Scripture Used: 1 Thessalonians 4-6a NIV, 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 NIV,
Quotes:
William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, "If this intention to please God in everything was amongst Christians, it would change the whole face of the world; true piety and exemplary holiness would be as common and visible as buying and selling or any trade in life ... the first and most fundamental principle of Christianity is an intention to please God in all out actions."
Stott, Message of 1&2 Thessalonians, "True freedom is not freedom from responsibility to God and others in order to live for ourselves, but freedom from ourselves in order to live for God and others."
Notes:
A Call to Holiness:
