Holiness Calls for Continual Commitment

Holiness and work are closely related because of the need to persevere in personal discipline, and discipline takes time and effort. As Paul advises Timothy, "Exercise thyself rather unto godliness" (1 Tim. 4:7). Holiness is not achieved sloppily or instantaneously; it calls for continual commitment, diligence, practice, and repentance. . . . How critical it is that we live each day in total commitment to God, forming habits of holiness, rooting out every inconsistency, and refusing to fall...