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WEB SERMON FROM:
SUBMITTED BY:
DM, DRTh, KnSt.F, AD
The Patriarch of Yeshua International
& Archbishop of All of
Sermon No. 43
Seeing and Proclaiming Christ
as the Son of God
Regenerated through the Living and Abiding Word
Bible Verses
1Peter 1 v 23 Having been regenerated not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible, through the living and abiding word of God.
24 For “all flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass has withered, and the flower has fallen off, 25 But the word of the Lord abides forever.” And this is the word which has been announced to you as the gospel.
Words of Ministry
Verse 23 indicates that we have been regenerated through the living and abiding word of God. We have not been regenerated of corruptible seed. A seed is a container of life. The word of God as the incorruptible seed contains God's life. Hence, it is living and abiding. Through this word we have been regenerated.
It is God's living and abiding word of life that conveys God's life into our spirit for our regeneration.
We may paraphrase Peter's writing this way: "Brothers and sisters, don't you know that we have all been regenerated? We have been regenerated not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible seed. This incorruptible seed is in the living and abiding word of God. Therefore, we have been regenerated of incorruptible seed through the living and abiding word of God.
The word of God is not actually the seed itself; rather, it is the container of the seed. For this reason, the seed comes through the word. You need to realize that you have been regenerated of incorruptible seed which is conveyed to us in the living word of God."
If the seed is not the word of God itself, then what is it? The seed is the eternal life of God. God's eternal life is a seed containing divine genes. We all have been regenerated of this organic, divine seed through the divine word. AMEN.
Cardinal Dr. Peter R. Edwards
DM, DRTh, KnSt.F, AD
The Patriarch of Yeshua International
Yeshua International & The Old Roman Catholic Church in
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