1 Peter 1:22-25
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for
“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,
but the word of the Lord remains forever.”
And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
Tag: The Power of God’s Word
In the above passage Peter is reminding those he is writing to that it was God’s Word, “truth”, that was the “seed” that birth them as believers. And, since it WAS God’s Word we ought to obey it to make sure we express our new birth in our love to others. Before the new birth we were selfish and followed our own lusts, where ever they took us. But, being born again, by the Spirit using the seed of truth, we are now different. That difference ought to show itself in our love for others. We “purify” our souls by “obedience to the truth.” The truth is both the Living Word (Christ) and the Written Word (Bible). It is our obedience to this truth that allows us to produce genuine God-like love for others. The “seed” is the Word of God. The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to produce, in our lives, the Love of God to others. To grow that kind of love you have to start with the right kind of seed.
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