January 15

January 15, 2020 // Devotional+Holiness in High Country

Read: I Thessalonians 5:21-24

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly;… Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it (I Thessalonians 5:23-24).

Sanctification Is For All Believers

Within the family of holiness churches there are several that identify their faith in their name. Among these is the Pilgrim Holiness church. Their affirmation of faith in Christian holiness is composed basically of brief statements supported by scripture references. Here are some representative passages.

“Entire sanctification is subsequent to regeneration, ‘I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me… Sanctify them through thy truth’ (John 17:9-17) and is effected by the baptism of the Holy Spirit, ‘One mightier than I cometh… he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire’ (Luke 3:16-17; also I Peter 1:2; Romans 15:16)ò

“It is for all believers, ‘Sanctify them through thy truth… Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word’ (John 17:17, 20; also I Thessalonians 4:3, 7; 5:23-24), and is an instantaneous experience, received by faith, ‘And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly… they were all filled with the Holy Ghost’ (Acts 2:1-4; also 15:8-9).

“It cleanses the heart of the recipient from all sin, ‘If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin (I John 1:7, 9; also Acts 15:8-9), sets him apart, and endows him with power }Cot the accomplishment of all to which he is called. ‘But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me’ (Acts 1:8, also Luke 24:49)” (Manual, Pilgrim Holiness church).

We praise Thee for the radiance That from the hallowed page, A lantern to our footsteps, Shines on from age to age.

— William Walsham How

Interchurch Holiness Convention

18931 Route 522

Beaver Springs, PA 17812

Phone: 570-658-1030

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