Holiness & God’s Word

Holiness & God’s Word Watch This Episode on YouTube {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/holiness-gods-word\/#arve-youtube-krhx3sb3u8u656f3cccd8ea1654780624","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/krhX3sB3u8U?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0","name":"Holiness & God\u2019s Word","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/STP-S22-EP04-Holiness-and-Gods-Word.jpg","uploadDate":"2022-10-27","description":"Holiness & God\u2019s Word This topic is addressed by Dr. Richard Caldwell on the Straight Truth Podcast"} Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel Support Our Podcast Join Our Mailing List Related MessagesThe pursuit of holiness is a requirement for every Christian because, without holiness, no man shall see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14). To learn more about this, consider listening to the following sermons by Dr. Caldwell:Hope & HolinessCommanded To LoveCommanded To HungerThe Purifying Hope - Part 1The Purifying Hope - Part 2The Believer's Privilege Hope & PowerThe Word of God & UsThe Believer's Relationship To ScripturePreparing To Receive The WordPrizing The Power Of ScriptureA Doer Of God's WordThe Outcome of Our Approach To God's WordAction For The Spiritually Disheartened Holiness & God’s Word Watch this episode on Vimeo {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/holiness-gods-word\/#arve-vimeo-756966247656f3cccd9c9d243709169","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/756966247?h=c7c3450032&dnt=1&app_id=122963&html5=1&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0","name":"Holiness & God\u2019s Word","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/STP-S22-EP04-Holiness-and-Gods-Word.jpg","uploadDate":"2022-10-27","description":"Holiness & God\u2019s Word"} Follow Us On Vimeo Listen to the Audio Podcast Subscribe on iPhone Subscribe on Android Subscribe on Spotify Holiness & God’s WordHow important is it that believers take the relationship of holiness and God’s Word seriously? Dr. Josh Philpot shares that 1 Peter 1 and 2 presents an extended section of the relationship between holiness and the reception of God’s Word. Within this same section, Peter quotes the command from the Old Testament, calling believers to be holy because God is holy. Peter talks about how obedience to the truth leads to a life of purity and love that comes from the living and enduring Word of God. He tells believers to long for the pure milk of the word that we need to grow in holiness. Dr. Philpot points out that James 1 also makes this same point saying that we are to be doers of the word and not hearers only. Dr. Philpot asks Dr. Richard Caldwell, how serious is this? If believers are to progress in the Christian life, what are we to do? Is there any one way that’s better than another? Today on the Straight Truth Podcast, Dr. Richard Caldwell seeks to answer these questions and more as he opens the Scriptures and guides us through some of these verses from 1 Peter.Dr. Caldwell tells us what we are talking about when speaking of this command to be holy is a call for us to continue along the pathway from which we started. An initial work, done in our hearts by the Lord, in our salvation involved a principle of holiness. Dr. Caldwell points us to 1 Peter 1:22, believing what Peter has in mind here is conversion, which has come through obedience to the gospel. So then, as Peter goes on describing what took place, he also points out that this same holiness is necessary for our progress in the knowledge of the Word of God. In 1 Peter 2:1-3, we receive further instruction. Peter points out that if you’ve begun on this pathway, you must continue in the same manner; if, as Peter says, you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. Dr. Caldwell confirms, as Dr. Philpot already mentioned,