MATTHEW 21 

44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

FALLING ON OR UNDER THE STONE

Jesus is quoting from several Old testament passages in Isaiah and Daniel, and using the illustration of a stone.

Jesus is our rock and, in the NT, he is called a rock of offence and a stone of stumbling to those who do not believe.

Ever started talking about your faith to someone and then you mention Jesus. Oh, they just don’t like it or they change the subject.

Jesus here is warning people that they have two choices. the first is to fall on the stone, they will be broken, but then Jesus will put them back together.. He will give them a new heart and transform their lives.

But those who choose to reject Him, the stone, which is Jesus, will fall on them, at the final judgement and crush them to powder.

There is a final judgement and there is a place called Hell, it is for all those who reject God. believe me there will be many in Hell who have gone to church, even served as ministers.

To us as believers, the reality of judgement and hell should make us more focused to reach the lost with the precious gospel.. we are watchmen on the wall, like Ezekiel said in Chapter 33 of his book.

CT Studd said this “Some people want to live within the sound of chapel bell, but I want to have a rescue mission within a yard of hell’.

Please fall on the stone.. don’t be crushed by it.

God bless you