1 Peter 1:22-25
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.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.
Isaiah 40:6-8
All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
The grass withers and the flowers fall,
because the breath of the LORD blows on them.
Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God stands forever.
James 1:18
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
John 12:24
I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
What is the imperishable seed? The imperishable seed is the Word of God (James 1:18 ). Seeds naturally die in the process of giving new life (John 12:24). Humans are given birth through a perishable seed. On the other hand, the Word of God, as the imperishable seed, gives new life (when received by faith & the breath of the Holy Spirit), remains unchanged, and does not die!
Man's old existence (perishable) is in contrast to the imperishable seed that gives new birth. This implies that the new person will also live forever and not perish ...
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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