Did you know God prefers to live in mobile homes? | Creating Galaxies| Part Three| Brent Simpson

1 Peter 2:4-10, 4:10-11 1

Peter 2:4-10 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—

5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6 For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”

7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

8 and, “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 4:10-11 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

1. You Are a Living Temple (A mobile home for God).

1 Peter 1:5, 2 Samuel 7:1-17 , Matthew 12:6, John 2:18-19 , Matthew 24:1-2, 1 Corinthians 6:19 - God preferred living in a mobile home!

2. You Are a Mobile Priest.

1 Peter 2:9a 3.

You Are a Proclaimer of God’s Praises (a preacher).

1 Peter 2:9b 4.

You Are Gifted to Minister.

1 Peter 4:10-11

Reflection Questions:

Do you struggle to believe that you are a minister? If so, why?

Where is your place of ministry?

How can you minister to someone this week?