Our prevailing desire for ____ empowers us to overcome an indwelling propensity to sin.

• A. Holiness
• B. Knowledge
• C. Power
• D. Grace

Answer: (A)

Desiring holiness more than anything else motivates a believer to pursue righteousness and to resist the indwelling tendency to sin. When a heart longs to be holy, it naturally seeks the practices and choices that align with God’s will—prayer, Scripture, accountability, and obedience—so sin’s grip loosens. This longing is lived out as sanctification, the Spirit-led process of growing in Christlikeness, where that holy desire is strengthened and translated into real change. Knowledge alone doesn’t guarantee victory, and power without holiness can miss the mark, while grace enables and sustains, but it is the impulse to be holy that most effectively fuels the journey away from sin.