This is Your Sanctification

Paul’s benedictory prayer, at the end of chapter 3, concluded with his heart's desire and his prayer for the believers at Thessalonica, that God would “establish their hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all of His saints.” Our hearts ought to often be meditating upon that Day, the Day of our Lord’s return, the Day of Judgment, when each of us will give an account of ourselves to our God, and to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for the deeds which we have done in the body. For that Day will surely come. When Christ appears, all sanctification will have come to an end, and the glorification of all the saints will take place. These verses teach us one important and major way that we as Christians can be prepared for that great day. The goal of the Christian life, we now know, is that each and every Christian would be established in holiness. These verses, verses 1-12 of Chapter 4 tell us how we come to be established in holiness.