1 Peter 1:22-2:3
The Enduring Word
22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
24 because
“All flesh is as grass,
And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,
25 But the word of the Lord endures forever.”
Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
Our Inheritance Through Christ’s Blood
2 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,
3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Context
- What price was paid to bring us into obedience & ‘sincere’, ‘fervent’ love ? (John 13:34, 35, 15:12, Galatians 5:13, 1 Peter 1:2, 10-12, 16-18, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20)
Reflection
- How is one born again? (John 1:12, 13, 3:3, James 1:21, 1 Peter 1:18, 19, 23)
- How important is an ‘enduring’ Word? (Josh 1:8, Psalm 19:7-9, 119:89, Proverbs 30:5, Isaiah 40:6-8, Matthew 24:35, 2 Timothy 3:16, 17
- What must be laid aside? (Psalm 119:37, Ephesians 4:22-24, Hebrews 12:2, James 1:21, 1 Peter 2:1)
- What does it mean to ‘desire the pure milk of the Word?’ (Psalm 2:1, 34:8, 19:10, 119:16, 73, John 15:7, Colossians 3:16, 1 Peter 1:2, 3)
Testimony Time
- Have you been born again?
- How’s your diet? (Job 23:12, Psalm 119:103, Ezek 3:1-3, Matthew 4:4, 5:6, John 8:31, James 1:18)
