If salvation is a gift, why does obedience matter? Ken and Julie explore 1 Peter 1 and how God’s grace leads to holiness, a life of love, and confidence in the freedom Christ purchased with His blood.
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Episode Notes
Grace, holiness and hope
Peter calls believers to prepare their minds for action and rest their hope fully on God’s grace. In this conversation, Ken and Julie Norton explore how those instructions belong together. Obedience is a response to Christ’s love, while redemption rests on what He has done for us.
Topics in this episode
- Preparing the mind and guarding what shapes our desires.
- Caring for others while keeping ourselves unspotted from the world.
- Avoiding both indifference to obedience and confidence in our own performance.
- Understanding the call to holiness and the evidence of faith.
- Finding freedom and hope in Christ’s redeeming love.
Three takeaways
- Rest your hope fully on God’s grace.
- Seek His will while guarding against temptation.
- Remember that Christ purchased your freedom with His blood.
Scripture
Main passage: 1 Peter 1:13–21.
Related passages discussed: James 1:27; 1 John 2:15–17; Leviticus 19:2, 18; Matthew 7:15–23. The conversation also refers to Isaiah’s vision (Isaiah 6) and Nadab and Abihu (Leviticus 10).
Resources
The Visiting Table: https://www.vop.com/thevisitingtable
Blue Letter Bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/
Voice of Prophecy: https://www.vop.com/
The Visiting Table — Episode 16
Credits: Ken Norton, Julie Norton, Fiona Lin, Joel Baker, Kenneth Mayr, Ruben Gomez.
