Ep 342 – 1 Peter 1:22-25

If we are truly children of God, then we should not only live like it, we should love like it. Our lives should reflect the reality of our new nature and emulate the love that God has shown to us. That’s what Peter is going to address in 1 Peter 1:22-25. In this episode, called “Love Like It”, we’re going to see how Peter describes this selfless, sacrificial love for others. The love of God should not stop on us, but flow through us. We have been loved by God, so we should share that love with others. In essence, we become conduits of God’s love, allowing His mercy, grace, goodness and kindness to pour through us and overflow from us onto our brothers and sisters in Christ. The kind of love Peter describes in these verses isn’t of this world. It is supernatural and Spirit-produced. We can’t manufacture it or muster it up by sheer force of will. It is only as we recognize and learn to appreciate the degree of God’s love for us, that we even remotely begin to have the capacity to love others. Anyone who does not fully grasp God’s love will have a difficult time giving it away to others. But sincere brotherly love is to be a byproduct of having had our souls purified as a result of our salvation. We are new creations and, as a result, we have a new ability to love that wasn’t there before.