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Believers are called to holy living. This is\u00a0the clear teaching of the Bible<\/a>.<\/p>\n Throughout this next blog series, we want to consider the question:<\/p>\n \u201cHow then does the believer cultivate holiness?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The first way is to\u00a0know and love Scripture<\/a>. What does it mean to flee worldliness?<\/em><\/p>\n We run from it. We fight the flesh. We must strike out against the first appearance of the pride of life, the lust of the flesh and eye, and all forms of sinful worldliness as they knock on the door of our hearts and minds. If we open the door and allow them to roam about in our minds and take foothold in our lives, we are already their pretty.<\/p>\n Daniel 1:8,<\/p>\n \u201cBut Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.\u201d<\/p>\n The material we read, the recreation and entertainment we engage in, the music we listen to, the friendships we form, and the conversations we have all affect our minds and ought to be judged in the context of Philippians 4:8, \u201cFinally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.\u201d<\/p>\n We must live apart from worldliness and not be of the world while are in it (Rom. 12:1-2). This is for the sake of our holiness and also our witness.<\/p>\n Brothers and sisters, let’s walk in the Word and not in the world. And as such, our witness will shine before the world and we will glorify our Father in heaven.<\/p>\n “Blessed is the man “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden… let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Believers are called to holy living. This is\u00a0the clear teaching of the Bible. Throughout this next blog series, we want to consider the question: \u201cHow then does the believer cultivate holiness?\u201d The first way is to\u00a0know and love Scripture. Second, we should\u00a0consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to Christ. Third, we should\u00a0repent daily. Fourth, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-misc","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5864"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5872,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5864\/revisions\/5872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSecond, we should\u00a0consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to Christ<\/a>.
\nThird, we should\u00a0repent daily<\/a>.
\nFourth, we also cultivate holiness through prayer and work<\/a>.<\/p>\nFifth, we flee worldliness.<\/h3>\n
\nwho walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
\nnor stands in the way of sinners,
\nnor sits in the seat of scoffers;
\nbut his delight is in the law of the LORD,
\nand on his law he meditates day and night.”
\n(Psalm 1:1-2)<\/p>\n
\n(Matthew 5:14,16)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"