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Jul 2023
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POP 368 - 5 Strategies for Purity

Tony Ingrassia
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In this eipisde Tony shares 5 important purity obervations from 1 Peter 1:13-16.

In this passage the Apostle Peter shares 5 strategies that bridge the gap from your mind on the inside to holiness in your life on the outside.

(1) Prepare your mind for action.

(2) Self-control.

(3) Set your hope fully on the grace of Jesus Christ which will be revealed when he returns.

(4) Be obedient children of God who no longer conform to the evil desires you obeyed when you lived in ignorance.

(5) Be holy at your Father in heaven is holy.

God would not tell you to do something that was impossible for you to do.

If God tells you to be holy, it must be possible for you to be holy.

Holiness is within your reach.

You can make quality decisions.

You can exercise your "no" muscle.

You can be a man of purity!

Listen to this episode and be encouraged by these 5 Strategies of Puritythe Apostle Peter has given us.

13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”  I Peter 1:13-16

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