Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade –
kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power
until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:3-5

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For you have been born again not of perishable seed,
but of imperishable through the living and enduring Word of God.
1 Peter 1:23

Combining these two verses shows us that the resurrection of Jesus Christ has given us a new identity.  We need to embrace this new identity and live a life that is worthy of the calling of child of God.  We are regenerated—made new.   The old things have gone and behold all things become new.  Our character, our attitude, our thinking,  our abilities should match with the new status we have been given.  We need not to forget that we are lights in the world.  People see us, and with our Christ-like character they will follow us and will be saved.  If we live to the contrary we preach death to the people.

If you know that He is righteous
you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of Him.
1 John 2:29

No one who is born of God will continue to sin,
because God’s Seed remains in him.
He cannot go on sinning because he has been born of God.
1 John 3:9

Let us strive to live a righteous life as our Father. (Be holy for I am holy- 1 Peter 1:16).  There is a worldly proverb that says “Birds of the same feather, flock together.”  Now we are told Christ lives in us.  So how can we sin when He lives in us?  The Holy Spirit is in us, how do we sin?

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God
and everyone who loves the Father loves His Child as well.
1 John 5:1

Dear friends, let us live a life that is pleasing unto God and appreciative of the love that God had for us by sending His Son to die for us to take away the sinful nature and giving us new life.

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Dear Lord, we thank You for Who You are—You are the great God, the I AM WHO I AM, the ever present, immortal God, invisible God.  We thank You because we have this new life because of Your love for us. Thank You for letting us be born again.  Give us the grace not to turn to the left or the right of Your precepts but rather do what we are supposed to do at the right time…all to the glory of Your holy Name.  In Jesus’ name I have prayed.  Amen!!!!