qSee 1 Pet. 2:8
Luke 2:34
34And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed afor the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign bthat is opposedLuke 4:28-29
28When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29And they rose up and cdrove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.Luke 7:23
23And blessed is the one who is dnot offended by me.”John 3:19-20
19 eAnd this is the judgment: fthe light has come into the world, and gpeople loved the darkness rather than the light because htheir works were evil. 20 iFor everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, jlest his works should be exposed.John 9:39
39Jesus said, k“For judgment I came into this world, lthat those who do not see may see, and mthose who see may become blind.”John 15:24
24 nIf I had not done among them the works that no one else did, othey would not be guilty of sin, but now they have pseen and hated both me and my Father.Romans 9:32-33
32Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the qstumbling stone, 33as it is written,r“Behold, I am laying in Zion sa stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
tand whoever believes in him will not be uput to shame.”
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