“Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible” (1 Peter 1:23)

The Apostle Peter correctly assumed certain things are true about people who are born again. 1) You’ll love fervently with a pure heart. 2) You’ll lay aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as a newborn babe. 3) You’ll gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you when Christ returns. 4) You won’t conform yourself to former lusts. 5) You’ll be holy in your conduct (1 Peter 1:13-2:1). 

 He didn’t assume these things because of natural law, the Law of Moses, or philosophy, but from the highest argument of all…the divine nature which God implants in His people. Just as a Roman ruler would encourage Romans to act like Romans, Peter tells saints, which just means “holy”, to act holy, according to their divine nature. 

 “His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” (2 Peter 1:3-4).  

Peter says, "See that you think and act like a Christian, because of your noble birth, being born of incorruptible seed; because of your pedigree, being descended from God, the Creator of all things; and because of your immortal destiny, for you shall never pass away, though the glory of the flesh shall fade, and even its existence shall cease". 

 Let the dignity of your nature, and the brightness of your prospects, oh believer in Christ, motivate you to cleave unto holiness, and avoid the very appearance of evil.