Day 5

Scripture to Read: 1 Peter 1:22-23

In today's devotion, we're going to see how the work that Jesus has done should produce in us transformed hearts that express His love to others around us (Matthew 22:39). Notice the type of love described here is 1 Peter 1:22. This love is a "sincere brotherly" love, and God calls us to love "earnestly" from "a pure heart." Our "pure heart" has been given to us through our relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, the love of Christ has also been planted in us so that we can love the way God has commanded us to love. Love is a choice and has nothing to do with how we feel. God's love is sacrificial and unconditional. God wants us to love others in the same way He loves us. That is why we see God's command to love one another coming after His truth of 1 Peter 1:22, "Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love." To love God's way, our souls had to be cleansed and purified, which only happens by obeying God's Word. But, if our souls are purified by obedience to His truth, does that mean we can earn our salvation? No! Obedience to God's truth is not the means of salvation but evidence of salvation. Only those who "have been born again" can walk obediently to God's truth, having been transformed "through the living and abiding word of God" (1 Peter 1:23). Real love comes from a heart changed by God's living Word. The evidence of following Christ is shown by loving others.

Challenge & Application

1. What does God teach you about the means of salvation and the result of salvation? 2. Who can you show a sincere brotherly love for this week and how will you express God’s love to them?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

Last week, the Lord taught us to rejoice while suffering because Christ is our living hope. In today's devotion, our Lord shows us how we are to prepare for the spiritual battles we face each day, always remembering our hope is in Christ. Since we know there is suffering in this life, God calls all believers to prepare our minds for action, t...

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Day 2

God has told us to keep our hope fixed on the grace we have in Christ. Today, God starts by calling us obedient children, which means He expects our obedience to Him every day. So, walking in obedience to our Lord means we must not walk in the patterns of this world. God tells us in 1 Peter 1:14, "do not be conformed to the passions of your f...

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Day 3

Yesterday, we saw how God expects us, as His children, to walk in obedience to Him and to live holy lives. 1 Peter 1:17-19 God continues showing us who we are in Him, "And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ran...

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Day 4

This week we have seen that true hope is only found through a relationship with God the Father. We also know that the only way to have that relationship with God the Father is through believing in (trusting in, clinging to, relying on) our Lord Jesus Christ. God the Father set forth His plan of redemption before anyone was even born (Ephesian...

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Day 5

In today's devotion, we're going to see how the work that Jesus has done should produce in us transformed hearts that express His love to others around us (Matthew 22:39). Notice the type of love described here is 1 Peter 1:22. This love is a "sincere brotherly" love, and God calls us to love "earnestly" from "a pure heart." Our "pure heart" ...

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Day 6

God has been revealing to us this week that where our hope and faith are found indicates the foundation of our life. Today God nails down the point to all believers that all of us have been born again, not by anything that can perish but "through the living and abiding word of God" (1 Peter 1:23). God led Peter to look at His Holy Word throug...

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Day 7

Today in 1 Peter 2:1-3, God gives us what affections and attitudes we must die to and what we must walk in every day as Christians. As God led the Apostle Peter to write, we know from 1 Peter 1:25 that God's Word "remains forever. And this word is the good news that was preached to you." Because God gave us His living and abiding Word, we, as...

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