Good Morning Friends,
“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 forefathers, but with the precious blood of
Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. For you have been born again, not of
perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of
God. For, ‘All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of
the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord
stands forever.’ And this is the word
that was preached to you.” (1 Peter 1:18-19 and 23-25)
Peter writes of two things that will not
perish and have made an eternal impact upon our lives.
The blood of Christ will not perish. Jesus
existed before the foundation of the world. He was involved in the creation,
along with the Father, making everything that exists. And Jesus will exist past
the end of the universe, too. His days will never end. He lived in eternity
past and will live in eternity future. And there is no person, no power, no
force that can change that! What that means is that what Jesus has done for us can
be counted on for eternity. There will never come a time when Jesus, or His
work, will be obsolete or ineffective.
The word of God is imperishable. Peter’s
words repeat the truth spoken by Jesus, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but
my words will never pass away.” (Matthew 24:35) The word of God will be
eternal. The word of God reveals God’s character and His plan. Those things
will not change, not for eternity. As certainly as God will never change His
mind, so the word of God will never change. Reading and studying the word of
God is an eternal pursuit. What you learn here from God’s Word will stay with
you into eternity. It’s the only subject of study that will have real
significance after we leave this world.
Our faith is based upon two things that stand
forever -- Jesus and His Word. Those are things you can count on!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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