Subject: Is Entire Sanctification Scriptural? |
Bible Note: Greetings Charis! Thanks for the help! United Brethren in Christ is a group that is distantly related to Methodist. The boring history is that our denomination split in about 1889 into the United Brethren Old Constitution and United Brethren New Constitution (Please, no jokes about United Brethren splitting - :-) ) I belong to the Old Constitution group. The new constitution group joined with the Evangelical Brethren to form the Evangelical United Brethren. Later, the EUB's joined with the Methodist to form the United Methodist. Our denomination is definitely Wesleyan/Arminian in theology, but entire sanctification was never embraced by our denomination. I agree with you that simpler is better. I haven't ruled out the doctrine yet, but I have found a few verses that seem to indicate that there might be something to it. For instance, a number of times Paul prays for Christians to be fully sanctified (aorist tense signifying one time action.) I have ordered a book entitled "Five Views on Sanctification", which is published by Zondervan. I hope it will allow me to examine all sides of the issue and come to a conclusion. Thanks! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |