Complete freedom from the Adamic Nature

It has been my privilege to research and write about the Adamic Nature and it's relation to the human soul for over 25 years. During these years I have written a series of documents on the subject of the Adamic Nature. These were developed and found to be placed into a sequential order on the Internet. God has opened doors for these writings to be published and scattered around the Globe. Through life's Spirit led endeavor to preach Christ and share Bible Truth, God has allowed me to develop a System of Theology and Internet library...for you the reader. This Theological Library is found easy and free on Google and the Internet by searching for the Adamic Nature . Enjoy this latest exposition on the subject of, "Freedom from the Adamic Nature."

The subject of the Adamic Nature is as subject that many people lack full understanding about. Some students fail to realize the Divine Nature is greater than the Adamic nature. Some say you always have to live with the Adamic Nature regardless of the Divine Nature received in the new birth. Some feel you have to live under sin's rule your whole life as a child of God. From the pulpits across our nation today, countless hearers are being told that the Adamic Nature is greater than God's Grace. This concept is "NOT" Biblically correct. The Bible states, "Greater is Christ and His God-given nature to the new born Christian!" The intent of this writing is to convey what God says about the matter. Not man!

God's holiness is greater than any man's unholiness. In the Grace Covenant we now live under God's Holiness is given to the believing heart and found within the make-up of child of God. Sinners are called to holiness by the preaching of the Gospel message. In the conversion of a sinner when old things pass away "all" things become new. "New things" include the Divine nature given to man which is created by God in the new birth. The new birth is a birth of the new God-given nature of righteousness and holiness. The Divine Nature is granted to fallen man as a result of the broken will that comes through belief and trust in a Savior for personal forgiveness. When the will of fallen man is broken by the Spirit of God the believer (for the first time in his life) has power over the dominion of sin; the lusts of the flesh; and wrongful living. The make-up of a child of God thus is made, "holy".

The Biblical fact of the matter is, "God gives the penitent sinner (which is a believer in Christ) power the do right or what the Bible terms as righteousness. The blessing of God's imputed righteousness flows from the power of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ... into the believing heart" of the penitent. Grace comes into the believing heart. Holiness comes into the believing heart. Righteousness comes in, and the Divine nature comes in. A new creature in Christ is birthed from above. The old will of fallen man was broken. The clean heart from Christ was given. A desire to quit sin was given to the believing heart. A clean conscience came when all guilt from past sins was removed. Grace thus abounds in righteousness and holiness. No condemnation in Christ. Greater is He that is "now" in you. The make-up of a child of God becomes clean and holy...with God-given power to do right.

What does this mean concerning the Adamic Nature? Does the Adamic Nature still exist? If the Divine Nature is greater what about the Adamic Nature? The Adamic Nature still exists...but doesn't rule. The Divine Nature rules and God's Grace is greater than the Adamic. This is Bible Truth. Where sin abounds Grace does much more abound. The problem lies in what people are being told and being taught about the Old Adam. People are taught the Adamic Nature will always get the best of you.  People are taught they will always have to live with this condition. People are misled into believing such falsities. These human opinions and traditional teachings have caused men to fail God, and fall from God by the thousands maybe millions.

The Bible teaches about the Adamic Nature and how to have freedom from its rule and dominion. The New Man is greater than the Old Man. Christian's live the new way (which is holy), not the old way of unholiness. Rebellion against God ceases when you get to Calvary and find forgiveness. Then, and only then can the Spirit of God can show the believing heart how to get rid of the still existing Adamic Nature. The new birth is a new creature with a new way of life. The Adamic Nature only "tries" to rule the new creation in Christ. The Adamic Nature does not rule. There will be memories of the old life but the new life prevails. There will be temptations relating to things you used to do but now you know better. There are old associations but God has shown you how to stay clear of such. This is the truth behind God's opinion and not man's opinion.

The Holy Spirit convicts the sinner and breaks the fallen will enough for fallen man to believe. After conversion the Holy Spirit shows this believing heart how to get away from the Adamic Nature that still tries to rule the life. This is where the power of God comes back into play. The power behind God's Spirit of Holiness shows man "death to self". Self being the place of entry to conflict with the Divine Nature. Self being the weak link into the make-up of the believing heart. Self being the object of God's sanctifying power in the life of a believer. The will of a saved man must now be "crushed" or "destroyed" completely. The Adamic Nature has to be dealt with by the sanctifying power of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire. This baptism which comes after the new birth is God's method of freedom and deliverance from the still existing Adamic Nature.

God gives forgiveness to the sinner but He also gives freedom from the Adamic Nature to the saved man. Yes, you can have complete deliverance from the Old Adam in the baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire. In this blessing of sanctification from the Old Adam you don't only have a broken will, you now have a will completely "crushed" by the power of the Holy Spirit. The human will and self is taken out of the picture. The white flag of surrender goes up. The old man is crucified. The old man is buried.  The old man is put to death. I give up Lord, I'm yours completely. Thank You Jesus.

Freedom from the Adamic Nature is Bible Truth based on leaving Romans 7 and getting into Romans 8. Freedom is not just the broken will but the will is completely crushed! Like being Issac instead of Ishmael. Like coming out of the wilderness and having a Mt. Zion experience. Glory! The Old Adam can be put to death completely. The body of sin can be destroyed. God said so! You can be freed by Grace. Freed from the Old Adam. Delivered from the body of sin that wasn't dealt with when you got saved. Not forgiven...but delivered. No more inner conflict. Surrendered completely. The flesh is crucified  Dead to the old you. The Adamic nature cannot be confessed. The Adamic Nature must be destroyed by God. When God destroys the Adamic Nature you will be "free".

Romans 6:6...Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin.

The crucifixion of self (the path to the fullness of Salvation) Pt.2

Crucifixion of the Old Man, revealed to the heart of a believer by the Holy Spirit, also deals with man’s conflicting inner and outer problems of life. It deals with a life out of harmony with the Spirit of God and out of harmony with the moral truth of the Bible. It deals with a life of holiness (living without sin) that many think cannot be achieved in this life. A believing soul longs for a deliverance from the conflict of the flesh, as the Holy Spirit reveals Calvary to the soul. Like the Spirits conviction upon the sinner…the Spirits deliverance from the bondage of sin at the new birth…the crucifixion of the Old Man is the Spirits directive that prepares a believer for an entire sanctification. Another Biblical term for the crucifixion of self is called…putting off the Old Man.

• Col 3:9…seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

• Eph 4:22…put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

• Col 2:11…in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ

Putting off, getting away from, cutting away, circumcision, or being severed from, are all-definitive to Biblical sanctification. Here are the two sides of sanctification:

1. The human side…which is a believers crucifixion to the flesh
2. The Spirits side…which is God’s deliverance from committed sin or inherited sin

Sanctification through the Spirit gets man away from the lust of the flesh, selfishness, doubt, rejection of truth, etc. The Holy Spirit leads a believer to the crucifixion of self through the revelation of Calvary. Christ’s crucifixion reveals the crucifixion to self to the heart of a believer. The Bible confirms this by saying, “The Old man is buried in baptism”.

• Col 2:12…Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God

This baptism has no reference to immersion in water but relates to an operation of God upon the soul of a believer. After the penitent sinner believes, he is baptized by the Spirit into the body of Christ where the Spirit begins it’s ministration to the soul. The Holy Spirit testifies Calvary to the soul and thus reveals the negative side of man, which still exists in the life of a believer. The Holy Spirit ministers death to the Old Man through the Spirits baptism into the body of Christ. Without the Spirit’s baptism there is no directive in the heart of man to do right, or to be right. A believer is led to the crucifixion of the flesh by the Spirit’s baptism. When a believer dies to all that he is…he is crucified and thus…can bury the Old Man.

• Rom 6:4-5…Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death,

After the Old Man is dead and buried the Bible says we are planted in the likeness of Christ’s death. When the old life is gone the Holy Spirit takes full possession of the body, soul, and spirit. A believer’s desires are changed, his attitude is different, and all doubt is taken away as belief turns to full assurance. After sanctification the believer is renewed in the spirit of his mind. His whole life and way of thinking is renewed by the work of the Holy Spirit under the power of the Divine Grace of God.

• Eph 4:22-23…That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

Renewal takes place, after sanctification. This new part of the Christian life is built upon a life governed by the Holy Spirit and not the flesh. The believer no longer has two conflicting natures but is governed by one, which is the…divine. He is with less attachment to the weights and burdens encountered through life itself. He now has an ability to trust and depend totally on the power of a resurrected Christ. Renewal is another part of the Christian walk where the completed work of sanctification through the baptism with the Holy Ghost allows the believer to be yet a new man. The old man is dead and buried. The renewed man is made true to God because of an entire sanctification.

• Eph 4:24…And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness

After the crucifixion of the Old Man; after indwelling sin is removed; the new man becomes a …renewed man. He’s a controlled man by the Spirit of God. Calvary offers him a greater meaning of life with victory over the selfish side. The world’s influence and the lust of the flesh are now subject to a single minded and single-hearted believer. With a renewed mind the believer is not conformed to the world but rather transformed from it.

• Rom 12:1-2…I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

• Acts 2:46…And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

Because of the new man that’s put on and the renewal of the Spirit this man can prove from the heart what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God. His will has been changed. The revelation of Calvary has become even more vivid as his consciousness to the Holy Spirit reveals more of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection to the heart. The flesh is no longer in control of the believer’s physical body. Since the flesh no longer governs the physical part of man the Spirit of God gives him the power and strength to keep the deeds of the body mortified.

• Rom 8:9… But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

• Rom 8:13…For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Old Testament prophecy concerning the Indwelling Spirit pointed to the fact that God would take away the heart of stone. A renewed man does not war after the flesh. His conflict has been removed. The struggle has been taken away. A renewed believer is mentally and physically controlled by the Indwelling Spirit.

• Ezek 36:26-27…A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you

• Gal 5:16…Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

• Rom 8:11…But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Religion does not offer this kind of power and truth. Worldly teachers do not teach this form of doctrine but, “The Bible does…and the Holy Spirit does”. This Biblical truth cut’s deep into the soul…but yields fruit produced by the Spirit of God. It’s a fruit that offers moral victory through Jesus rather than defeat from the Old Man. It’s a fruit that gets people to heaven by having victory over self. All that’s required is death to the Old Man. When self is crucified and buried the struggle is taken away. The Spirit’s adoption allows the renewed heart of the believer to rejoice seven days a week, 365 days a year. Not just in church on Sunday. With much gratitude toward the Holy Spirits witness the renewed heart of a child of God will cry daily, “Abba Father”.

• Rom 8:15…For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.…The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

"True Life in Christ"... is found by death to the Old man… Hubert T. Lindsey

The crucifixion of self (the path to the fullness of Salvation)

There are two crucifixions spoken of in the Bible. First is the crucifixion of Christ at Calvary that every man is familiar with. The second is a crucifixion that pertains to self or what the Bible calls the “Old Man”. The crucifixion of the Old Man is a part of the Spirit’s sanctification that gets the believer away from the …I…me…and mine…part of life, to a better life that comes through the fullness of the Indwelling Spirit. The Old Man is a great hindrance to a life in the Spirit. Both the Holy Spirit and the Word of God agree on the fact that a believer can…crucify the lusts of the flesh. 

• Gal 2:20-21…I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God • Gal 5:24-25…And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 

Crucifixion of the old man is an actual Christian experience of putting away selfish lusts in effort to obtain a totally surrendered life to Christ. This is perhaps one of the greatest blessings a Christian can receive in this life pertaining to the fullness of Salvation. Crucifixion leads to a life of full contentment in the Spirit without the conflict of the flesh. Unfortunately the crucifixion of self is often hindered, dodged, or misunderstood throughout many believers’ courses of life. One reason for this is because it’s not taught or encouraged from behind the pulpits today. By not being taught, it allows very few to hear of, or realize the great worth of…death to the old man. This has caused many to miss the fullness of the Spirit’s work in the life of a believer. Crucifixion of the flesh gets the believer away from the self controlled life, to a completed life in Christ controlled by the Spirit of God. 

• Gal 5:16-17…This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 

Lack of knowledge or wrong indoctrination concerning the crucifixion of self can sway a believer’s life in the Spirit. Selfish inclinations like doubt and rejection of truth can also sway him. A child of God must understand, “its Calvary and the Holy Spirit’s witness that draws all believers to the crucifixion of the old man”. Crucifixion of the old man is a Gods way of purging the believer from worldly lusts, or earthly things which are not sin that attach to selfish side of man. Unfortunately some believers never experience this part of the Christian walk until their final hours. However, when the flesh is mortified the fullness of the Holy Spirit comes in and takes full possession of a part of man that self once governed. A crucified man is… dead…to the old man. 

• Col 3:1-5…If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; 

Crucifixion of the flesh is a believer’s path to receive the fullness of the Indwelling Spirit. A believer must realize that all of self must be emptied out before the Holy Spirit can fill him. After a believer dies to the old man, sanctification through the Indwelling Spirit thus destroys the inherited body of sin not dealt with at the new birth. This inherited nature is the selfish side of man that a believer is unable to get rid of through forgiveness from God or confession of sin. When the believer realizes that a conflicting helplessness exists and surrenders it totally to Christ, the sanctifying power of the Holy Ghost destroys and purifies that soul from a fallen condition. 

• Rom 6:6…Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 

Crucifixion of the flesh does not take place at the new birth as many think. Crucifixion takes place after a believer experiences Salvation of the soul, where the Holy Spirit changes a man’s desires, affections, interests, motives, habits, etc. These functions within the make-up of man are swayed by the power of the Holy Spirit’s witness and lead him to the crucifixion of self. Remember after the new birth, self’s natural inclination begins to conflict with the Holy Spirit’s witness! Crucifixion or death to the old man gets the believer away from this inner struggle however; human struggle is not limited to an inner struggle only. There are three types of struggle that man deals with: 1. Man struggles to obtain salvation by works rather than by Divine Grace 2. An inner struggle between the flesh and the Spirit; a war within the members of a believer 3. Man struggles with outer circumstances such as the problems of life; and attachments to the world that can pull the believer away from Christ God reveals to all believers the need for a crucifixion to self. Self takes man away from the things of the Spirit of God. Self is wrapped up in…I, me, and mine. Self pays little attention to Christ. Self attaches easily to things of the world. In the new birth a believer begins his separation from self through a union made with the Spirit of God. Calvary thus becomes a revelation to the heart of a believer through the Holy Spirit’s witness. Calvary reveals the negative side of man by revealing to him what he is in the presence of a Saviors love, mercy, and goodness. When man sees himself in light of Calvary he realizes more of his own helplessness and inability to obtain Grace by works. Calvary shows man how to get away from…self. The Holy Spirit urges the selfish side of a believer to die through the power and glory…of Calvary. 

• 1 Cor 1:18…For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 

• 2 Cor 4:6...For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Crucifixion of self is the path to an entirely sanctified life. After conversion the Holy Spirit leads a believer to the crucifixion of self where man is shown how to die to an old part of himself that is in direct opposition to the power of the Holy Ghost. Unlike a selfish man, a crucified man desires the fullness of the Spirit of God without self-sufficiency. He becomes a surrendered man with a Spirit given desire to be right in light of a Savior. His conscience is purged by the Holy Spirit. A crucified man delights in obedience to God. He confirms the moral holiness of the Bible by the Spirits directive. He never uses the Bible to condone sin. He is ashamed of disobedience to God because of memories from the past life. 

• 2 Cor 10:6…And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 

• Rom 6:21…What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? 

After the believer lays down the old life and empties from all that he was; the Holy Spirit in sanctifying power is then able to destroy the inherited Adamic nature and take full possession of mans being…body, soul, and spirit. As the Holy Spirit takes full possession of mans physical being, the inner evidence of this sanctifying power is the believer’s victory over indwelling sin; which is the holy heart and holy life in subjection to God…without sin or struggle. Speaking in unknown tongues becomes an outer evidence of this work which shows that Christ controls the anatomy of a believer from the Throne Room. (1 Corinthians 12:1-12). This Divine operation comes through Christ’s baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire the same as the Apostles received at Pentecost. It is a completed work of sanctification through the Spirit that follows the crucifixion of the old man in the life of a believer. 

• Rom 6:6…Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, 

• 1 Thess 5:23-24…And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

Get it clear...The Bible doesn't teach that people "live" to be sanctified...

The Bible does however; teach that when people are "sanctified" they will truly live. If people live to be gradually separated from the world, by gradually separating from worldly things, such as worldly apparel, worldly devices, and worldly associations... they are not letting the Spirit of God perform His complete and instantaneous work of sanctification in their hearts.

Sanctification has nothing to do with your "works" or "your ability to gradually achieve a better standard of holiness". Sanctification is the work of the Spirit of God that "rids" man of self. Sanctification "rids" man of the Old Adam at one stroke. Sanctification is the final work (completed work) of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost... that Christians can be blessed enough to receive in this life. This stroke of the Spirit of God's sanctifying power instantaneously comes when the Christian realizes that he is nothing. Where he becomes helpless and realizes his own inability to achieve anything... at the Saviours feet. Death to self is shown to the heart of man... by the Spirit of God! Crucifixion is received when man throws up the white flag of surrender to Christ! This death to the Old Man allows God's Spirit to sanctify your heart from what you are! Sanctification only comes by "death to the Old man".

Praising God, being happy, and having joy unspeakable "does not" prove that man is sanctified. To be honest...to Praise God, to have happiness in Christ, and joy unspeakable is a requirement to be sanctified! You are required of God to delight in the Lord in order to be sanctified!

Ps 37:4...Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Having delight in Christ is the right attitude to be entirely sanctified! The Holy Spirit gives the believer a desire to be purged from the Old Adam. Sanctification however; does not relate to things you do! Sanctification is not spiritual maturity, spiritual growth, or the process of putting yourself into a better standing with God! Sanctification is "God's removal " of the Adamic nature! There is no process to Sanctification nor is there a process to receive forgiveness for your sins. All comes from Christ! A Christian doesn't get Sanctified because he's on his "best" behavior. A Christian cannot achieve sanctification by his own works! Man is not good enough to receive sanctification by works or good behavior. A Christian gets sanctified because of who Christ is! Christ is the Sanctifier! Glory!

Only Christ (who is God) can sanctify the human soul from the Adamic life. How? By burning up all the dross and all the impurities that man can't get rid of himself. Only the sanctifying power of a resurrected Christ can "burn up" and "rid man of an indwelling sinful nature" that sometimes "tries" to rule the life of a believer. Sanctification is God's "removal" of Indwelling sin where man's entire being is "filled" with the Indwelling Spirit! The Indwelling Spirit of God simply takes over mans entire being! No process here! Only sanctifying power! Not human works! Sanctification "takes place" and "happens" when the believer is "totally" yielded to Christ, the Sanctifier. Christ thus takes control of the sanctified heart, "totally". What do I mean by totally? The entire being of man is owned, ruled, and controlled by the living Christ! A sanctified man is in total subjection to the person of Christ!

Man must understand, his natural inclination to do good works is not the object of sanctification. Here's why.

1 Cor 2:14...the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,

The object of sanctification is knowing that only Christ can rid your heart from an inherited nature that cannot be confessed or forgiven in the New Birth! Sanctification deals with a part of man that man can not get rid of in the New Birth! It's the part of man that still tries to rule the heart with natural tendencies! Or the part of man that causes the conflict or struggle with the Divine nature. Sanctification deals with this part of what man is from birth! The only thing that can rid man from this inherited propensity of sin is God's sanctifying work of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire! This Baptism is subsequent to the New Birth but comes instantaneously...at one stroke after the believer completely dies to self! The Spirit of God reveals to the believer the true meaning and true experience of the crucifixion of self. When man sees himself as he really is he knows he has to die! This actual death to self (crucifixion)brings sanctification from the Spirit of God!

The inner evidence of Sanctification is the "removal" of indwelling sin! The outer evidence of Sanctification is speaking in "unknown tongues". Both of these God-given evidences "together prove"...the sanctified heart from the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire! Glory!

If your living a life to be sanctified...you won't be sanctified because its not scriptural to grow into the sanctified life! This type of progressive mindset or progressive thinking will never allow you to be entirely sanctified by the Spirit of God! Why? First, its not taught in the Bible! Second, your human works are hindering you from seeing and experiencing what Christ "does" from the Throneroom... by the work of His Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire! Christ is the refiners fire. Christ purifies the heart of man and burns up all the dross.

Mal 3:2-3...for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifer of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver,

Man's religious and progressive mindset of a "good" standard of living does just enough to prevent this individual from seeing what Christ "actually does by His power of Grace from the Throneroom". Sanctification has nothing to do with what "you do". Sanctification comes only by the Grace of God! Sanctification is what Christ does to a Christian when He delivers the Christian from the Adamic Nature...completely!

Real Christian living, real Christian contentment, and real Christian peace are yours Brother and Sister...as a result of the sanctified heart. If you're not sanctified you're not living fully contented life! If Peace like God has, doesn't rule your heart! Who do you think you're kidding! You can kid yourself but you're not kidding God! If you've got sanctification ...you've got it and you know you've got it! God knows it too, because you're totally yielded to his cause! If you don't have sanctification you know you don't have either! Please understand...The Spirit of God reveals entire sanctification to the heart of all believers in Christ! The scriptures teach...Your ENTIRE body, soul, and spirit are "sanctified wholly" and "preserved blameless" until the coming of Christ! GLORY! It also teaches that God does it...not you!

1 Thess 5:23-24...And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

You and I both know...so many people need Entire Sanctification and they all know they need it! They just don't know "with certainty" how to get it! Or they're not sure exactly what Sanctification actually is! At the Churches on Trial we give our "all" in attempt to scatter these beauties of holiness into the world over the Internet and in our personal lives. This preacher also preaches it in his personal ministry! Glory! Brother Lindsey spent 72 years of his life preaching holiness and in the last 30 years of his ministry he taught Entire Sanctification. Brother Lindsey always said he wished he would have done "more" concerning Sanctification in the earlier years of his ministry!

It is an honor and privilege to carry on these timeless teachings of holiness and right living that were started by Brother Lindsey! I'm glad God used Brother Lindsey as a mouthpiece to come across my path! Sanctification has blessed my heart, life, marriage, and ministry! I'm so glad we have this website! I'm glad Christ backs it with His Spirit of holiness sent down from Heaven! We bless your heart dear Lord! Bless our ministry as we reach out and scatter it! God bless all you readers! May the Spirit of Holiness reveal the truth about sanctification to all your hearts, minds, and lives. Glory to the living Christ we serve! Glory to His name! Glory to His name forever!

For further study here's an excellent audio by Brother Lindsey that teaches man how to get rid of the Adamic nature... http://churchesontrial.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html

Body of Death (audio)... Romans Chapter 7... Brother Hubert Lindsey

This video/audio was made to show the victorious side of Christianity by the power of a living Christ who "delivers" man from the Adamic life. The struggle that some many teach from Romans 7 does not deal with the life of a believer in Christ...it deals with a man under Law. By the power of a living Christ...Christians today can be delivered from the Old Adam.

The following 14 minute video/audio describes a cruel Roman punishment in the days of the Apostle Paul. You will learn about what the body of death was in light of Christ the deliverer. Light is placed on the controversial Romans 7 with a slant of power and victory rather than weakness and defeat.

As you review the Gospel sermons that Brother Lindsey made, accumulated, and left behind for us to study... you will find holiness and victorious Christian living through Christ that lives NOW PRESENT TENSE. You will find Sanctification from the Adamic life...not the process of maturity. You will find "death to the Old man" and not the process of dying. You will find clarification and right division of the Holy Scriptures.

God Bless you all! God bless Brother Lindsey! God bless the truth of the Holy Scriptures...in Jesus' name. God Bless Google for allowing us to publish these great Bible truths.

Inside the Ephesian letter...Sanctifying power revealed!

The following breakdown of the Ephesian letter reveals the Sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit “upon” and “within” the hearts of those who trust in Christ for the forgiveness of sins. Note the first verse in this letter is written directly to the saint…not to the sinner!

· Eph 1:1…Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

In verse 13 of Chapter One the Apostle Paul speaks on how hearing and believing the Gospel message allows the work of the Holy Spirit to “seal” a believer. When the believer is “sealed” by the Spirit of promise this person is “put into” the spiritual body of Christ. This sealing or being put into Christ is similar to how Noah and his family were “sealed” in the ark and saved from God’s Divine Judgment of the flood. “Sealing” which is the work of the Holy Spirit pertains to the believer’s down payment from God; or an initial salvation of the soul. Sealing establishes the beginning of a spiritual union made between man and God through Christ. At repentance the will of a sinful man is broken by the goodness of God. When man believes and trusts in the redemptive work of Christ at Calvary he receives the forgiveness of sins.

· Eph 1:7… In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

· Eph 1:13…In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise

In redemption, a spiritual birth takes place within the soul of man. Inside of the new birth experience a channel for a direct communion with the Father is given to this believer through the work of the Holy Spirit’s presence. This access to the Father is given to the conscious believer in Christ through the omnipresence of the Holy Spirit... in the Church.

· Eph 2:18…For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

All members of the body of Christ (the Church) are spiritually joined to God through consciousness and obedience to the presence of the Holy Spirit. Obedience to God through the Spirit’s work in the human soul shows why the Church is a "holy temple" unto the Lord.

· Eph 2:21-22…In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Verse 16 indicates that a believer's “inner man” can be strengthened by the work of the Holy Spirit. This passage teaches there is “more” for a believer that can be received after the regenerating work of Holy Spirit in the new birth. The Ephesian letter indicates that the work of the Holy Spirit is not limited to the new birth only. This letter proves that salvation doesn’t stop at getting the sinner saved only. It teaches that a saint inwardly can receive more from God “after salvation” through the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit.

· Eph 3:16…That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

The Apostle Paul plainly states in the forth chapter that a believer must “put off” the former lifestyle which still exists in the life of a believer. Remember, the Ephesian letter was written to the saints and to those faithful in Christ. Certain saints at Ephesus were admonished by Paul to put off the "old man” which is simply like, “Taking off a coat”. Putting off the old man is done by the sanctifying work of the baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire. The Spirit’s sanctification crucifies and puts to death the still existing selfish passions, selfish habits, and selfish interests of man that stem from the old Adam. These and other faculties still existed in the life of those at the Church at Ephesus and Paul taught this people how Christ could deliver them from the still existing… old man.

Deliverance from the adamic nature is not taught much at this present hour. The “putting on” of the new man is like putting on a coat. This new man is “created” by God after the believer “dies” to all that he is. The Holy Spirit reveals to the believer what he really is and what he really needs. A sinful man is forgiven for the acts of sin he committed in the past through the new birth. A believer or one who received the new birth is sanctified from the still existing Adamic life after he receives his initial salvation. Sanctification is performed through an instantaneous work of the Baptism with the Holy Spirit like on the day of Pentecost. Death to the old man must first take place before any believer can be renewed in the spirit of his mind. “Renewal” takes place in the life of a believer “after” the believer is sanctified from the Adamic nature through the cleansing work of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire.

· Eph 4:22-24…That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness

In chapter 5 the Apostle Paul tells the believer’s at Ephesus to be “filled” with the Spirit. Being filled with the Holy Spirit takes place when the believer empties himself or “dies” to all that he is. Being filled with the Holy Spirit is the sanctifying work of the Spirit that delivers the believer from the existing Adamic life that still tries to rule. Being filled with the Spirit takes away a believers conflict with the Adamic life. Being filled is the Spirit’s work of sanctification that “destroys” indwelling sin and takes over this believer with the indwelling Spirit. Being filled with the Spirit takes place when the believer is “dead” and the Old Adam is gone.

· Eph 5:18… but be filled with the Spirit;

This filling of the Holy Spirit only takes place after the believer “dies”, “empties out”, or “puts off” the old man. This full surrender of the human will allows the Holy Spirit to have full sway of the believer without a struggle or inner conflict from the Adamic life. The Indwelling Spirit takes over a believer in Christ when he’s filled with the Spirit, like drunkenness takes over man when he indulges in alcohol or strong drink.

· Eph 5:18…And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

In chapter 6 the “whole” armor of God is given to men born of the Spirit who are later sanctified from self and “filled” and with the Indwelling Spirit. This is why Paul admonished the Church at Ephesus to get beyond the initial work of being sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise in the new birth. The whole armour of God which comes through the sanctifying work of the Indwelling Spirit fills and takes possession of the believer’s entire being. God’s whole armour provides the saints and faithful in Christ with victory over sinful conduct, victory over the still existing Adamic nature, and victory over the wiles of the devil. Complete victory without defeat! The full armour of God which is more than the new birth builds confidence in the believer and makes him steady in Christ. Why? This believer’s inner struggle is over! A man filled with the Spirit will also handle the outer circumstances of life and trust Christ to be the problem solver. A Spirit filled man will “endure” all the tests of life. Temptation doesn’t have the same affect on a Spirit filled man. A Spirit filled man knows that Christ the Head of the Church rules over the Devil, rules over demons, and rules over the powers of darkness. A Spirit filled man is a winner! The Spirit filled man serves Christ with “singleness” and “gladness” of heart. A Spirit filled man suited with the whole armour is and prepared for any battle that arises in life! That’s the reason why Paul taught the Ephesians that a Spirit filled man is an overcomer and doesn’t have to wrestle with flesh and blood! A Spirit filled man “knows” where he stands in the Grace of God as Christ governs that life. A Spirit filled man is strong in the Christ because he has the, “whole armour of God!”

· Eph 6:10-18…Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

The object of a Christian...death to self.

In order to substantiate the "objective of a Christian" I must touch on the doctrine of progressive sanctification. The doctrine of progressive sanctification goes back to Martin Luther and John Calvin in the 15Th Century. That period was historically titled as the "Reformation" or the period of time that men protested the Roman Church and formed what we know today as the Protestant Movement. During that time frame doctrinal teachings from the Bible began to form and spread throughout the religious world. One of the most controversial doctrines that has ever plagued society in this present Church Age was the doctrine of progressive sanctification.

Sanctification through the Spirit is "not" and "never has been" a progressive work of the Spirit of God. Progressive sanctification is a misconception highly taught in the Modern Religious World and causes people to live a Christian life of defeat and failure to God. That teaching and it's total misconception began during the days of the Reformation and has continued even until now in 2009. The Bible doesn't teach the process of maturity that allows failure to God... it teaches sanctification that gives victory in the Spirit and makes men overcomers!

The work of the Holy Spirit in the human soul at Salvation, is not a progressive work. The "new birth" is instantaneous. Forgiveness of sins are instantaneous by trusting Christ alone! The Bible doesn't teach a progressive new birth nor does the Spirit of Truth teach such experience! Salvation is an experience caused from a new birth given from the power of God's Grace! God's instantaneous power of Salvation of the human soul thus gives the believer in Christ "power to do right". For the first time in life God's power of Grace changes fallen man morally... from sin to holiness of heart. A believer in Christ has new ways and a new standard of living that's called "right"...in the eyes of God.

The object of a Christian is not "maturity" as many are taught today. As a matter of fact the word maturity is not in the Bible. Maturity is a man made concept of a progressive work or a progressive achievement that a Christian can gradually acquire in this life. Human maturity takes away from the action of God's Salvation that morally changes man instantaneously. Maturity is a gradual process but Sanctification through the Spirit is not! Why? Sanctification is the action of God that comes in one stroke. Biblical Sanctification is the final work of the Spirit of God that rids the Christian of the inherited Adamic life. Sanctification is the Baptism with the Holy Ghost. Sanctification rids man of indwelling sin and totally possesses man's heart and soul with holiness of character and conduct. The Holy Spirit reveals the Saviour to the heart of a believer after the new birth, and thus shows the believer that he must die to self. Dying to self comes after the new birth. This death to self is the "object of a believer" in Christ...not his gradual maturity of becoming a better Christian. Progressive growth into the Spirit is not taught in the Bible. Progressive growth into the sanctified life is not taught in the Bible.

Like Salvation of the human soul the Baptism with the Holy Ghost is another Christian experience besides the new birth! The new birth is a sinner's experience. Both experiences are instantaneous according to the Bible. After a sinner receives Christ...the Holy Spirit shows this believer a still existing "old man". When the Old man is finally"put off" the Spirit of God sanctifies that heart instantaneously through the baptism with the Holy Ghost. The object of a Christian is to put off the Old man....not just the Old man's deeds. Death to the Old man is a Spiritual concept and the Christian objective. Maturity is a human concept that opens the door for man to get away from the truth of the Bible and the work of the Spirit. The process of maturity is a man made concept that oftentimes hinders many from experiencing a death to the Old man and the actual experience of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire as taught in the Holy Scriptures.

You won't find the word maturity or the process of maturing in the Bible! You will find sanctification through the Spirit by the action of God. Both Salvation of the soul and the Baptism with the Holy Ghost are taught Biblically to come at one stroke of the hand of God! Read it for yourself! Study your Bible! Don't take man's word for it! Please God! Find the truth within His Holy Scriptures.

The surrendered life...given through the example of Brother Hubert Lindsey

No man would know more about the surrendered life than Brother Lindsey who was totally given to Christ in both word and deed. Hubert declared often, “God can use a sanctified man”. Hubert’s reasoning was the surrendered life of a believer was totally yielded to the Spirit of God. Hubert’s life of surrender was a man totally controlled by Christ. His selfishness from Adamic life was gone. His body and his actions in the physical were controlled by the Spirit of Christ. Before sanctification the old Hubert wanted to hang on to the things of the world. After sanctification the new Hubert let go. Hubert’s life of surrender proved there was no more conflict with the Old Hubert. Hubert always preached the Old Hubert was dead. He insisted the old life of Hubert Lindsey was buried. Hubert’s renewed life was a living sacrifice to Christ that brought forth fruit from the Holy Spirit and not from the flesh. Entire Sanctification allowed Brother Lindsey to stay unattached to the things of the world. Hubert’s personal plans, his personal interests, his personal habits, his personal ambitions, his personal family ties, and his appetite for the material things of the world…were gone. The surrendered life of Hubert Lindsey proved he was renewed by Spirit after he was entirely sanctified!

• Rom 12:1-2…I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

In 2003 at Brother Lindsey’s memorial service in Newark Ohio, a certain testimony touched this writer. Christ was in it! There was young man that gave testimony on Hubert Lindsey’s behalf. He testified that in 1987 Hubert had been traveling, preaching, and promoting the Kingdom Series books. Hubert had stopped to preach in Florence, Ky. He was accommodated by the Dennigan family where he was given an invitation to preach at an Assembly of God Church in Florence, Ky. The pastor’s son’s name was Mike Dennigan Jr. He was very young at that time. The pastor who invited Hubert to stay in his home was Mike Dennigan Sr. During Hubert’s stay with the Dennigan’s, all young Mike Dennigan could do was talk about was a new bicycle. Hubert preached that weekend but when he was departing he made a point to give young Mike Dennigan a new bicycle. The bicycle and Hubert’s deed of giving stuck with young Mike Dennigan’s heart all those years. Mike’s testimony at the Memorial service for Brother Lindsey touched this writer. Hubert was a very kind individual but from a monetary standpoint had very little to give… but he gave! That godly gesture was a witness for Christ to young Mike Dennigan’s heart for life!

Mike’s testimony about Brother Lindsey was a witness for Christ that stuck with this writer’s heart! Hubert’s kindness and compassion for the boy was fruit from the Holy Spirit’s witness. The surrendered life of Hubert Lindsey allowed Christ to manifest through Hubert’s action which continued on through young Mike Dennigan’s testimony. The affects from those works continue on the pages of this biography.

• Rev 14:13…Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

The Sanctified life...harmony between man and God

Brother Lindsey once told this writer that "Sanctification" was the most sacred theme of the Holy Scriptures. I accept that fact and like Hubert Lindsey... I also rank the subject of sanctification very highly. Sanctification is more than doctrine, "It's the experience of Full Salvation" in the life of a believer. May this Blog help to enlighten all readers and recipients to the truth about God's Word and the experience of the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit.

The sanctified life goes beyond conviction; beyond the new birth; and beyond death to the Old man. It’s the fullness of the work of the Spirit of God experienced in the heart and life of a believer. (Conviction, Regeneration, Spirit Baptism, Justification, Sanctification, circumcision of the flesh, etc.*)  The work of the Holy Spirit is experienced in the personal life, domestic life, social life, the workplace, and religious life. “The first work of the Spirit” reproves the heart of sinful man by making Christ known.

John 16: 8, 9…and when He (the Spirit) is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment, of sin because they believe not on me… (Christ)

*Other examples of the “work of the Holy Spirit” are shown in the life of a believer and can be viewed as: conviction in the heart of a sinner; a leading to repentance which causes men to change their minds; enlightenment that causes men to believe and accept Christ; exposure of the carnal nature; a compelled direction toward the crucifixion of the Old man; all leading to deliverance from indwelling sin; and the miraculous baptism with the Indwelling Spirit.

Inside the experience of the work of the Spirit… life can be seen as; (1.) a path to Justification by faith; (2.) Justification by faith can be seen as a path to crucifixion of self; (3.) crucifixion of self can be seen as a path to the fullness of Sanctification through the Spirit.  Based on mans “belief in Christ” and “what God does” within this heart and life, Sanctification can be seen as the “perfect work of the Holy Spirit”. This perfect operation in the heart and life of man only comes from God and makes any believer complete in Salvation within the realm of Christ. (Present tense)

1Thessalonions 5: 23…and the very God of peace sanctify you wholly (entirely); and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless (present tense) unto the coming of our Lord…

Colossians 2: 9, 10…for in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily and you are complete (fully furnished) in Him…

As the heart of man is reproved in the presence of Christ, man sees himself as he really is.  In light of Christ’s Divine presence secrets from the heart of man can be exposed and uprooted.  The ministry of the Spirit thus teaches man accountability for his own actions and decisions in the sight of God.  The sanctified life has always been Gods Divine will and purpose since the creation of man, even before the fall of Adam.

Ephesians 1:4-5….According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.

2 Thess 2:13-14…because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

During the Old Testament times a sanctified vessel was set apart for God’s sacred use. Now, in  New Testament time the believer (a sanctified vessel) is set apart from things such as sinful acts; lusts of the flesh; pleasures of the world; and /or devices of the Devil.  Separated by the Spirit of Holiness and endued with power (for Gods sacred use) a sanctified man becomes a witness to Christ through the Holy Spirit’s influence in the cleansed heart and soul.  This enduement of power, the baptism with the Holy Ghost is the “full sway of the Holy Spirit” within the cleansed heart and life of a believer that reflects Christ in both word and standard of living.

Luke 24: 49…and behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until you be endued with power from on high…

Acts 1: 8…but you shall receive power, after the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me….

After a believer is filled with the Holy Ghost he thus becomes a witness for Christ to a lost world because he has experienced a newness of life the world doesn’t have.  This person will remember when he received Christ … why he received Christ … and how he received Christ. Testimony on behalf of Christ will be given because of such change.

The enduement of power strengthens a believers witness because of the actual experience of deliverance from Adamic life; this deliverance will provide control over the lust of the flesh; also give endurance to escape temptation; helps to overcome worldly things; and removes doubt and produces immovable faith (in Christ) to resist the Devil. When a man is Sanctified Entire he will have something to testify about because he realizes the source from which it came. This witness for Christ will also be ashamed of the old life.

In light of the human side of Sanctification, the truth of the Gospel message effectually ministers to the human soul as it stirs; moves; and causes men to do right.  Repentance, belief in the truth, acceptance of the Word of God, and crucifixion to the old man are various stages of the “Action of man” because of believers trust in Christ.

Since harmony between man and God has always been the will of God, the power and truth of the Gospel is what places a natural man into communion with God. This deliverance is from man’s fallen state of being.  As the work of the Holy Spirit ministers to the human soul, conviction the action of the Spirit of God sways the heart of man toward acceptance of Christ.  The Spirit’s conviction leads man to repentance and belief of the truth. Repentance and belief of the truth thus become an action of a man who is swayed by the ministry of the Spirit of God.

After man believes, the Spirit of God (on the positive side) teaches, guides, and reveals the person of Christ; (on the negative side) the Spirit’s ministration reproves the old man thus leading him toward the crucifixion of self into a life of obedience to God without an inner struggle.

Death to the Old man; putting off; emptying out; or crucifixion of self is what God requires of a believer to be “filled with the Spirit”.  The delivering power of the Baptism with Holy Ghost and fire “destroys the body of sin” after!!! a believer is “dead to the old man”.  As a believer does his part by faith and obedience, God does His part through the Sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit.

Note!!! How both sides of sanctification are always Christ centered?

A comparison between the “Action of man” and the “Action of God” is shown to illustrate a life in harmony between man and God in Salvation by Grace, through man’s faith in Christ.

Action of man • repentance • belief, faith • obedience • putting off the old man • crucifixion or death to self • subjection

Action of God • Grace • conviction • salvation • redemption • forgiveness of sins • baptism into the body • direction from the Spirit • justification • sanctification • baptism with the Holy Ghost • circumcision of the heart

The Action of God is the perfect operation of God granted (inside the sanctified life). The often misunderstood word perfect relates to the operation of God.

Hebrews 13: 20, 21…Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight…

Both the action of man and the action of God work together to fully furnish believers with the fullness of God thus making them complete in Christ. Being made complete or perfect is what makes man able to do things well pleasing in the sight of God.

Colossians 2: 9, 10…for in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily and you are complete (fully furnished) in Him…

Carefully consider the Biblical language and terminology used in the Bible concerning both the human side and God’s side of a Sanctified life. It will be more than enlightening for all who desire strong meat rather than milk, concerning the Word of truth.

Revival after Azusa Street

Hubert Lindsey once stated, "The greatest Revivals in history came when Entire Sanctification was being taught." I agree as history proves such! Revival comes where Holiness of heart and conduct is being preached and taught through the person of Christ. Not "Sinning Religion" and not "Part time Christianity". This writer in his quest to continue a ministry that Brother Lindsey (Holy Hubert) started has been studying holiness and sanctification personally for over 20 years. One of the greatest studies I ever had was from Brother Lindsey personally...in a two week phone discussion from a nursing home in North Carolina. He told me everything he ever knew about the most "Sacred theme of the Bible which is ...Sanctification". All I could do was take notes. One of the most monumental experiences this writer ever had. Anyway...

I am posting the following document on "Revival after Azusa Street" also published at ... https://www.christianblog.com/bio/rickroehm/ . The following document on...Revival after Azusa Street... was inspired in this writers life by the boldness and perseverance of Brother Hubert Lindsey a great preacher of the Gospel. May the following Blog for Christ bless others as much as Hubert Lindsey's Gospel message blessed and impacted this writer's heart and life.

Revival after Azusa Street(The fruit of Entire Sanctification)

Beside the Azusa Street Revival in the 1900’s and the Jesus Movement in the 60’s and 70’s the teaching of Entire Sanctification seems to have become almost non-existent in the Church world today. For decades this writer has witnessed over and over again how the doctrine Entire Sanctification is so commonly misunderstood, sometimes intentionally dodged, and other times even rejected by Christians. Why? …why is the truth about Entire Sanctification sidestepped so much in this modern religious world?

Sanctification takes the believer in Christ beyond the new birth experience to a consecrated life of holiness without the inner conflict of the Old Man. Sanctification is an every minute every day consciousness to sin’s deceitfulness that stems from man’s inherited fallen nature. Sanctification rids man of the sinful nature by making men vessels of God’s Grace unto honor, and not vessels of disgrace to dishonor. Sanctified men are true to Christ. God can fully operate through sanctified men. All men that believe are chosen by God to be sanctified holy through the person of Christ.

· Eph 1:4-5…According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

The truth about Entire Sanctification can spread like wildfire when preached and taught because it’s an intimate communion of holiness between God and the believer in Christ. God wants holiness of heart to be the moral essence of all members of His body.

Sanctification makes men willing and yielded vessels to Christ. Every great Revival in history was produced after the doctrine of Entire Sanctification was preached and received. Why? Sanctification reveals the power of a living Christ and changes the moral make-up of fallen man. This move of the Spirit of God in the hearts of men sways men to belief and trust in Christ as their Savior and Sanctifier. Unlike common religious doctrines that tell man what to do…Sanctification, the perfect will of God does not involve the will of man in any manner. Sanctification is the predestinated work of the Holy Spirit in the human soul that morally purges man from the carnal nature. The entire body of believers in Christ is morally adopted into God through the person of Christ for this very reason.

· Eph. 1:5… Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Entire sanctification produces holy hearts and foundates men into God’s standard of morality for the long term. Entire Sanctification is not short lived because it gets the believer away from a wavering life in and out of the Grace of God. Man’s standard of morality is much different than God’s standard of morality. Entire Sanctification that goes to the root of sin consists of the holiness of God that morally cleanses man from what he is! Sanctification does not deal with the things man does. Sanctification deals with what man is! Sanctification is not to be considered a bad word as many religious people think… it’s the inner work of the Spirit of God in heart of a believer. It deals specifically with the believer in Christ and not the sinner!
Through sanctification’s purging work the holiness of God’s makes the believer an example and mouthpiece to the lost and unsaved world, for the glory of Christ. Holiness of heart makes people care about winning souls to the Lord. Holiness of heart gives people a strong testimony for Christ. Holiness people have a strong desire to testify Christ! Why? A sanctified man is endued with power to become a witness (a man dead to sin) for Christ.

Luke 24:49…And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Acts 1:8…But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

The enduement of power spoken of by Christ is not the new birth! The people that Christ was referring to were already born of the Spirit! This enduement of power is another work of God’s Grace through the Spirit that follows the new birth experience. This enduement of power is not the forgiveness of sins; it’s the power of the Holy Spirit that severs the believer from the fallen nature. Sanctification that endues the believer with power to overcome to old nature is God’s intent through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire. God’s purpose of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire does not deal with the sinner’s forgiveness…it deals with the saint’s still existing old nature that wants to conflict with the divine nature received in the new birth!

When the Holy Ghost came upon the recipients in the Upper Room on the day of Pentecost they were filled. This filling with the Holy Ghost came only after man emptied out of the old life. Man must first be empty from “what he is” in order to be filled or taken over completely by the Holy Ghost. The blessing of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost gives men power…to live victoriously over sin and the problems of life! This kind of victory only comes from Christ who meets every need of the child of God!

Phil 4:19…But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

In this present generation great revivals are on the decline because holiness of heart and conduct is not being taught in the mainstream. Every doctrine under the sun is being taught in the mainstream but true holiness! Due to a lack of popularity emphasis on true holiness of heart and conduct has been swept-aside in many modern religious bodies today. One reason why Entire Sanctification is not being taught is because it’s not appealing to the natural man or the masses. Why is it not appealing? Sanctification obligates the believer to surrender his old nature that still exists after the new birth. To be entirely sanctified the believer has to die to “all that he is”. Many people do not believe this way because they haven’t heard such truth. The Bible reads,

Col 3:3… For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Rom 6:4…Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death

The Bible teaches the believer to bury the Old life. Many Christians do not understand the fact that a saved man can to die to all that he is and will bury the old life. They don’t understand they can bury the old life completely! Death to the old allows the Indwelling Spirit to take the believer over completely through the indwelling Spirit that comes through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire. Without a total surrender and the Baptism with the Holy Ghost a believer will always struggle with the Old Man that tries to rise against the new nature. It must be understood…to put off the Old man is like taking a coat off. To put on the new man through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost is like putting a new coat on! A renewed man or a man that’s baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire should never put the old coat on anymore!

Eph 4:22-24… That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Rom 6:5…For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

Entire Sanctification is necessary for Christians today and should be taught in this present Church Age. Revival will come forth if sanctification is taught! History proves this fact! Unfortunately, the way Sanctification is being taught today in the mainstream is far from its proper Biblical context. The religious world has added their own interpretation to the doctrine of Entire Sanctification. Certain religious bodies are not teaching the sacred truth of Entire Sanctification’s perfect work of the Spirit of God in the life of a believer. Remember; the Bible states Sanctification through the Spirit destroys the body of sin. It also states that a dead man is freed from sin completely!

Rom 6:6-7…Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin.

This writer acknowledges the fact that the lukewarm condition that exists in the religious world today indicates a Biblical falling away. Why are they falling away?

2 Thess 2:3…for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Man’s understanding of Entire Sanctification is confused because its being mixed with various types and modes of water Baptism rather than the purifying work of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire that rids the believer of the Old Man or, the Adamic nature. The works of man in the acts of Water Baptism do not sanctify the heart of man to be holy. The works of man in the acts of Water Baptism rather than the operation of the Holy Spirit in the human soul have tainted the modern mindset concerning the sacred truth about the sanctifying power of the Holy Ghost. This hinders many from receiving a personal holiness according to the moral standard of the person of Christ confirmed in the Holy Scriptures. True holiness is the holiness of heart that in times past has broken into great revival in honor to a living Christ who governs His body from the Throne Room. Revival can still break out today when Entire Sanctification is taught and preached according to the truth of the Bible. Holiness of heart and entire sanctification through man’s recognition of a living Christ are grounds for the outbreak of modern day revival. Unlike a man that’s neither hot nor cold…a revived man will be on fire for the Lord!

There are numerous modern denominations that run entire sanctification to a form of dress code, or rules about women wearing make-up, or abstaining from cigarettes. Other denominations teach Entire Sanctification relates to the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire that purifies the heart inwardly BUT… they do not believe in the outward evidence of speaking in tongues for today. They believe the outward manifestation of the Holy Ghost stopped in the days the Early Church. Then you have the charismatic movement that places all emphasis on speaking in tongues (Glossolalia) with no inner evidence of a believer’s heart being cleansed from the Adamic nature.
“The New Testament teaches Entire Sanctification’s inner evidence is the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire that destroys the Adamic nature in the life of the believer. The outer evidence of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost’s purging work is speaking in an unknown tongue”. Why tongues? Christ controls that man’s entire being!

Acts 10:44-46…the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.

Acts 19:6…And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

The inner evidence is Christ controlling the believer’s inner being because the Adamic nature has been destroyed; the outer evidence is where Christ controls the physical part of man’s body that includes the tongue. Both the inner and outer evidences of entire sanctification are proven in the New Testament records. Both inner and outer evidences of entire sanctification are for today as there is no scriptural evidence that teaches this manifestation of the Holy Ghost stopped at the first century.


There are many Theological views concerning sanctification’s affect on the man of God. Some views teach progressive sanctification or the process of being made holy gradually, some views teach entire sanctification comes when man gets to Heaven in the next life, and others teach that man cannot receive entire sanctification at all. None of these views recognize the instantaneous work of the baptism with the Holy Ghost like men received on the day of Pentecost.

Most all the popular theological views refer to sanctification as some form or mode of water baptism performed by a priest or preacher. Contrary to all these the New Testament teaches that entire Sanctification’s renewal in the heart of a believer in Christ comes through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost that eradicates the sinful nature of man. Entire Sanctification’s renewal comes through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and is also an instantaneous experience. Like the new birth is an instantaneous work of the Spirit through a sinner’s forgiveness of sin’s; so likewise is a saved man instantaneously sanctified when baptized with the Holy Ghost and delivered from the Adamic nature. The only process is… death to the Old Man or man first dying to “all” that he is.

Entire Sanctification as taught by the Apostles of the resurrection of Christ deals specifically with the eradication of the sin nature inherited from the fall of Adam. Eradication of the sin nature is not a gradual process. Why? … The believer’s experience of baptism with the Holy Ghost is not a gradual experience. It’s instantaneous like the Bible teaches on the Day of Pentecost. The language to Bible calls a falling upon, being shed forth, coming upon, and a filling an instantaneous operation of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:33, 8:15-17, 10:44-46, 19:2-6 …These verses only confirm the fact that the Sanctifying work of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost in the heart of man is the instantaneous operation of the Spirit of God and nothing else. There is no scriptural evidence whatsoever that proves the sanctifying work of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost is anything more than the Spirit’s work in the heart of man! Entire Sanctification performed in the baptism with the Holy Ghost has no reference to water Baptism in any manner. Sanctification is not performed by a priest or preacher but only by the person of Christ through a Divine Baptism from Heaven. There is no scriptural evidence whatsoever that proves the sanctifying work of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost stopped in the days of the Early Church. Entire Sanctification deals specifically with the eradication of the Adamic nature that tries to rule the heart of a believer in Christ. Water Baptism performed in the mode of sprinkling, pouring, or full body immersion can in no way wash away any act of sin committed or …man’s inherited sinful nature.

False concepts concerning Entire Sanctification are rampant in this modern religious world. Why? Man’s natural tendencies and imaginations mixed with traditional concept have created numerous ideals concerning the Adamic nature and sanctification from its hold over man. The fact about this matter is that most people have never heard the truth about Sanctification nor have they been shown scripturally they can be delivered from the Adamic nature’s threshold over man. Therefore, the natural or the unlearned man is inclined to say, “Man can never be delivered from Adamic nature”. Contrary to that way of thinking the Bible teaches the Adamic nature can be eradicated through the baptism of the Holy Ghost which is the moral operation God’s Grace in the heart of a believer. When believers get bent to this way of thinking God can operate, even unto great Revival’s. Why Revival? Human works are taken out of the picture. The power of a living Christ in the human soul is magnified. Therefore godly things happen as result!

Sanctification is what God does in the heart of a believer. Sanctification has no reference to what man does in any respect. Outside of the Sanctifying work of Holy Spirit man can do nothing to sanctify himself from what he is by nature.

Eph 2:3…Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Without Sanctification through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire the Adamic nature is capable of swaying the Christian back into sinful conduct!

Sanctification should never be confused with Justification by Grace. Justification relates directly to God’s pardon and forgiveness granted to the unsaved man for the acts of sin that were committed in the past. Justification relates to Salvation of the human soul in the new birth.

Acts 13:38-39…Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Sanctification relates directly to a deliverance from the fallen nature that exists in the life of that believer. Entire Sanctification follows God’s Justification of the sinner and the Holy Spirit’s regeneration of the soul in the new birth. Justification is a sinner’s pardon from all sinful misconduct of the past. Sanctification deals only with the existing fallen nature of man (that tries to rule) in the life of a believer.

1 Thess 5:23-24… And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

Some Christians do not accept the truth about Entire Sanctification because they do not understand that a Christian can be delivered from the Adamic nature through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost. Likewise they are not taught from behind the pulpits they can receive such experience and be delivered from the Adamic nature’s sway. Sanctification, a blessing of God’s Divine Grace is the work of the Holy Spirit that destroys the Adamic part of a Christian that cannot be forgiven at the new birth.

Rom 6:6… Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

The language of Scripture says that God can destroy the body of sin which simply mean’s the Adamic nature. This destroying work produced by God’s Grace is the sanctifying power of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire that removes the Adamic nature from man’s being… after man has accepted the shed blood of Christ for the forgiveness of sins. Sanctification takes the believer away the unfruitful part of man’s being that produces criticism, aggravation, worry, oppression, depression, anger, selfish interest and selfish purpose. A sanctified man gets away from himself and trusts Christ for every problem in life. A sanctified man trusts in Christ for all things. Why? He’s sanctified and preserved in the Spiritual body of Christ.

Jude 1…Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ:

Let’s look back to Creation where Adam the first man was created with a sanctified heart. Adam was created perfect! After the fall of Adam where the sanctified heart was lost, every believer that has been born since (that receives a divine nature) can likewise be renewed or entirely sanctified through the Pentecostal experience of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost. Remember, Entire Sanctification is based on the promise of Christ and power of a resurrected Lord and manifests through the Baptizing work of the Holy Spirit in the heart of a believer. Entire Sanctification deals with the saved man and not the unsaved! The new birth dealt with the sinner… not the saint!

Revival is the fruit that Entire Sanctification yields within the heart of man. Why? A witness to the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit knows from experience what is offered through Entire Sanctification’s blessing. The recipient of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire wants to tell the world about this great experience and blessing! Why? Peace and contentment through Christ is found above all things in life. The Holy Spirits deliverance from the Adamic nature overcomes man’s conflict with the natural witness of the flesh. The blessed experience of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost is worth testifying about! Great revivals have always stemmed from the dividends of Entire Sanctification’s riches in the hearts of all its recipients.
Yes brother, Entire Sanctification is for today and needs to be taught! In 2008 when Entire Sanctification is brought to people’s attention… holiness, purity, and clean Christian living becomes the fruit of this blessed work of the Spirit of God. It may not be seen in large numbers of people but it will be seen through their purity of heart. Entire Sanctification brings forth more than the new birth because the believer gets away from self; this believer gets delivered from the Adamic nature, and this believer finds victory over a struggle with self that many believers suffer with their entire life. The holy experience of Entire Sanctification that comes after the new birth is renewal for the child of God! How? The conflict of the flesh and its affections are crucified.

Gal 5:24-25…And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

A believer puts to death to all that he is and the Spirit takes him over. Crucifixion of self became the path to Entire Sanctification through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost that purges out “all” of the believer’s sinful nature. This allows a believer to be crucified inwardly from self’s attachment to the world and outwardly from self’s attachment to the circumstances or problems of life that arise from the world.

Gal 6:14…But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

The Spiritual awakening from the sanctified heart forms revival in the heart and confession of its recipients. The experience of Sanctification is thus made known from the mouth of that believer! Like those in the Upper Room on the day of Pentecost an entirely Sanctified man is endued with power that makes him a witness for Christ! Notice Peter, John and James in the book of Acts after they were baptized with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost. They were filled with the Spirit and they preached Christ fervently too! Revival broke out and miracles followed their ministry. Please take the time to read the following chapters in the Acts of the Apostles… in light of Revival and Spiritual Awakening after the death of Christ!

Acts 2,3,4

The truth and power of Entire Sanctification wrought several historical revivals and miracles after the first century. The truth about Entire Sanctification has always wrought revival and miracles in the name of Christ through the hearts of the men and women who received its great benefits. Note the beautiful scriptural evidence of Revival in the first century when, Peter, James, John, and Paul revolutionized multitudes with the true Gospel that morally changed and miraculously affected the hearts and lives of many. These Apostles of the Early Church preached Entire Sanctification through Christ that brought forth revival!

Wesley in the 1600’s preached Entire Sanctification and it brought forth revival! Azusa Street in the 1900’s preached Entire Sanctification through Christ and it brought forth revival! Hubert Lindsey, the father of the Jesus movement in the late 60’s and early 70’s preached Entire sanctification through Christ that brought forth great revival! In order to have a revival Entire Sanctification and deliverance from the Adamic nature must be preached through Christ and be presented to man’s way of thinking! If men were taught such truth from behind the pulpits today you would have many more people that would accept the doctrine of Sanctification and worth of its truth in the hearts and lives of Christian’s! Revival would thus break out like measles.

After the doctrine of Entire Sanctification began diminishing in the early centuries and emphasis began to be placed on Water Baptism as a mode of Sanctification Revival’s dwindled because hearts were not being morally changed. Erroneous doctrines formed that based sanctification on man’s acceptance of various modes of water Baptism rather than an inner work of the Holy Spirit in the human soul. The Roman Church that dominated Europe’s religious world for 13 centuries placed emphasis on removing the sinful nature of a child through the waters of purification sprinkled upon an infant by a priest. This mode of Baptism was taught to remove the sin nature of a child through the act of Water Baptism sprinkled upon an infant by a priest. Water was not then, and never has been since, an element that takes away a person’s sinful nature. According to the Bible an infant is not accountable to God for the sinful nature!

Rom 5:13…but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Only the sanctifying work of the Baptism with Holy Spirit can perform the miracle of eradicating the sinful nature from the heart of man anyway. Not Water Baptism!
After the 15th Century the Protestant movement formed denominations that began practicing the mode of water baptism through immersion performed by a preacher as an outward act of obedience or public confession of ones faith in Christ. Through tradition and man’s interpretation of the Holy Scripture sanctification became what man done rather than what the Spirit of God done within the heart of man. The purging work of the Spirit of God that delivered man from the Adamic nature was now shifted over to the works of a preacher or a priest. A false concept concerning the truth and holiness from Entire Sanctification formed during those centuries. It’s ripple affect still carries on today.

Calvinism later formed and did not teach or accept Entire Sanctification because John Calvin did not believe the Adamic nature of man could be destroyed. Calvinists differed from the Roman Church who took the stand that the Adamic nature of a child could be cleansed or washed away through waters of sprinkling. Calvinist’s who water baptized by immersion performed by a preacher as a “Public confession” hold no claim to the sanctifying power of the Spirit of God in the heart of man in reference to the Adamic nature being destroyed. They likewise teach the believer will always live with two natures without a means of deliverance from the Adamic nature in this life. Calvinists do not believe the Adamic nature can be destroyed nor do they accept such truth taught in other denominations. Calvinists do not teach the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire nor do they place emphasis on the Pentecostal experience inwardly or outwardly. The doctrine of once saved always saved stemmed from Calvinism.

In the 17th Century a spiritual awakening swept through England under the teachings of a man by the name of John Wesley. Wesley understood and taught scripturally that man could be delivered from the Adamic nature through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire. Wesley’s view of Entire Sanctification unlike the views of the Roman Church and John Calvin produced a Great Revival and Spiritual awakening. Why? Entire Sanctification produced holiness. Holiness of heart and conduct allowed God to operate through man’s body and spirit as a witness for Christ.

1 Cor 6:19-20…What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Wesley’s Theology did accept the inner work of the Baptism of the Holy Ghost to be the suppression of the sinful nature but did not accept the outer evidence of speaking in unknown tongue. Wesley’s doctrinal belief of “unknown tongues not being for today” is still carried out today.

The doctrine of Entire Sanctification is a very sacred scriptural truth that confirms the fact that a child of God can live and serve God in holiness without sin…after the new birth is experienced. The reason is that the sanctifying work of the Spirit of God in the heart of a saved man takes away the inner conflict of “trying without success” to live the holy life without sin in the sight of God. Entire Sanctification gives the saved man more concerning what’s needed to live with victory over the inner conflict of self. Self sufficiency can lead the child of God back into sin. Contrary to many people’s belief and practice today in the mainstream…a sanctified man does live with victory over sinful conduct.

Sanctification also gives man confidence over the outer problems and afflictions of life. The saved man begins his consciousness to the Holy Spirit’s presence. The sanctified man who is fully conscious to Christ is endued with power from God to overcome the lusts of the flesh and moral weakness’ that yield to temptation. How? …Through the eradication of the Adamic nature. Man’s experience of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost happens after the initial experience of the new birth in the heart of the sinner. There is no set time frame between the sinner’s new birth and the believer’s Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire. The only process in the Bible is the human side of sanctification and falls between the new birth and Entire sanctification. That process is man’s crucifixion of self. The Holy Ghost reveals such crucifixion to the believer.

Contrary to many denomination’s beliefs and opinions the Bible teaches that entire Sanctification is another work of the Spirit of God subsequent to the new birth. Many scriptures in the Bible confirm such truth! For example, “A sinner doesn’t know the Spirit of Christ until after his sins are forgiven”. “A believer doesn’t realize his old nature can be dealt until after it’s revealed to him by the Holy Ghost. Then a believer can experience Entire Sanctification through the Baptism with the Holy Ghost”. A saved man knows his sins are forgiven but also realizes the old nature still exists. An entirely sanctified man is a believer who gets rid of the old nature, all of its habits, and all of its sensual affections by the power of the Grace of God. A sanctified man knows the Holy Spirit’s presence by the power of God’s Grace.

Titus 2:11-12…For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

There are many reasons why the sanctified man longs to keep the heart pure, longs to live in obedience to Christ, and longs to have victory over the sinful nature. The sanctified man knows the power of Holy Spirit and stays in subjection to it!

1 Cor 9:27… But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Entire Sanctification is God’s will for every member of the body of Christ! Entire Sanctification is the predestinated will of God for man to be holy through Christ since Adam’s fall in the Garden.

1 Thess 4:3-4… For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor;

Eph 1:4-5…According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Sanctification, the will of God for man that comes through the person of Christ was prophesied in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. The first promise God made concerning such truth was made to the serpent that deceived Eve in Genesis 3:15, 16. Within that promise of Christ God said He would morally restore within the heart of man what Adam lost at the fall. What did Adam lose…the sanctified heart!

Entire Sanctification’s moral blessing though the person of Christ provides the believer with a way to get back what Adam lost. Entire Sanctification takes away man’s fallen nature that’s inherited from Adam. Sanctification rids man of the struggle between the old nature (that tries to rule) and the Divine nature received in the new birth. Entire Sanctification’s blessing severs the Christian from an unstable inner conflict that is governed by the inherited propensity to sin. This writer has termed that propensity as, “the Adamic nature” throughout this entire document.

The perfection of Entire Sanctification should never be overlooked or missed in this life. Why? It’s man’s complete love for God which was Christ’s first commandment! It’s a heart full of love for all humanity which was Christ’s second commandment! There is no partiality or prejudice toward any man in a sanctified man’s heart. Why? Perfect love for God and humanity is the fruit of Entire Sanctification.

Matt 5:48… Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

I admit there are some Christians who have never heard about the truth and benefits of Entire Sanctification. Unfortunately there are also groups of Christians that are taught a man cannot be entirely sanctified in this life. I wrote this treaty so all reader’s could examine the evidence and truth from the Bible concerning Entire Sanctification’s riches of holiness through the living person of Christ. As mentioned previously a wealth of knowledge concerning Entire Sanctification has been deviated from in the past 100 years. The intent of this treaty is to illuminate believers and provide more scriptural support that a child of God can experience an entirely sanctified heart and life on this side of Heaven. This writer has only scratched the surface of this most holy truth. My expectations are that the doctrine of entire sanctification through the person of the living Christ and its evidence through the Scriptures be magnified through the entirety of this document until Christ returns.
Experience it and tell the world about it! Bless the Lord with all that you are in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The truth of Entire Sanctification through preaching Christ can and will bring forth Revival!

1 Thess 5:24…Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

Rick Roehm
A disciple under the ministry of Brother Holy Hubert Lindsey