Why is Christ called a stumbling stone? Listen to this lesson to learn that those who rejected Christ as the Messiah were offended by Him. Find out that just as God called Israel to be special and they were to let the nations around them know about God, so Christians in the Church Age are royal priests who are to proclaim the gospel to the world. Understand that the most important thing in our lives today is to serve God so we will be trained to rule and reign with Him in the future kingdom.

61 - Priesthood of the Believer [b]

This epistle focuses on the critical doctrine of how we face adversity and how we are to think about it in our lives. The key word is the word for suffering and its many synonyms. The purpose is to remind all believers that God has a destiny and a future inheritance for them. What we think of as speed bumps interfering with our personal plans are actually God’s training tools and are to be expected, rejoiced in, and not dreaded.