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Wynkoop also emphasized the blood of Christ as the predominant source for our sanctification. She did not discredit the Holy Spirit, but she did not promote the baptism of the Spirit terminology as did others. She said, The central purpose of Jesus' ministry and death was for the sanctification of the Church. All other elements in redemption are incidental to this in that they are supporting parts of this one thing ... Paul said, in Ephesians 5:25-26 that Christ gave himself for the Church in order to "sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word." [39] H. Ray Dunning H. Ray Dunning has written several books, but two of them expound his views about holiness very well. The book Grace, Faith and Holiness is more technical and is a comprehensive theological work that has a lot to say about sanctification. His other book, A Layman's Guide to Sanctification, is easier to read, but its treatment of holiness is excellent. Dunning holds to many of the same views that Wynkoop holds concerning sanctification. He quotes from her work quite frequently. For example, concerning original sin he said, In the light of this discussion we can see that Mildred Bangs Wynkoop is correct in defining sin as 'love locked into a false center, the self,' and holiness as 'love locked into the True Center; Jesus Christ our Lord.' [40] Also, like Wynkoop, he adheres to a Christological view of how the work of sanctification comes about in the heart of a believer. After quoting several authors and spending many pages discussing the redemptive work in sanctification, he said, "The conclusion to all this is that entire sanctification in the Wesleyan understanding is best spoken of in Christological terms." [41] J. Kenneth Grider Grider, in his book Entire Sanctification: The Distinctive Doctrine of Wesleyanism, wrote about the debate concerning the baptism of the Holy Spirit in entire sanctification. In the Preface he stated: The Holiness movement has been different from John Wesley, particularly in identifying entire sanctification with a personal baptism of or with the Holy Spirit. I feel that in amending Mr. Wesley at this point, the holiness writers have been scriptural. I feel also that in doing this they have been following a Wesley tradition or style. Since he himself changed certain aspects of his entire sanctification teaching as he went along, adding numerous notations in later years which indicate how his understanding had changed, it might be more un-Wesleyan than Wesleyan to swallow him whole. [42]
The author in his book did not overemphasize the work of the Holy Spirit in the process of sanctification. He did, though, agree with holiness writers more so than Wesley on this issue. He comments, Though John Wesley did not identify entire sanctification with a "baptism with the Holy Spirit," he was clear on the matter that God cleanses us from original sin radically. He spoke of "love filling the heart, expelling pride, anger, desire, and self-will." [43] Leslie D. Wilcox Wilcox was one of the leading scholars concerning sanctification in the conservative holiness movement. He stated his views in his book Be Ye Holy. In the preface he told primarily why he wrote the book. He stated: The purpose is to set before the reader a systematic arrangement of the doctrine of holiness as it is found in the Word of God. Other books have very fully and adequately presented the doctrine theologically. There are also some books which present at least some of the Scripture foundation for the doctrine. But the writer knows of no book which systematically and fully presents the Scripture on which the doctrine of entire sanctification rests. [44] It is evident from his book that he believed that sin is a substance to be removed and that the Holy Spirit is the Person of God to do the work in the heart of humanity. In Chapter Eight he wrote, "The necessity for cleansing arises from the fact that carnality still remains in the heart of a person who [45] has been born again." Later on in the chapter he gives scriptures to show that original sin needs to be purified or purged. In another place in the book Wilcox wholeheartedly supports the work of the Holy Spirit in one's getting sanctified. He wrote, "But since the work of sanctification is the supreme work of the Spirit, He is often referred to by the title Holy Spirit used almost as a personal name." [46] Dale M. Yocum Like Wilcox, Yocum was also a respected holiness scholar in the conservative movement. He was an articulate preacher as well as a scholarly writer. His books The Holy Way and Fruit Unto Holiness give a good representation of what Yocum taught about entire sanctification. Yocum also believed that original sin needed to be purged. He wrote, "The baptism with the Holy Ghost brings purging ... it is a cleansing from sin as well as an empowering for service." [47] Summary As this review of doctrinal expressions of entire-sanctification has made clear, there have been several different methods for explaining the experience of Christian perfection. The doctrine as
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