Our Likeness in Christ
In Ephesians 4:1, the Apostle Paul says that we are to “walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.” The word vocation, makes the whole of life a spiritual business. Whatever we do in order to pay our bills, provide for shelter, food, clothing, and any other necessity of life, is considered an AD-vocation. However our Vocation is to live our lives for the salvation of souls, bringing the lost back to Him and in so doing to glorify Christ. We are called to be His witnesses. The only place a witness is needed is in this present world. It has been stated that Jesus was the visible expression of the invisible Father and we, as His children, are to be the visible expression of the invisible Christ, “because as he is, so are we in this world.”
Entire Sanctification: How and When it Occurs
All who know anything about the nature of a holy God admit that holiness is a logical necessity for us if we live with Him in eternity. The point of controversy is, HOW and WHEN a believer is purified and made holy. In this article we examine six false theories about when and how entire sanctification takes place. Dr Perdue believes that every child of God should abandon their will to the will of God and through faith obtain this experience of grace before they become a victim of these false theories.
Forgetting and Reaching Forth
In Philippians 3:13, Paul gives to us the secret of spiritual development: “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do; forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before…”…Some people have no life at all, except in retrospect and in prospect. They always dwell on the memories of the past or the anticipation of the future while the present (from which the future flows) slips from their grasp…May in this New Year we follow Paul’s example.
Baptism with the Holy Spirit
My text speaks of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, which must be distinguished from the birth of the Spirit. Read this article to learn the four ways in which it is different.
Entire Sanctification: A Second Work of Grace
“We believe that Entire Sanctification is the act of God subsequent to regeneration….”…All the other theories of how and when we receive entire sanctification, (Getting it at the moment of conversion, growing into it following conversion, experiencing it at the point of death, or following death in a purgatory setting), have never produced a witness but multitudes have entered into the experience following conversion and have testified to the same and lived a victorious life thereafter.
Holiness Evangelism: A Timely Message
The early leaders of the holiness movement were faithful in their teaching of the doctrine of entire sanctification. They knew that man’s greatest problem was sin, and that God’s grace of entire sanctification was the only answer to this grave problem…As our early church fathers believed that scriptural, doctrinal preaching of holiness and evangelism went hand in hand, we too, must be clear in our preaching of the doctrine of entire sanctification in order to realize holiness evangelism.
The Death of Jesus: Tragedy Turned Triumph
Why did the Father forsake His Son and leave Him to die alone?
Perhaps one of the reasons was to reveal the true nature of sin. Jesus did not die the death of a martyr nor was He a victim of mob violence. He died, not only vicariously but also voluntarily. He was made sin for us, He who knew no sin…But, following the awful tragedy of Calvary came the glorious triumph of the resurrection…Now that Jesus has made the provisions and given us the promise of a full and free salvation, let us not fail to appropriate them so that they become actualities in our lives.
Facts about Entire Sanctification
There have arisen many false and erroneous theories relative to the experience of Entire Sanctification. In this article we provide references to support our beliefs that:
Entire Sanctification is a Second work of grace
Entire Sanctification is a Divine work of grace
Entire Sanctification is a Thorough work of grace
Be Ye Holy; For I am Holy
The command, “Be ye Holy,” as every other command that God gives, pre-supposes an enabling in the power of sovereign grace. What He purposes for our lives He has provided and we can procure through the merits of Calvary.
Dr Nelson Perdue Speaks at Francis Asbury Society Conference
In addition to Dr. Nelson Perdue’s ministry as a tenured evangelist, Dr. Dennis Kinlaw has invited him to serve with the Francis Asbury Society as an Associate Evangelist.
