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*TEXT*: Isaiah 28:14-19
*C.
I. T.:* God proclaimed to idolatrous Judah that His way was the only way of salvation.
*THESIS:* God has given Jesus as the only foundation for life and secure source of salvation.
*M.O.:* Consecrative
*S.
O.:* That we commit our lives to Jesus for security and salvation.
*TITLE:* Jesus the Cornerstone
*OUTLINE: *I.
The Cornerstone revealed.
II.
The Cornerstone rejected.
III.
The Cornerstone revered.
IV.
The Cornerstone reproduced.
*INTRODUCTION*
Did you notice the recurrg theme in our music & praise worsh this AM? /J = th Song; He /(Who?) /Has Made me Glad; Sing to th Kg /(Who = th Kg?) *ETC.*
J = th bkbone, th focus, th centr o our worsh this AM.
J = th foundatn o this svc o worsh.
In bk o Isa, we have encountrd sevrl names for J… th Branch, Son o Virgin, Suffrg Servnt, Bannr for th Peops, Grt Light, Root o Jesse, Anointd One. 1 othr I’d like to intro this AM.
Title = found in *ISAIAH 28:14 (TEXT).*
There He = calld */th Cornerstone.
/*I’d like to present to you this AM */JESUS THE CORNERSTONE (TITLE)./*
Used sevrl times in OT to refr to comg Mssh.
Found in midst o passage pronouncg judgmt on God's peop for thr reliance on idols & false gods.
God = spkg to Judah & Jeruslm whn He tells thm: *(C.
I. T.)* Let's rd these vv.
togthr.
*R E A D ISAIAH 28:14-19.*
J = th Cornrstone.
In midst o this pluralistic, postmodern, relativistic age we live in, we need to proclm *(THESIS).*
My prayr = (S.
O.)
*TRANSITION*: Let's lk 1st @ . . .
*BODY*
*I.
THE CORNERSTONE REVEALED.*
1st o all, just what = /cornrstone/?
Constructn term, usd by bldrs & archtcts.
Cornr-stone = lg stone placd in th foundatn @ princ cornr o bldg.
Joins 2 walls where they nmeet @ cornr & ties togthr th bldg.
Gives it form & structure.
Proprly aligns th walls joind to it.
Oftn an ornamntl stone in our day, gvg names o those who constructd bldg.
May be laid as very 1st ~/ very last.
Imp to structure o bldg.
w~/o propr foundatn, bldg wll not std.
*ILLUSTRATION:* Told you this before, but we lrnd imp o sound foundatn in ch in Mesquite, TX, that I servd durg semnry.
~~1973 blt Fam Life Ctr. w~/in yr, prob w~/ bldg.
Cracks in floor, doors didn't fit, floors not level, walls crackg.
Whn got arch & engineer bk to ck it out, prob w~/ found.
Dirt undrnth = not proprly prepard.
Prhps undrgrd watr source.
More probs ovr yrs w~/ watr & gas lines pullg loose, havg to brace walls.
All bec foundatn = not rt.
This = why God took such grt care in selectn o cornrstone in *Isa.
28:16.*
*R E A D v.
16.* Who ~/ What = this Cornrstone?
Th Cornrstone = none othr thn J Hmslf.
What does this say c~/ this cornerstone?
*1.
Tested.*
Tried, & provn to be best qual.
Temptd by Satan in wildrnss & J came thru “w~/ flying colors.”
/“temptd in evry way like we =, yet w~/o sin.” /Tried & testd by rejectn & oppositn o evil men, durg own life & since.
Ultimately tried in torture & dth o cross.
Tried & testd by evrythg hell & snfl man could throw agst Hm. Found to be solid stone.
w~/o flaw ~/ defect.
w~/ no faults ~/ cracks.
Able to bear th sins o th world, th total redemptn o all manknd, & rulrshp o God’s Kgdm throughout etrnty.
He’s tested so you can bld yr life, both now & forevr on Hm.
*2.
Treasured.
/Precious/* Cornerstone.
Mns costly~/valuable.
Also splendid & glorious, rare & highly prized.
Also mns weighty & powrfl.
This = why th Psalmist says in *Ps.
118:22:* “/The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.//
//This came from the Lord; it is wonderful in our eyes.”
/More valuable thn all th world.
If took all th diamonds frm all th earth's mines, all th timbrland frm th millns o acres of forest, all th oil & mineral stores frm earth, all that would not be 1~/100 o 1% o th wondrfl value o LD JX, God's Cornrstone.
That = what God was wllg to give to bld Hs kgdm & etrnl life for you & me.
He alone makes all th diff btwn etrnl hvn & etrnl hell for th snnr.
Therefore, He is…
*3.
Trustworthy.*
*R E A D v.
16. *J = th basis & foundatn o God's Kgdm & Hs wkg w~/ Hs peop.
J = th 1 who = tried & testd in fires o suffrg & dth.
He = th 1 who was 100% obednt, nvr sinng ~/ strayg frm God's plan.
J = th most val Gift God had to give.
You can bld yr life & yr etrnty upon Hm & Hm alone.
*TRANSITION:* Did you notice what *Psalmst* said? /"Th stone th bldrs rejectd has become th chf cornrstone"/ Let's thnk for momnt c~/ . . .
*II. THE CORNERSTONE REJECTED.*
J pickd up on these OT pictures in Hs tchg.
Turn ovr in yr Bibs to *Matt's gosp, chap 21.* J told a *parable* begnng in *vs.
33.
R E A D MATT.
21:33-44.*
Who = this */son/* whom th tenants rejectd?
J Hmslf.
Who = th */stone/* th bldrs rejectd?
Agn, JX, God's most precious gift & th cornrstone o Hs kgdm.
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