As we try to explain to people how God can help them overcome entangling sins, we must help them see that the why is the how. Engaging in spiritual warfare because of a compelling love for God is how we secure victory over sin. A love for God made vital and vigorous by sensing deeply his compassion toward us is the primary means that enables believers to resisit Satan.
--Bryan Chapell, Holiness by Grace, page 153 and TK:
I believe the classical Reformed view—that on the one hand, sanctification is not by ‘works’ but by a continuous re-orienting ourselves to our justification. So sanctification is not moralistic. Yet it takes enormous effort (so it is not quietistic.)
remember,
and live in accordance with our justification,
it mortifies our idols
and fills us with an inner joy and desire to please and resemble our Lord through obedience.
But the feeding on, remembering, and living in accordance—takes all our effort.
--timothy j. keller
