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

by J.C. Ryle

For those who are really growing in grace, but are not aware of it and do not recognize it. Their very growth is the reason why they do not see their growth! Their continual increase in humility prevents them from realizing that they are progressing. Like Moses when he came down from the mount from communing with God, their faces shine, and like Moses, they are not aware of it (Exodus 34:29). Such Christians, I freely admit, are not common, but they are to be found every once in a while. Like angels’ visits, they are few and far between. Happy is the neighborhood where such growing Christians live! To meet them and see them and be in their company is like meeting and seeing a bit of heaven upon earth.