What Does It Mean To Be Godless

We add godliness to perseverance by living in obedience to God's commands. Godliness springs from a deep love for him and reverence of his character and precepts.[“Websters Dictionary 1828 - Webster’s Dictionary 1828 - godly.” Websters Dictionary 1828. Accessed March 30, 2018. http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/godly.] Perseverance is not only living morally - it is beyond that. Ultimately, it is living obediently according to his will - it is conforming to the image of Christ!

Earlier we explored adding goodness to faith which is very important. Doing good works to show others that our faith is real, and avoiding things that would cause our thinking to be impure is paramount. But good works alone are insufficient to salvation

After all, we were all created in his image. The character of God still resides in the image that he has given to us. Although the image is marred by sin, the qualities of his character are within our reach. Therefore, adding godliness means to seek to become more like him - to polish up that image! In order to conform to Christ’s image, we must first understand God’s character and what God expects from us so that we can conform to his

Walton. A Survey of the Old Testament. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan Publishing House, 2009, p 25.] In his covenants, he demonstrates holiness, grace, mercy, justice, loving kindness, and faithfulness. We should strive to imitate him by demonstrating these same qualities to him and others. We will explore some of God’s attributes to discover how we can add godliness and increase our participation in his divine nature.

First, God is holy and he commands us to be holy in all that we do. (1 Pet. 1:15) Furthermore, in Hebrews 12:14 it says that without holiness no one will see the Lord. Holiness means to be unique; to be set apart. In my opinion, holiness is keeping oneself apart from the influences of world culture. 1st Peter 1:17 tells us to “live out our time as foreigners here”. We must devote ourselves to be pure and unaffected by the world - we must be holy to be