Things the N.T. says the believer should pursue

1. Holiness
• Heb 12:14 -- Because we are sanctified we should pursue holiness
2. Peace

''Blessed are the peacemakers"
• Heb 12:14 aggressively pursue it with all men
• Rom 14:19 ... and build up one another
• 2Tim 2:22
• 1Pet 3:11
3. Edifying Others
• Rom 14:19
4. The Mark
• Phil 3:14
5. Hospitality
• Rom 12:13 -- "Love stranger” filoxenian
6. Goodness
• 1Thess 5:15 -- Don't pay back evil for evil but ...
• Be busy going about pursuing goodness
7. Love
• 1Cor 14:1 -- Don’t hold a grudge
• 1Tim 6:11 -- Run away from
1. youthful lusts
2. fornication
3. idolatry
4. love of money
• 2Tim 2:22
8. Righteousness
• 1Tim 6:11
• 2Tim 2:22
9. Faithfulness
• 1Tim 6:11
• 2Tim 2:22
10. Godliness
• 1Tim 6:11 -- Godliness has to do with the inward
11. Endurance
• 1Tim 6:11
12. Perseverance
13. Meekness
• 1Tim 6:11

Gentleness
Meekness is strength under control
"The meek shall inherit the earth" implies millennial privileges.