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

by J.C. Ryle

If we love someone, we like to please him. We are happy to ask about his tastes and opinions, to act upon his advice, and to do the things that he approves. We even deny ourselves in order to meet his wishes. We abstain from things that we know he dislikes, and we learn to do things that we are not naturally inclined to do – because we think it will please him. This is how it is between the true Christian and Christ!