2 Peter 1:5-8

5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

“There is no shortcut to Christ-like character. If [goodness] could be instantly ours through some sort of passive, instantaneous, supernatural faith experience, Peter would have urged us to seek that experience. He doesn’t. He commands diligence and describes a process of gradual sanctification whereby we are increasingly conformed to the image of Christ as we exercise diligence in the cultivation of personal virtues.” ~ John MacArthur

Blessings…as you grow gradually,

Pastor Dave