A Presentation of Perfection - Media Sabda Org

J. M. Hames continued this theme of the Holy Ghost removing the sin nature by writing the article
"The Fullness of Pentecost" in 1959. At the very beginning of the article he gave his support to this
view. He said,
We must wait in the upper room until the Pentecostal flame sanctifies us wholly,
destroying the seed-principle of sin in us, and filling us with positive holiness. [51]
Of course, this Pentecostal flame was brought about by the Holy Ghost. He confirmed this when
he wrote,
The meaning of Pentecost is nothing less than the actual descent of Deity, the
adorable Third Person of the Godhead, working His advent to our glove. The Holy
Ghost is none other than God. [52]
In May of 1959, A. A. Ronshausen wrote an article entitled "The Meaning of Pentecost." His view
of original sin was that the heart had to be emptied before the Holy Ghost could fill it. The author
stated:
The Spirit can abide only in clean vessels. Purity and power can never be separated.
Fire is the symbol of God's presence, and is the greatest purifying agency known....
Seeking the Spirit's baptism is no bargain counter religion. Emptying precedes filling
emptied of self, utterly yielded, every idol slain, the whole will bent to do the will of
God. [53]
Wells represented this view of Substance-Pentecostal in the last year for this period when he
wrote "The Call to Holiness." In this article he very plainly stated that every Christian has a call to
be holy:
So the command, "Be ye holy," involves a real and vital separation from the world,
and a definite act of cleansing by the Holy Ghost. Personal responsibility is ours, to
avail ourselves of that purity of heart wrought by the Holy Spirit through faith. [54]
Christological-Substantive/1956-1960
There were ten out of the fifty articles chosen during this five-year period that represented this
theological view. C. W. Ruth, T. M. Anderson, A. M. Hills, and E. W. Lawrence were some of the
writers that taught this viewpoint.
In 1956 a work was published by C. W. Ruth. The writing was entitled "How to Obtain the
Experience of Sanctification." The author put a significant amount of emphasis on the necessity of
consecration in the experience of sanctification. Ruth also made it clear that Jesus is the Person of
the Trinity that does the work in the second work of grace. He commented,
Frequently, the last test of our consecration is in giving up our way of obtaining the
experience and allowing Him to manifest Himself as He may choose. I can, and I