2 Peter 1:5-7

Growing in the Knowledge of Gods

5 So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better. 6 Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness. 7 Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone. (NLT)

Living your life for Christ benefits you. These promises to your life build you up and they do not tear you down. Each one builds upon the next one. Christ has already given you these promises -- now it is time for you to start applying them to your life in Christ. Your Faith will produce moral excellence. Faith is the first step in your journey and your walk with God.  Faith produces moral excellence, but it does not stop there. Moral excellence leads to knowing God better. The old life disappears and the new life immerges. Knowing God better and knowing His will for you leads you to self-control. Self-control leads you to patience and as you control yourself you learn to wait patiently for God’s voice and God’s will. Patience leads to godliness. Godly living is a life lived for God and God's word. Godliness then leads you to love, to love God more, to love others as yourself. And finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone.

The ultimate goal is Love.

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