Holiness

“And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness…” II Peter 1:5-7a Kindness is generally easy to show to others in general. On the other hand, it can take more effort to show it to people we know well—like our biological and spiritual ...

“And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness;” II Peter 1:5-6 I have to admit, as a young woman, I thought having faith meant I was a godly girl and a good person. I believed my faith showed that I was a follower of God who accepted His Son as my Savior. However, from ...

“And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue;and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience…” II Peter 1:5-6a It’s a lot easier to try someone’s patience than to apply patience to a trying situation. At times, it feels unnatural, but we know having patience is possible because God instructed us to add it to our faith. He didn’t say it would ...

“And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance;” II Peter 1:5-6a If adding virtue and knowledge to our faith wasn’t hard enough, we’re also instructed to add “temperance.” I’ll admit that I took what that meant for granted. A closer study showed I didn’t have it right. How could I add temperance to my faith if I didn’t know ...

“And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;” II Peter 1:5 I turned thirteen and realized I knew little. It wasn’t that I thought I knew everything before that age, I just wasn’t aware I needed to know more. I took life at face value and put blind faith in my parents, teachers, pastors, and friends. If they said something was so, it must be so. ...