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

by J.C. Ryle

I will agree, I repeat, that plain simple faith in Christ will save a person even though he may never attain to assurance, but I will not agree that it will bring him to heaven with strong and abundant comfort. I will agree that it will land him safe in the harbor, but I will not agree that he will enter that harbor in full sail, confident and rejoicing. I will not be surprised if he reaches his desired haven weather-beaten and tempest-tossed, scarcely realizing his own safety until he opens his eyes in glory.