UNDAILY Episode 146
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God. Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.
1 PETER 1, 18-25 (NIV)
Sometimes I think that today's world does everything it can to mix good values with bad ones in such a way that we lose our bearings. Screenwriters write about likable serial killers, and TV directors add a funny thief, both often escaping justice. Meanwhile, the press or politicians flood us with alternative "truths" about the reality around us. We absorb these colorful and deceptive messages, and they infiltrate our minds and consciences. Perhaps that is why some find it difficult to distinguish between good and evil today, the value of the Gospel from modern philosophical rubbish. However, Peter reminds us that true value comes from God and has been given to us through Christ. We are no longer slaves to sin and death, but free children of God because we have been redeemed by His blood. (...)
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