Bible Study

1 Peter 2:7-8

[7] So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, 

    “The stone that the builders rejected

        has become the cornerstone,”

    [8] and 

    “A stone of stumbling,

        and a rock of offense.”

    They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. 

Romans 9:21-23

[21] Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? [22] What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, [23] in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—

Acts 9:15-16

[15] But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. [16] For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

Proverbs 16:4

    [4] 

    The LORD has made everything for its purpose,

        even the wicked for the day of trouble.