Fall on The Rock

Jesus looked at them and said,“What then is this that is written: THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE’ Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.” -- Luke 20:17-18 (NASB)


Sounds a little unnerving, doesn't it? It doesn't seem like either choice is a good choice does it?  Well lets start with this... first of all the Stone here is Jesus. I'm going to cover both sides of this promise (cause it is a promise).


First I want to cover the bad side, the side where the stone falls on you. Whether it seems like it or not, this is a decision we make, whether the rock will fall on us.. or whether we will fall on it. When the stone falls on us it is one of two things.. it is discipline or it is retribution. As Christians most of the time it is the former.. and for the unsaved it often is the later. If a physical rock were to fall on us, it would most likely pin us down. we cannot do anything when we are pinned down.  It is the same in the spiritual side of it.  When the rock falls on us, it holds us back holds us down.  God cannot use us if he is constantly having to discipline us.


Now for those who are wondering why the good part is to be broken to pieces: the good part. Think about all the things that Jesus had broken.

Matthew 14:15-21
¹⁵When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and the hour is already late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” ¹⁶But Jesus said to them,“They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!” ¹⁷They said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” ¹⁸And He said,“Bring them here to me.” ¹⁹Ordering the people to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food, and breaking the loaves He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds, ²⁰and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets. ²¹There were about five thousand men who ate, besides women and children."


See Jesus broke the bread... and he used it to minister to well over 5000 people. Romans 12:1 says, "¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service." The Israelites made sacrifices on altars which were made of stone. You see Jesus is telling is that if we willingly give ourselves as living sacrifices to broken and used for his Glory, that rather than being turned back into the dust from whence we came, we can have the blessings that come with our obedience.  Do not let the rock fall on you, but present yourself as a sacrifice on the altar.


God bless