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Character Traits
First Peter 2:9 says, "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light." In other words, you are saved so that you can show people the praises (character traits) of Jesus. As a result, that will make God look good/cause people to think good thoughts about God, and people will want to become Christians.
These character traits are listed in 2 Peter 1:3–11: “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature (have Jesus’ character traits), having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence (Try your best to understand what these character traits mean, and then try your best, with God’s help, to “do” what these character traits mean.) add (Each time you develop a character trait, you will be able to develop the next character trait listed.) to your faith virtue (You should fulfill your purpose in life by making God look good in front of others by following Jesus (For instructions on how to follow Jesus, see chapter 39 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com), and that will make people think good thoughts about God and make them interested in becoming Christians. You should live a pure life and not continually practice sins like non-believers. Your thoughts, speech, and the way you spend your time should be different (see chapter 39 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com); and to virtue knowledge (You should study the Bible and be taught the Bible, and as a result, you will learn what sinful things to avoid and how to follow Jesus.); And to knowledge temperance (You should be able to control yourself. Anger, lust, entertainment that doesn’t involve God (see chapter 23 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com), or over eating, etc. should definitely be avoided. Instead of things like these taking over your time, thoughts, and energy, you should spend your time, thoughts, and energy following Jesus (explained in chapter 39 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com); and to temperance patience (You should have the ability to not give up following Jesus when things in life and people are difficult. You also shouldn’t get back at people who did you wrong. Patience is also seen in every day examples like not getting mad or flustered while waiting on someone because you are ready to leave to go somewhere.); and to patience godliness (You should display temperance, patience, try to do what God wants you to do as you care for the needs of others, fear or worship God and try not to break His commandments, do the right things - even if it leads to physical, mental, and financial suffering and trials; and follow Jesus (For instructions on how to follow Jesus, see chapter 39 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com).); And to godliness brotherly kindness (If you come across someone with a physical, financial, emotional, mental, or spiritual need, you should do what you can do to help meet those needs. This also means that you will look for ways to do good things for people who treated you wrong.); and to brotherly kindness charity (You should gladly give (if there’s a logical reason to do so) to someone and not expect for that person to pay you back or return what you allowed them to borrow. This also means that you should put people's needs that you come across (mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial) above your needs, and be willing to die in order to protect or help someone who is different from you or even your enemy.) For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
If you work hard to develop these character traits, with the help God has promised to provide, you will gradually become more and more "conformed to the image of His Son" (Romans 8:29). If you try really hard to have these character traits, and are able to produce these character traits more and more over time, you will know that you are going to heaven (2 Peter 1:8–11).
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