verses for today

As i was working on a few memory verses this morning i thought it might be a good thing to share on my blog.

Below are the verses i am memorizing currently.

1Pe 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

1Pe 1:24 For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

1Pe 1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

I am thankful some thirty four years ago someone shared with my from the precious Word of God that i needed to be born again. If you are not familar with that term you can read about Nicodemus and his conversation with Jesus about that in John chapter three.

As i was working on verse 24 i was reminded of how brief this life we have on earth is. I think the fact that i have cancer and am always having treament and seeing doctors surely reminds me of this too. You may be young and healthy but the fact remains life is brief in comparison to eternity. This flesh we live in withering and dying. Gods word is eternal and will endure forever. It contains the good news that if we trust in Christ and his death burial and ressurection that we too can live eternally. One can know this for sure and not have to hope so or depend on their own good works. The Bible declares it is not by works of righteousness that we have done but according to his mercy that he saved us.

If you want to know where it tells us we can know for sure about heaven see below.

Tts 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

1Jo 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

1Jo 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

1Jo 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.