Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 6
The speaker warns that trying to “plan our lives in Christ” while refusing to become a “living stone” creates “fissures” and “cracks” in the wall; where are you most tempted to keep yourself “the way you are” while still wanting to be part of God’s spiritual house?
Another way to ask: Where are you trying to follow Christ but still insisting on staying “just the way you are,” instead of becoming a “living stone” in God’s house?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
Based on the speaker’s warning, the temptation is to build on Christ in name while refusing to adapt to Him in practice, staying “stuck” instead of becoming a living stone shaped for God’s spiritual house. Where you resist conformity to Christ is where you risk becoming a weak point—“cracks”—in the wall.
- He defines living stones as adaptive to the spiritual world: “a stone that is firm and yet adaptive… not… to the climate of this age… but… to the spiritual world.”
- He insists Christ won’t adapt to the world: “Jesus is not going to adapt Himself to what the world thinks.”
- He applies it to believers: “we must also become living stones… namely adapted to Christ.”
- He gives the consequence of refusing change: “If we're not living stones… and we want to keep the way we are… we're going to cause fissures… cracks and crumbling.”
- He describes being “stuck” while others grow: “The rest of the wall is going to be growing, but we're going to be stuck.”
- He ties stability to Christ as foundation: “There's no other cornerstone… no other foundation but… Christ Jesus.”