Hempfield UMC

For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and honored cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.” So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving, “The stone that the builders rejected—this one has become the cornerstone,”  and “A stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over.” They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined for this. But you are…

This week we will read about the hope God has in store for the church, the body of believers in Jesus Christ. Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word, so that you may grow up into your salvation, if you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone—rejected by people but chosen and honored by God— you…

For all flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this word is the gospel that was proclaimed to you. (1 Peter 1:24-25) Pastor John’s Notes: Our hope rests in the word of God, for everything else is passing away. When God implants his eternal and living word within our soul, the product of that word is also…

Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly, because you have been born again—not of perishable seed but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God. (1 Peter 1:22-23) Pastor John’s Notes: As God has loved us, so should we also love one another. The kingdom of Jesus Christ is a kingdom of love. Sometimes loving each other…