Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David

Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. If you are committed to living

a consistent life, you have to be good at saying no to yourself and saying yes to the things that

will stimulate spiritual growth. In today's episode, as we continue through Paul's Bible study in

1 Peter, Paul looks at three more sections from Peter's letter. If you've been enjoying the

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the transforming power of Jesus Christ.

Now, in today's first segment, Paul talks about saying yes and saying no as we continue through

the gospel, one letter at a time.

So Peter's going to take us in a new direction for the rest of this little letter that we're looking at.

He's laid this gospel foundation, but Peter wants us to understand the gospel is not just the narrative of God's work of redemption.

It's meant for us right here, right now to form a lifestyle, to be the way that

we look at, understand, and respond to everything in our life. It's not an overstatement to say

that the gospel changes everything. It really does. Let me read these

verses for you. So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

like newborn infants long for this pure spiritual milk that by it may grow up into salvation if indeed

you have tasted that the Lord is good. The Christian life is really shaped by saying no and saying

yes and you better know where to say no and where to say yes.

If you're going to live a consistent gospel-shaped life, you better be good at saying no.

And Peter doesn't mean saying no to external evil or saying no to other people.

He's talking about saying no to yourself.

And the reason we have to say no to ourselves

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