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Devotional #11 from 1 Peter
“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.” (1 Peter 1:22-25 KJV)
God marvelously blessed you. Jesus Christ is your Savior who redeemed you with His own precious blood. Your walk with the Lord has already begun! You are now participating in His great plan for you.
Now is the time to move forward. God saved you and gave you an unfeigned (unpretended) love for your brothers and sisters in Christ. Peter urges us to grow in love to one another with fervent (zealous, passionate) love. The first word, love (in the Greek text), is brotherly love (Philadelphian), and the second is God’s love (agape love). When we get saved, we need to grow in God’s love. His love for us has been unconditional, and our love for fellow Christians should be unconditional.
We can do this because we have been born again with an incorruptible seed – the Word of God. Peter illustrates this by comparing the Word to our weak flesh. The flesh is weak and temporary, just like the grass and flowers. But the Word of God endures forever. We base our salvation and our Christian life on the gospel (good news) given to us in the eternal Word of God.
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