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Sermon #16: "The Means of Grace" by John Wesley; Sermon #101: "The Duty of Constant Communion" by John Wesley; Sermon #104: "On Attending the Church Service" by John Wesley; The Sacraments as Means of Grace By Gregory S. Neal; Prayer as a Means of Grace By Gregory S. Neal; Giving as a Means of Grace By Gregory S. Neal; Works of Piety and Works ...
Sermons on Several Occasions is a collection of discourses or sermons published by Wesley, expounding on topics such as salvation by faith, the witness of the Spirit, the means of grace, and Christian perfection.
Lutherans hold that the means of grace are "the gospel in Word and sacraments." [10] [11] That the sacraments are means of grace is also the teaching of John Wesley, [12] who described the Eucharist as "the grand channel whereby the grace of his Spirit was conveyed to the souls of all the children of God". [13]
Works of piety", in Methodism, are certain spiritual disciplines that along with the "works of mercy", serve as a means of grace, [1] in addition to being manifestations of growing in grace and of having received Christian perfection (entire sanctification). [2] [3] All Methodist Christians, laity and ordained, are expected to employ them. [4]
John Wesley (/ ˈ w ɛ s l i / WESS-lee; [1] 28 June [O.S. 17 June] 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the independent Methodist movement that continues to ...
The followers of John Wesley have typically affirmed that the sacrament of Holy Communion (the Lord's Supper) is an instrumental Means of Grace through which the real presence of Christ is communicated to the believer, [97] but have otherwise allowed the details to remain a mystery. [98]
John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, taught that there were two distinct phases in the Christian experience. [3] In the first work of grace, the new birth, the believer received forgiveness and became a Christian. [4] During the second work of grace, entire sanctification, the believer was purified and made holy. [4]
Methodist churches generally recognize sacraments to be a means of grace. [99] John Wesley held that God also imparted grace by other established means such as public and private prayer, Scripture reading, study and preaching, public worship, and fasting; these constitute the works of piety. [100]