The point is this, as born again believers; God has put His incorruptible Word into our hearts, and the very first word or commandment to believers is to love one another. Therefore, we must love one another fervently with a pure heart - we must obey God. I John 3:23 "And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love (agape) one another, as He gave us commandment.
Then in verses 24-25, Peter contrasted the frailty of human nature with the enduring character of God's Word by referring to Isaiah 40:8: "The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." The length of human life on earth is brief compared to eternity.
Psalm 103:15-16 "As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more."
But in contrast to a very temporary existence, the living, holy Word of God will endure forever.
Psalm 119:89 "Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven." Life here is fraught with continual anxiety and uncertainty, but with the Almighty God, there is no change and no death, only eternal life and calm assurance.
1 Peter 1:23-25 ...having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, 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, But the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you."
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