Peter lays out the life of a christian pretty clearly in just three verses, 2 Peter 1:5-7.  So you believe, thats called faith.  Now stop stealing cheating, lying, and do what’s right… that’s called being good. After that, while being good, read and get to know God’s word, also known as gaining knowledge.  Once you start gaining knowledge, put it into practice (self-control).  But just knowing and doing doesn’t mean temptation is going to go away, so you must persevere through temptations and hardships.  Once you can put together faith, knowledge, self-control, and perseverance, you will begin to understand what godliness truly is. He overcame ALL while we struggle to persevere and we start to have higher respect and understanding of God and begin to align our hearts with His… Godliness. As we struggle through our own attempt at godliness it forces us to appreciate other’s stories and struggles and extend kindness to them.  This teaches us to love the way we should, the way Jesus tells us people will know us by (John 13:35).

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