永存的道
彼得前书一章22至25节
22你们既因顺从真理，洁净了自己的心，以致爱弟兄没有虚假，就当从心里（从心里：有古卷是从清洁的心）彼此切实相爱。
23你们蒙了重生，不是由于能坏的种子，乃是由于不能坏的种子，是借着神活泼常存的道。
24因为凡有血气的，尽都如草；他的美荣都像草上的花。草必枯干，花必凋谢；
25惟有主的道是永存的。所传给你们的福音就是这道。
信息分享
彼得一直鼓励他的读者要过分别为圣的生活，行事为人要与世人的标准不同。彼得为什么要求他们这样做呢？因为他们已经蒙了重生(23节)。他们如何能过分别为圣的生活呢？答案同样是他们已经重生。一般的世人是无法达致圣洁的要求的，但由于信徒已经重生，所以他们便得着了新的能力。
「重生」的意思，是指到我们借着圣灵的工作，在基督里获得新的生命。彼得指出，整个重生的过程，是始自神的话语，即圣经。当人听见神的话语而愿意听从祂的教导，在他决志相信的那一刻，他就蒙了重生。
彼得把神的话形容为「常存的道」。换言之，它是永远不会失去能力的；无论在任何时候，神的道都可以向我们说话。
人所制定的律法、一切伟大的建筑、一切财富，甚至是人本身，都只能够短暂存留；可是，神的话语却历久弥新，永不改变，直至基督再来，把我们接回天家。
在你信主的那一刻，圣经就开始成为你的忠心良伴。它会给你循循善诱、会给你随时的帮助；而且它的教导永不改变，无论是十年、二十年之后，它都始终如一地指引你的前路。因为它是神的话语，是活泼常存的道。
重生的人必然有一个明显的表现，就是愿意彼此相爱(22节)。彼得强调这是一种「切实」的爱，因为它不是矫情伪饰，而是真挚的爱。
我们如何能够与其他信徒彼此相爱呢？答案是回到最初的起点。我们若已经重生，基督就住在我们心中，只要我们愿意顺服祂，祂的爱就能驱动我们去爱其他人。
牢记：
我们愈多爱主，就愈能爱人。
THE LIVING WORD OF GOD
1 Peter 1:22-25
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.
Message
Peter has been challenging his readers to live differently from the rest of the world. Why should they do this? Because they have been born again (v. 23). This is also the answer to the question 'How can they live differently?'. The standards expected of them are impossible for ordinary men and women, but they have been born again. That gives new power in their lives.
To be born again means that we have received new life in Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit. Peter says this whole process starts with the Word of God, the Bible. When a person hears the Word of God and accepts what it says, he is born again the moment he believes.
Peter also calls it the 'abiding' Word of God and says it never loses its power. It will always have power to speak to us.
Man himself, his laws, his buildings and his money are only here for a short time. But the Word of God has continued on through all the years and will continue until Christ comes or takes us home.
When you first came to Christ, the Bible became a new book to you. It instructed you and helped you. Today it is still guiding you. It never changes. Ten, twenty years from now it will still be the same. It will help you now as it always has. It is the Word of God which lives and abides for ever.
One result that should be seen in the lives of those who have been born again is love for each other (see v.22). Peter calls it 'sincere love' - love that is not put on but love that has real meaning.
How can we love our fellow Christians as we should? The answer takes us right back to the beginning. We have been born again. Christ lives in our hearts. He will love others through us as we allow him.
REMEMBER:
As our love for Christ grows, our love for each other will grow too.