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

by J.C. Ryle

Are you really determined to make shipwreck forever merely because you do not want to exert yourself? Away with the cowardly, unworthy thought! Arise and be strong! Say to yourself, “Whatever it costs, I will strive to enter in at the strait gate” (Matthew 7:13-14). Look at the cross of Christ and take fresh courage. Look ahead to death, judgment, and eternity and be in earnest. It might cost much to be a Christian, but you can be sure that it is worth the cost.