If you want to grow as a Christian, I don't care how long you've been a Christian, it won't

happen unless you're nurtured by the Word of God. There is no substitute for that. And so we are to

be people who having been changed by the power of the Holy Ghost, be people who have a desire

within our soul, a hunger,

and a thirst for the pure milk of the Word.

Because Christians have been born again, made alive, our manner of life is different than the

world. As you'll hear today, our lives can't help but change direction by God's grace,

and that growth in holiness is nurtured by the Word of God. You're listening to the Sunday

edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham.

There are many things that we can feed on as Christians, and in our hyper-connected age,

we are inundated with options. But we had a hunger for the pure, unadulterated Word of God,

as that is what God the Holy Spirit blesses for our growth.

And to aid you in that, if you'd like to go deeper in your study of two New Testament letters,

first and second Peter, you can request R.C. Sproles' expositional commentary on both letters

and you give a donation of any amount at renewing your mind.org. But be quick

if this offer ends at midnight. The Apostle Peter is reminding his hearers what life in Christ

should look like since we've been born again. So open your Bibles to First Peter

Chapter 2 because here's Dr. Sprawl.

We notice that chapter 2 begins with that word, therefore, that every time we see it, I remind

you that it connects a previous argument to a conclusion that follows from that argument.

And so if we look back again to the ending of chapter one, Peter said in verse 22,

since you have purified your souls and obeying the truth through the spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one

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