The perishable seed is human sperm that can only give human life. But that which is born of God remains forever.Ī scripture that confirms this thought is John 1: 12-15:īut to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God-children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.Īnthony Clinton Teacher in China The Word of God is the imperishable seed that gives birth to those who repent and obey the Gospel. Verse 24 so clearly and so accurately likens our human frame to the grass and flower of the field that fades away in its season. It is of the earth and is temporal.īut upon confession and belief and the placing of faith in Jesus Christ we are born again of a supernatural seed that is eternal in nature and cannot die. By and because of its very nature it perishes. The human seed is contaminated by sin even before conception and is doomed to decay and corruption. Peter is here differentiating between the human seed that occasioned our human birth and the Divine Seed implanted by faith in Jesus Christ at the event of the new birth. The key phrase here is the use of the term “born again” in verse 23. In the same way any material wealth or possessions that we may accrue, or any worldly achievements that we may accomplish, will cease to be of any value to us as individuals after our deaths.īy contrast, the spiritual rebirth that Christians experience through faith in Christ imparts eternal life to them, which is not transient, and which will not end (perish), regardless of what may happen to Christians in this world (and even when Christians die and leave this world), but will last forever.Ģ2 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God 24 forĪnd all its glory like the flower of grass.Ģ5 but the word of the Lord remains forever.”Īnd this word is the good news that was preached to you. Water satisifes thirst, but only for a limited time before it must be resorted to again (as Jesus told the woman at the well in Sychar (John 4:1-26)).
Perishable seed grows into maturity, but, even in a mature form, it cannot exist forever, and will eventually wither. Army I would say that the distinction between the perishable and imperishable seed to which Peter is referring pertains to the contrast between things or benefits that are purely temporal, and that will last only as long as we are in this world (or as the world lasts), versus those that are eternal, and that will last forever, even transcending death. Tim Maas Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S.
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