN NAMED SAUL. 59 THEY WENT ON STONING STEPHEN AS HE CALLED ON THE LORD AND SAID, “LORD JESUS, RECEIVE MY SPIRIT!”