Holiness: For the Will of God Is Your Sanctification – 1 Thessalonians 4:3 [Annotated, Updated]

by J.C. Ryle

Let us remember that thousands of soldiers before us have fought the same battle that we are fighting, and have come off more than conquerors through Him who loved them (Romans 8:37). They overcame by the blood of the Lamb (Revelation 12:11), and so also may we. Christ’s arm is quite as strong as ever, and His heart is just as loving as ever. He who saved men and women before us never changes. He is able to save to the uttermost all who come unto God by Him (Hebrews 7:25). Then let us cast doubts and fears away. Let us follow them who by faith and patience inherit the promises and are waiting for us to join them (Hebrews 6:12).