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

by J.C. Ryle

The presence and company of Christ will make up for all we suffer here below. When we see as we have been seen and look back on the journey of life, we will wonder at our own faintness of heart. We will marvel that we made so much of our cross and thought so little of our crown. We will marvel that in counting the cost we could have ever doubted on which side lay the greatest reward. Let us take courage. We are not far from home. It might cost much to be a true Christian and a consistent believer, but it is well worth the price.