Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away. 1 Peter 1:24
In this short verse, the apostle Peter reveals a truth that fleshly man hates to acknowledge: that no matter the glory accorded him in this life, it has its end in death. It doesn't matter what it may be, everything ends in corruption. Peter, in this verse, likens the life of man to grass. Think of it, consider the grass that grows in your lawn, according to Peter, your life is not different from it because, like the grass, it comes to an end.
Everything that has its origin in man has an end, it doesn't matter what it is. Is it the very life that we received from our parents? You know that it has its end in the grave. Is it the glory accorded us by men for our achievements? Again, this, like the grass, has an end. In contrasting the life of the flesh with the grass that grows in the field, the apostle wanted to show us that the only thing that lasts forever is that which has its origin in God. So, in the next verse he wrote, "But the word of the LORD endures forever..."
Since we know that everything of the flesh is like the grass in the field, should we not then hold onto that which has no possibility of ending? The word of God.
Toni
In this short verse, the apostle Peter reveals a truth that fleshly man hates to acknowledge: that no matter the glory accorded him in this life, it has its end in death. It doesn't matter what it may be, everything ends in corruption. Peter, in this verse, likens the life of man to grass. Think of it, consider the grass that grows in your lawn, according to Peter, your life is not different from it because, like the grass, it comes to an end.
Everything that has its origin in man has an end, it doesn't matter what it is. Is it the very life that we received from our parents? You know that it has its end in the grave. Is it the glory accorded us by men for our achievements? Again, this, like the grass, has an end. In contrasting the life of the flesh with the grass that grows in the field, the apostle wanted to show us that the only thing that lasts forever is that which has its origin in God. So, in the next verse he wrote, "But the word of the LORD endures forever..."
Since we know that everything of the flesh is like the grass in the field, should we not then hold onto that which has no possibility of ending? The word of God.
Toni
