Built Together in the Rejected Cornerstone (I Peter 2:4-1-; LD 12)

Reformed & Expository Preaching · May 21, 2026

Introduction

Was the cross a plan B?

We might dismiss this question, but it is an important question. On the surface, the ministry of Jesus looks like a series of setbacks. The reality is that Christ is rejected by the religious establishment that He has come to establish. Christ is not only rejected, but handed over to Rome in a Kangaroo court. He is then sentenced to death by the demands of his own people.

And yet it is this same Peter, the author of this letter, who tells us that we should see Christ’s mission as a success despite this major setback. This is shocking because this same…