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Topic: Holy (Holiness)

Episode Topic Audio

2023-12-18
Contradictions in the Bible: Can you explain the seeming contradictions in scripture about "none holy" and yet we are to be holy, and his "mercy endures forever" and yet apparently it doesn't extend to those that miss the rapture. [1 Peters 1:15-16, 1 Samuel 2:2, Psalm 136:1-2].



2023-11-13
Called to Holiness: What does this verse mean, "Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it?" [1 Thessalonians 5:24, 1 Thessalonians 6:16].



2023-11-09
Holy Ground (Shoes Off)-Ethiopia: Caller shares that in Ethiopia you must take off your shoes before you go into church because it is considered holy ground.
Learning About Different Religions: Should I be learning about other religions? Does God object to this?


2023-11-09
Removing Shoes: Why removing of the shoes in the story of the burning bush? [Exodus 3:5].
Punctuation in Scripture: Could you help with the varied placement of the period surrounding the words "in love" in different translations, such as in Ephesians 1? [Ephesians 1:4-5].


2023-06-05
Sinlessness in the New Earth: Why would I not sin in the New Earth? Will I still have free will? What will keep me from sinning in there?



2023-05-24
Why Worry if Sins are Already Paid?: Why do I still feel like I need to avoid every little sin, if my sins are already paid? [Matthew 26:41].



2023-03-10
The Title-Holy Bible: Why is the Bible entitled with the word "Holy?"



2023-03-02
Being Holy: When we are told to be holy, does that just mean that we should be obedience? [1Peter 1:15, Colossians 3:17].



2023-02-03
Salvation & Sanctification: Does "sanctification" happen at the same time as "salvation" ... or is there a process? [2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Peter 3:18, Psalm 1:2-3, Hebrews 5:11-14, 1 Peter 1:15].



2022-11-14
Holiness: What are your thoughts on "holiness" or "holy" living? [2 Corinthians 7:1, I Peter 1:15-16, I Corinthians 6:20].



2022-11-01
Free From Sin: After we become believers, are we free from sin or are we just hopelessly bound to sin? [Romans 6:16-18, I Corinthians 6:20, Galatians 5:16, I Peter 1:18-19, Romans 8:12, Romans 8:4, Romans 13:14, 2 Corinthians 10:3, Matthew 1:21, I John 2:1, Romans 6:1].



2022-08-12
Salvation, Justification, Sanctification, Transformation: Could you clarify the differences between salvation, justification, sanctification and how the need for repentance fits in? [I Thessalonians 4:3, I Thessaloninas 5:23, 2 Corinthians 7:1, I Peter 1:15].
Repentance-Only Needed Once: Is there only the one repentance when we first repent and receive Christ? [I John 1:9, I John 1:7, Galatians 5:16-17].


2021-09-08
Defining "Sanctification": What is the true meaning of the word, "sanctification"? [I Peter 1:15, 2 Corinthians 3:18].



2021-07-07
Praying for Political Leaders: Do you pray for Joe Biden and if so, how so? [I Timothy 2:1-3].
Holy to Dogs, Pearls to Swine: Could you talk about the verse about not giving what is holy to dogs and casting pearls before swine? [Matthew 7:6, Matthew 13:45-46, 2 Thessalonians 2:11].


2021-05-03
"Entire Santification" (Eradicationism or Perfect Sinlessness): What do you think of the idea in the Wesleyianism called "entire sanctification" (Eradicationism or perfect sinlessness)? [2 Corinthians 3:18, I Peter 1:14-16].



2021-04-06
Sanctified Hearts: How do we sanctify our hearts? [I Peter 3:15, I Peter 1:15-16].
Brethren as Sinners: Why do so many brethren still identify as sinners? [Galatians 5:17, Romans 7:20-23, Ephesians 2:8-9, James 4:7, I Thessalonians 5:16-18].


2021-03-26
Walking in the Spirit: How does one achieve walking in the Spirit and living a holy life? Recommended Gregg's new books; "Empire of the Risen Son" (Vol 1 & 2) and Lecture series; Charisma & Character [Isaiah 11:2, Colossians 3:15, Luke 12:11, I Peter 4:11].



2021-03-10
The Gap Theory: Is there any evidence of a "gap theory" in scripture? [Genesis 1:1-2, Exodus 20].
Sanctification: Could you clarify if sanctification is progressive, or if it is imputed to you upon salvation? [I Peter1:15-16, I Thessalonians 5:23, Romans 8:1, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Romans 6:6].


2020-12-30
Evangelizing My Co-workers: How do I go about evangelizing my co-workers?



2020-12-18
The Good News from Jesus: What did Jesus tell people about His sacrifice, and what the good news was?



2020-10-23
Set Apart or Heeding a Calling: How are we to understand being set apart for God? Is it just living a good and joyful Christian life? [1 Thessalonians 4:11-12, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Jeremiah 1:5, Acts 2, Romans 12].



2020-08-12
Different Levels of Heaven and Hell: Could you clarify the scriptural references to the different levels of heaven and hell?
Be Ye Holy as God is Holy: Is it really possible to be holy as God is holy, or to be perfect as God is? [I Peter 1:16, Leviticus 19:2, Luke 6:36, Matthew 5:48].


2020-05-12
Number of Jews into Exile: How many Jews went into exile in Babylon?
Holy Garments, Holy Mean, Clean & Unclean: Why is the prophet speaking of holy garments and and holy meat? [Haggai 2:10, I Corinthians 6:9-11].


2018-06-13
Doing Good & being Holy: Doing good & being holy, is there a difference?



2018-01-18
Being Holy: What does Holy mean? Can we be holy in this life? What do we have to do to become holy? Does the Holy Spirit make us holy?



2017-11-17
Holiness of God & Permitting Suffering: Regarding the goodness/holiness of God, why would an all-loving, all-powerful God not step in & prevent horrific human suffering?



2017-09-11
Sinner even though a Christian: We realize are sinners, accept Jesus, repent, but then awhile later we realize we are still sinners



2017-01-13
Pearls to the Swine, nothing Holy to Dogs Can you explain matt 7:6?



2016-10-24
Rituals & Types & SHadows: Can Steve please explain these verses? [Colossians 2:22-23]



2016-09-02
Sanctified by the Spouse: What does it mean that an unbeliever is sanctified by their spouse & what does "sanctified" mean anyway? [1 Corinthians 7:14]



2016-08-25
Kingdom of Priests: The Israelites would be a kingdom of priests, how could the average run of the mill Israelite be a priest? [Exodus 19:5-6]
Paul Disobeying Spirit-Filled People: Paul was told not to go to Jerusalem, did he disobey God since he was going against the spirit-filled men? [Acts 21:4]


2016-08-10
No Condemnation by not indulging in the Flesh: Tbere is o condemnation, so does that mean just not indulging in the flesh & living by the Spirit? Some think that just as long as you say you are a Christian, you have a license to sin, & there's no condemnation. What do you think? [Romans 8:1]



2016-07-15
Sinful Acts & Holy Acts: Can you tell me aboout sin, sinful behavior & actions, compromise of one’s commitment & personal holiness?



2016-06-10
Sanctification: Caller comments that we are sanctified or perfected as soon as we become a Christian, & continue to grow holy from there. [Hebrews 10:14]



2016-06-10
Sanctification: What can you tell me about sanctification? Do you know of a good book I can read that talks about it.



2016-03-09
High Standard of Sermon on the Mount: Is Jesus actually saying we can do everything He said in the Sermon on the Mount? Or is He simply showing the disparity between His holiness & our sinfulness and inability? [Matthew 5-7, John 8:31, Matthew 28:20]



2016-01-07
Taking Up Your Cross Daily: What exactly does Jesus mean to take up your cross & follow Him daily? Does that mean living a holy life? Is it talking about day-to-day activities & life, such as who you are going to marry? [Luke 9:23]
Addictive Behavior or Living Sin: We don't have to torture ourselves, our body, in order to get out of a life of sin, do we?


2015-11-03
Fear & Trembling: Faith alone, Imputed righteousness, but I also don't believe in salvation by works, but then I read verses like being holy & work out our salvation w/ fear & trembling. Can you set me straight? [1 Peter 1:16hilippians 2:12-13]



2015-05-22
SAINT Jesus?: Someone referred to Jesus as Saint Jesus, & caller was wondering Steve's thoughts about that.
We are the Temple of God: We are the Temple of God, can't kill ourselves, have to be careful what we put in it, & asks Steve about that. [1 Corinthians 3:16-17]


2015-03-26
God being Angry at Sinners: Did Jonathan Edwards have anything to do w/ the idea that God is Angry at Sinners?
R. C. Sproul & Romans 9 - 11: What was Steve saying yesterday about R. C. Sproul & Romans 9 - 11?


2015-03-19
Let him that is Holy remain Holy, Let him that is Filthy remain Filthy: What does, "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still"? [Revelation 22:11]



2015-02-16
Holiness & Sanctification Process: Every 5 years the members of a church have to go through the process of elders asking them questions about their personal life.



2015-02-12
Attire in Church: Does it dishonor God to come to church in casual clothing? Is it biblical or mandated that we have to come in our best clothes?



2015-02-04
Holiness Movement - Perfection: Perfected by love so much that there'll be NO desire to sin at all EVER even on this side of glory; "Entire Sanctification".
Good Trees Bearing Bad Fruit: So then even if we are good trees, occasionally we'll producing bad fruit, right?


2014-12-15
Come Out Among Them & Be Separate: What does it mean to "Come out from among them & be separate?" [2 Corinthians 6:17]
Fear & Trembling: What does it mean to "work out your Salvation w/ Fear & Trembling"? [Philippians 2:12]
The Narrow Path Radio Show: What do you hope for as God's will to accomplish with this show? What do you pray for when you pray for your program?

2013-11-08
No Acts to Become Righteous: Do people become righteous without acting? [Romans 5:12-21] (Caller's audio is VERY poor.)



2013-09-18
Righteous Still & Filthy Still Isn't there a verse in Revelation that says that it'll become so evil in the last days that they are set in their ways that it's impossible to change? [Revelation 22:11]



2013-07-25
"Dog" in Scripture: In addition to referencing gentiles, can you give other meanings of the word "dog" when used symbolically in scripture? [Philippians 3:2, Revelation 22:15, Deuteronomy 23:18, Matthew 15:22-28, Matthew 7:6]



2013-06-24
Discarding your Bible Properly: What is the proper way to dispose of a Bible that is too worn to be of use?



2013-06-19
The Mind of a Christian: What is the state of mind we should have as a Christian? [1 Corinthians 10:31]



2013-02-06
Entire Sanctification: Salvation is a continuing, life-long process, that you aren't just made holy by saying a sinner's prayer at an altar call.


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