Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

                             
As Living Stones

  1 peter 4  AMP      Come to Him [the risen Lord] as to a living Stone which men rejected and threw away, but which is choice and precious in the sight of God. 5 You [believers], like living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For this is contained in Scripture:
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a chosen stone, a precious (honored) Cornerstone,
And he who believes in Him [whoever adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] will never be disappointed [in his expectations].

Mat 16:18 ASV - And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Peter = "a rock or a stone"  Jesus changed Peters name as to the revelation of what God had shown Peter .    If a man does not build his house , which is his body upon this great revelation the stone of redemption . He is building his house upon sand ,   Matt 7: 25-27

 In the end God is not coming to save our flesh it will go the way of the earth back to dirt.  God put a soul in that body and that is what Jesus has come for , to redeem your soul to save man kind from his old sinful nature.             Rom 8:3 ASV - For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:      The word Image is so wonderful as to God had no body he was spirit and he created you in his Image .  So what is that Image  ,   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, this is the very nature of Jesus Christ .   The word name Onoma Greek  for all that a "name" implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc., of everything that the "name" covers:   It is not enough to just say his name    Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation"                                      The word says in John 1    But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:   That is why   when Jesus rose again he went to his disciples to show his power and for them to be a witness to his resurrection .   He said he would come again he was there to show them his resurrected body he died but is alive for evermore.                                 
He than spoke these words to them and to you and the whole creation even until the end of all things .               
  Mar 16:14 ASV - And afterward he was manifested unto the eleven themselves as they sat at meat; and he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them that had seen him after he was risen.
Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.   
Mar 16:16 ASV - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
Mar 16:17 ASV - And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my NAME shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;   this is what Jesus is speaking to his people today.
Mar 16:18 ASV - they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.   Why is this not preached today in the church it is a commandment of Christ .  1Co 11:28 KJV - But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.  The bread is Christ his word and the cup is his blood his very nature his life is in the blood.
1Co 11:29 KJV - For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
1Co 11:30 KJV - For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
1Co 11:31 KJV - For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
Mar 16:19 ASV - So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.     
                                    
Adam failed but God gave man kind a remedy for Adams disobedience because we are all born of Adam so we all naturally fall under Adams curse.  Jesus was sent as the last Adam ,  and was the pattern we are to follow the stone of redemption a precious stone .
Gen 1:27 ASV - And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.   So Jesus spoke that no man has seen God at any time save he the son of God I have seen him and know him . And Jesus said he came in his fathers Name .   He also speaks that God is a spirit and every one that worships God must worship God in Spirit and in Truth .   
 Greek: eikon  Image:    of Christ in relation to God, 2Cr 4:4, "the image of God," i.e., essentially and absolutely the perfect expression and representation of the Archetype, God the Father; in Col 1:15, "the image of the invisible God" gives the additional thought suggested by the word "invisible," that Christ is the visible representation and manifestation of God to created beings; the likeness expressed in this manifestation is involved in the essential relations in the Godhead, and is therefore unique and perfect; "he that hath seen Me hath seen the Father," Jhn 14:9.

1Pe 2:4 ASV - unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,
1Pe 2:5 ASV - ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1Pe 2:6 ASV - Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
1Pe 2:7 ASV - For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
1Pe 2:8 ASV - and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
  Live , lively       Greek: zao   Live:
"to live, be alive," is used in the NT of "
(a) God, Mat 16:16; Jhn 6:57; Rom 14:11;
(b) the Son in Incarnation, Jhn 6:57;
(c) the Son in Resurrection, Jhn 14:19; Act 1:3; Rom 6:10; 2Cr 13:4; Hbr 7:8;
(d) spiritual life, Jhn 6:57; Rom 1:17; 8:13; Gal 2:19, 20; Hbr 12:9;
(e) the present state of departed saints, Luk 20:38; 1Pe 4:6;
(f) the hope of resurrection, 1Pe 1:3;
(g) the resurrection of believers, 1Th 5:10; Jhn 5:25; Rev 20:4, and of unbelievers, Rev 20:5, cp. Rev 20:13;

Stones  Greek: lithos  metaphorically, of
(a) Christ, Rom 9:33; 1Pe 2:4,6,8;
(b) believers, 1Pe 2:5;
(c) spiritual edification by scriptural teaching, 1Cr 3:12;
(d) the adornment of the foundations of the wall of the spiritual and heavenly Jerusalem, Rev 21:19;
Rev 21:9 ASV - And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
Rev 21:10 ASV - And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
 Rev 21:11 ASV - having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:                                                                                                                                   Rev 19:7 ASV - Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Rev 19:8 ASV - And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
Jhn 1:4 ASV - In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Jhn 1:5 ASV - And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
Jhn 1:9 ASV - There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.