"For you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and abiding word of God" - I Peter 1:23 (NAS)
This quotation gives great strength and great solace. First and foremost it says that you were born of something that is imperishable. This is a hard pill to swallow for some. The idea that we are imperishable is our root fear or doubt. We doubt that we are imperishable.
I am in no mood to argue for or against the idea of imperishability. Let us simply look, with Shraddha or sincerity, or faithfulness, that this quotation is correct. Debate is useful when it establishes groundwork for an understanding, however it is not useful when it creates more confusion and more chaos, as it usually does.
When we look at something with Shraddha or sincerity, it opens the doors to a spiritual experience. When we look at something worth trusting with Trust, it opens that door, it opens our hearts.
So, the quotation is saying that you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but a seed which is imperishable. We always think we are born of something that is perishable because we are so caught up with this idea of the body. We are originally born physically in a body, but from the seed of imperishability which is the living and abiding word of God, we are born again. We are promised that we can live anew, we can refresh ourselves because our very notion of ourselves changes as we are not only exposed to the truth, but begin living in the truth. The seed of living in the truth is the word of truth and that is the word of God. As we follow the words of God we are able to experience the truth of Love and not just think we understand the concept. Living the word and thinking we know things are two different things.
Let us first understand what the term living word means. It means that these words are not dead even if they were written or spoken in the past. It means that when these words are thought of in the present we achieve the state of imperishability in the NOW. It also means because these are words of wisdom speaking a language of immortality that is true, when you are born "again" out of your ignorance of perishability, these living words will guide you beyond the seed you were originally born in. The original seed you were born in was one of the bodily frame which does perish. But whence you connect with the seed of the living word then you move into the space of imperishability of immortality.
One of the things I am trying to do is follow the Living Word. I am finding the Living Word and writing about them, because as I write about the Living Word I am pouring it into my consciousness which will surely benefit from this work.
This quotation gives great strength and great solace. First and foremost it says that you were born of something that is imperishable. This is a hard pill to swallow for some. The idea that we are imperishable is our root fear or doubt. We doubt that we are imperishable.
I am in no mood to argue for or against the idea of imperishability. Let us simply look, with Shraddha or sincerity, or faithfulness, that this quotation is correct. Debate is useful when it establishes groundwork for an understanding, however it is not useful when it creates more confusion and more chaos, as it usually does.
When we look at something with Shraddha or sincerity, it opens the doors to a spiritual experience. When we look at something worth trusting with Trust, it opens that door, it opens our hearts.
So, the quotation is saying that you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but a seed which is imperishable. We always think we are born of something that is perishable because we are so caught up with this idea of the body. We are originally born physically in a body, but from the seed of imperishability which is the living and abiding word of God, we are born again. We are promised that we can live anew, we can refresh ourselves because our very notion of ourselves changes as we are not only exposed to the truth, but begin living in the truth. The seed of living in the truth is the word of truth and that is the word of God. As we follow the words of God we are able to experience the truth of Love and not just think we understand the concept. Living the word and thinking we know things are two different things.
Let us first understand what the term living word means. It means that these words are not dead even if they were written or spoken in the past. It means that when these words are thought of in the present we achieve the state of imperishability in the NOW. It also means because these are words of wisdom speaking a language of immortality that is true, when you are born "again" out of your ignorance of perishability, these living words will guide you beyond the seed you were originally born in. The original seed you were born in was one of the bodily frame which does perish. But whence you connect with the seed of the living word then you move into the space of imperishability of immortality.
One of the things I am trying to do is follow the Living Word. I am finding the Living Word and writing about them, because as I write about the Living Word I am pouring it into my consciousness which will surely benefit from this work.
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