Scripture:
1 Peter 1:13-25
13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a]
17 Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear. 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 20 He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21 Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.[b] 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For,
“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[c]
And this is the word that was preached to you.
Reflection:
- Obedience is a difficult thing to do, as it is innate for man to sin. But v. 19 tells us the reason we should become 'obedient children,' and that is because our lives have been bought at a very expensive price, which is the precious life or our Lord Jesus Christ.
- The one who has called us is holy, therefore, we should exhibit a holy life, and set our lives apart from sin. We are to be holy because God is holy. A true Christian, or a person who professes that he is a Christian, should be able to show that God is working in his life.
- Our goal as truly converted Christians is to become holy. This will set us apart from those who are professing Christians and those that are possessing Christians.
Application:
- What other areas of my life am I still struggling with? Do others see in me the purity of the Lord? If not, what should I to achieve a pure and holy life, and to be worthy of the blood that Jesus shed on the cross?
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