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

by J.C. Ryle

A holy person will follow after the fear of God. I do not mean the fear of a slave, who only works because he is afraid of punishment and would be lazy if he did not fear being discovered. I mean rather the fear of a child, who wishes to live and move as if he was always before his father’s face, because he loves him. What a noble example Nehemiah gives us of this!