Wednesday after Quasi modo geniti Sunday
Posted on April 10, 2024 by under
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:22-25 (NKJV)
1:22 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.
Devotion
Our devotions so far this week have focused on the power of baptism, and what it does for us. Today, St. Peter reminds us of another aspect of our baptism, being “born again.” Being born again in baptism enables and empowers us to live with God-pleasing love for each other, as brethren, with a “pure heart.” Again, we are reminded that this is not of us (that is, “not of corruptible seed”), but through the Word of God.
We see and we can appreciate the things of this world, but they are temporary. As glorious and beautiful as the flowers we see appearing in spring are, we know that their beauty will fail and that those flowers will once again fall. The Word of the Lord, however, lives and abides forever. This is the incorruptible seed which is planted in us through the work of God’s ministry, and through God’s ministers. It is through this work that God nourishes and grows His Church, and this is what Christ promised would continue until He comes again in glory to judge the living and the dead. So, let us live out our lives on earth with sincere love for each other as we await His return!
Collect: Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we who have celebrated the solemnities of the Lord’s Resurrection, may, by the help of Thy grace, bring forth the fruits thereof in our life and conversation; through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
