主乃活石，固然是被人所棄的，卻是被神所揀選、所寶貴的。你們來到主面前，也就像活石，被建造成為靈宮，作聖潔的祭司，藉著耶穌基督奉獻神所悅納的靈祭。因為經上說：看哪，我把所揀選、所寶貴的房角石安放在錫安；信靠他的人必不至於羞愧。所以，他在你們信的人就為寶貴，在那不信的人有話說：匠人所棄的石頭已作了房角的頭塊石頭。又說：作了絆腳的石頭，跌人的磐石。他們既不順從，就在道理上絆跌；他們這樣絆跌也是預定的。
彼得前書 2:4-5
耶穌是絆跌的磐石。因為耶穌是神，而很多人對神已經建立了非常不同的概念，祂就被棄絕了。拒絕耶穌，就是否認了又真又活的神；那導致不信者絆跌或犯罪。耶穌說……
你要仔細查看我的話，看我如何應驗律法和先知的一切話，雖然我沒有成就法利賽人當時或現今的很多期望。小心仰望我，並在我上面建造。我是唯一可靠的根基……
0831 JESUS is the ROCK of OFFENSE
JESUS is the ROCK of OFFENSE. Because Jesus is God and many had built very different concepts of God, He was rejected. This rejection of Jesus is denial of the true, living God; it causes unbelievers to stumble or sin. JESUS says…
Look carefully to My WORD. See how I fulfill all the Law and the prophets, though I do not fulfill many of the expectations of Pharisees then or now. Look carefully to Me and build on Me. I am the only sure foundation…
“And coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected by men, but choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ…’THW STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE VERY CORNERSTONE,’ AND ‘A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE.’”
1 Peter 2:4-5