The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges
Week 5: Chapter 5 — Obedience: The Path of Holiness
Read Chapter 5 of The Pursuit of Holiness. Primary Scripture: John 14:15, 21; 1 John 2:3–6.
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Bridges argues that holiness has a specific and unavoidable shape — obedience to God's commands. These questions help you examine what genuine obedience looks like and where your own obedience may have gaps.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Bridges makes the straightforward claim that obedience is the path to holiness — not feelings, not experiences, not intensity of devotion, but actual compliance with what God commands. Does that feel reductive to you, or clarifying? Why?
2.Jesus says, 'If you love me, you will keep my commandments.' Bridges takes this as a diagnostic tool: love for Christ produces obedience, and genuine obedience reveals love for Christ. How does your pattern of obedience (or disobedience) reveal the actual state of your love for Jesus?
3.Bridges distinguishes between 'selective obedience' — obeying commands we find natural or convenient — and whole-hearted obedience. In what areas of your life are you most tempted toward selective obedience?
a.Are there commands of God you consistently return to and are growing in?
b.Are there commands you consistently avoid thinking about? What makes those harder?
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