By Dr. Don Bierle, FaithSearch President
God, through the prophet Isaiah, stated, “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation…” (Isaiah 28:16 NIV). The apostle Peter identified that particular prophecy with Jesus Christ, “And coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected by men, but choice and precious in the sight of God” (1 Peter 2:4-7).
The life and ministry of Jesus in the first century literally changed the world. He also changed individual human lives. The Roman Emperor Constantine (A.D. 306-337) allegedly embraced faith in Jesus, and together with the Edict of Milan in 313 (which granted legal recognition and freedom to Christians), he reversed years of Christian persecution. He even gave preferential treatment to Christianity.
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