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

by J.C. Ryle

A holy person will seek to be faithful in all the duties and relations in life. He will not merely try to do as well as others who take no thought for their souls, but he will try to do even better, because he has higher motives and more help than they. Those words of Paul should never be forgotten, Whatever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord (Colossians 3:23), and not slothful in earnest care, but fervent in the Spirit, serving the Lord (Romans 12:11). Holy people should aim at doing everything well. They should be ashamed of allowing themselves to do anything poorly if they can help it.