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Isaiah 8:14-15
He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble– to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem.Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”
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1 Corinthians 1 21-1 Corinthians 1 28
For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching.For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom,but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,
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Romans 9:32-33
Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but( as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,just as it is written,“ Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
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Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary,“ Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.
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Matthew 11:6
Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”
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1 Corinthians 2 14
The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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1 Peter 2 7-1 Peter 2 8
So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,and a stumbling- stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
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John 6:60-66
Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said,“ This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?”When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them,“ Does this cause you to be offended?Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.But there are some of you who do not believe.”( For Jesus had already known from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)So Jesus added,“ Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.
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Matthew 13:57-58
And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them,“ A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.
