Subject: Is Entire Sanctification Scriptural? |
Bible Note: This is the truest statement you made: "The bad news was that I am not convinced that even the Nazarenes are entirely sure what they mean by "Entire Sanctification."" I am a seminary student, and a member of the church of the Nazarene. As I began delving into the issue, I also became a bit frustrated that every Naz pastor seemed to define it in a different way. Brent above really nails it though. The most common misunderstandings are that entire sanctification means sinless perfection, which it does not, and that the experience of entire sanctification negates sanctification as a process, which also it does not. I have come to term it more in my mind as entire consecration, and rely on Romans 8 and 12:1-2, not as proof texts per se, but as my encouragement. |