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

by J.C. Ryle

Do you want to be holy? Do you have a strong desire for holiness? Do you want to partake of the divine nature? Then go to Christ. Wait for nothing. Wait for nobody. Do not linger. Do not try to make yourself ready. Go and say to Him, in the words of that beautiful hymn: Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling; Naked, flee to Thee for dress; Helpless, look to Thee for grace.[7]