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This is the second work of grace. This is perfect freedom from sin—all sin—both inward and outward. There is now nothing in the heart but love and Jesus is crowned within. [13] Fletcher additionally emphasizes that the experience of entire sanctification, through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, empowers the believer for service to God. [14]
3. “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you." — Exodus 20:12 4. "Sons are a heritage for the Lord; children a reward from him."
In Christianity, sanctification (or in its verb form, sanctify) literally means "to set apart for special use or purpose", that is, to make holy or sacred (compare Latin: sanctus). Therefore, sanctification refers to the state or process of being set apart, i.e. "made holy", as a vessel, full of the Holy Spirit.
41. "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!” — Psalm 150:6. 42. "Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your ...
In Wesley's theology, entire sanctification was a second work of grace received by faith that removed inbred or original sin, and this allowed the Christian to enter a state of perfect love—"Love excluding sin" as stated in the sermon "The Scripture Way of Salvation".
Scriptures for healthy relationships with your partner, friends and family.
Imputed righteousness is the righteousness of Jesus credited to the Christian, enabling the Christian to be justified; imparted righteousness is what God does in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit after justification, working in the Christian to enable and empower the process of sanctification (and, in Wesleyan thought, Christian perfection).
In the holiness movement within mainline Methodism and outside of it, entire sanctification is emphasized as a definite experience linked to baptism with the Holy Spirit: [1] [2] 2.9 ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION As all justified believers are sanctified in Christ (I Cor. 1:2; 1:30), so all may be sanctified by Christ (Eph 5:25, 26; Heb. 13:12).