Talk

A Chip Off the Old Block

Louie Giglio

October 25, 2020

Here’s what is true: we are all going to go in the fire at one point or another. We will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles and immovable mountains. Life will not go according to our plans, and we will find ourselves in a furnace, wondering how long we can stand the fire. That is until we remember that we are not standing on the flames themselves. We are fixed upon that sure foundation, the cornerstone of Jesus. He is our rock, our living stone. This is good news because standing on a living rock means we are never alone. He is in the fire with us. And while Jesus is with us in the trials, guess who is watching Him work… the whole world.

Scripture References

4As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—

5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,

a chosen and precious cornerstone,

and the one who trusts in him

will never be put to shame.”

7Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,

“The stone the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone,”

8and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble

and a rock that makes them fall.”

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

25He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”

12Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

15But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;

16for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

17Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.

18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,

19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

20He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

21Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

Louie Giglio

Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.