The appropriate response to God's amazing love toward us is to live our lives as worship to God and in complete dependence on the Lord through prayer in all things. Romans 12 teaches us that our lives are lived in response to God's love demonstrated on the cross. God only honors those who honor His Word. The Word of God is our infallible, inerrant and sufficient authority. We glorify God as a church by preaching, studying and obeying the truths of God's Word. (1 Cor 10:31)ĬENTRALITY OF THE WORD OF GOD IN LIFE AND WORSHIP This is the rallying cry of all true followers of Christ, that everything we do is for the overarching aim to glorify God. THE OVERARCHING PURPOSE OF OUR EXISTENCE IS TO GLORIFY GOD The elders of Cornerstone believe that it is imperative that our values are fully understood, practiced, shared, vigorously defended and preserved. These are the guiding biblical principles that are at the heart of our beloved church. From our first inaugural service, these bedrock principles/core values have directed us to this day. 1997.We are an evangelical church deeply committed to the central purposes of a Christian church: to exalt God, to edify the saints, and to evangelize the lost.Ĭornerstone Bible Church was planted on February 14th 1999 by a small group of men and women devoted to the simple vision of honoring God and His Word. indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible DictionaryĮlwell, Walter A. indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible Published by Baker Books, a division ofīaker Book House Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan USA.įor usage information, please read the Baker Book House Copyright Statement. Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Kramer, Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, pp. Those who believe are blessed and those who stumble over that rock chosen by God are condemned.īibliography. This was prophesied by the prophets of old and fulfilled through the incarnation. In any case, the point is that the very foundation of the church is Jesus Christ. It is hard to visualize one stumbling over a capstone, but metaphors can be stretched. Jeremias in 1925, take a different tack, separating the two stones and making the cornerstone one thing and the stone at the "head of the corner" another, that is, a capstone or keystone. Some modern interpreters, beginning with J. The metaphor seems obvious: the cornerstone is either a source of blessing or judgment, depending on a person's attitude toward it. The stone laid in Zion ( Isa 28:16 ) is precious to the believer, but as the stone placed at the "head of the corner" ( eis kephalen gonias), that is, exalted ( Psalm 118:22 ), he is a stone of offense and stumbling ( Isa 8:4 ) to those who refuse to believe. Peter's use of the idea is more complex, stringing three prophetic verses together ( Psalm 118:22 Isa 8:4 28:16 ). Paul builds on this concept in Ephesians 2:20 by saying that Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone, the apostles and prophets are foundation stones, and the whole building (the church) is a holy temple in the Lord. Zechariah expands this promise by saying that the cornerstone will come from the tribe of Judah (10:4). God said their security was false because he would lay a stone in Zion, a precious cornerstone, which really was secure and it was not those present rulers. In Isaiah 28:16 the prophet speaks God's words directly to the rulers in Jerusalem who boasted that they were immune to the scourges of life because they were secure in themselves. The New Testament draws on two Old Testament passages about the coming Messiah ( Isa 28:16 Zech 10:4 ). Bible Dictionaries - Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Cornerstone Cornerstone Īrchitectural term used twice in the New Testament ( Eph 2:20 1 Peter 2:6 ) to speak of the exalted Jesus as the chief foundation stone of the church, the cornerstone on which all the building depends.
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