“For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.” -2 Peter 1:5-7
While we are created in the image of God and “may participate in the divine nature,” we are not born with character. Character is developed by inculcating habits.
If we were blessed to have good and wise parents, they probably did their best to inculcate good habits from a young age. But however we have been raised (and however blessed we are to have a “good nature”), everyone needs to continue to …
