what's wrong with Wesley?
I attend a Methodist church and I think he's the founder of that denomination. Have to admit I haven't studied much of his writings though.
haven't located any good websites with sermons and such... thanks for reminding me I was going to do a search lol
Holiness movement
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The
holiness movement refers to a set of beliefs and practices emerging from the
Methodist Christian church in the mid 19th century. The movement is distinguished by its emphasis on
John Wesley's doctrine of "
Christian perfection" - the belief that it is possible to live free of voluntary
sin - and particularly by the belief that this may be accomplished instantaneously through a
second work of grace.
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Second work of grace
John Wesley, the founder of the
Methodist movement, taught that there were two distinct phases in the Christian experience.
[1] During the first phase,
conversion, the believer received forgiveness and became a Christian. During the second phase,
sanctification, the believer was purified and made
holy. Wesley taught both that sanctification could be an instantaneous experience,
[2] and that it could be a gradual process.
[3][4]
After Wesley's death, mainstream Methodism emphasized sanctification as a gradual experience, and over time it became less prominent in Methodist teaching. The
Holiness Movement emerged in the 1860s in the USA with the desire to re-emphasize Wesley's sanctification doctrine.
[5] Holiness preachers taught that sanctification was an instantaneous experience.
Later, the
Pentecostal Movement emerged from the Holiness Movement,
[5] teaching that the believer could, in addition to becoming sanctified, receive power from God and the
Gifts of the Holy Spirit. In early Pentecostal thought this was sometimes considered to be a
third work of grace
[6] but over time it has more gradually been seen as the major component of the second experience.
The Holiness Movement
In the
Holiness movement, the second work of grace is considered to be a cleansing from the tendency to commit sin, an experience called
entire sanctification which leads to
Christian perfection.
Pentecostalism
In Pentecostalism, believers are encouraged to seek the
Baptism with the holy spirit. In most Pentecostal churches, the outward evidence of this experience is the manifestation of the
Gifts of the Holy Spirit, most particular including the
Gift of tongues.
[7]
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