Incorruptible Seed

[249 words] First Peter was written to Christians scattered throughout Asia. He says that they had been “born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever” (1 Peter 1:23). Seeds are remarkable things in their ability to reproduce. Gardeners love them and farmers live by them. But sometimes seeds spoil: moister gets in, mildew occurs and the seed is ruined. That seed will not produce a crop. But there is a seed, Peter said, which is incorruptible. It is the word of God. Jesus often talked about seeds in His parables. In reality there are two kinds of seed being sown in the religious world today. Jesus called one “good seed” and the other “tares” (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43). The good seed is the incorruptible word of God which lives and abides forever and the tares are the seeds of false doctrines…