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SCRIPTURAL SANCTIFICATION:
An
Attempted Solution of the Holiness Problem
By The
Rev. John R. Brooks, D.D.
Chapter 2
SOME DEFINITIONS
One grows dizzy and confused in going through the long lists of definitions that are found in the
literature of this subject. Dr. Mudge calls those of many of the leading men of Methodism, from
Wesley and Fletcher down, "a monumental muddle." And yet, in order to a clear understanding of
the subject to be discussed, one must venture somewhat into this field. That we may see clearly what
man is saved from, the extent to which he is saved, and the process by which the Holy Spirit
accomplishes this work, we must know the meaning of the terms used by the sacred writers and
uninspired men in speaking of this work. Especially must we know the terms used in speaking of the
fundamental facts of sin and depravity, and the crowning facts of full salvation.
The following is a short glossary given by the learned Rev. Daniel Steele, D.D., in his valuable
work, Love Enthroned:
"I. HOLY. 1. Set apart to the service of God; applies to persons and things. 2. Morally pure, free
from all stain of sin (Persons.) 3. In the New Testament the original Greek word is used technically
to designate all justified believers, and is translated "saints," or holy ones.
"II. HOLINESS. The state of (1) consecration to God; (2) Moral purity.
"III. SANCTIFY. 1. To hallow, to consecrate to religious uses. "I sanctify myself." (Jesus.) 2. To
make pure, to cleanse from moral defilement. 'The very God of peace sanctify you wholly.' (St. Paul.)
3. Sanctified. In the New Testament used technically to designate the justified.
"IV. SANCTIFICATION. Holiness: the act of making holy.
"V. THE MORAL LAW. 1. Unwritten: the sense of moral obligation felt within. 2. Written: the
Decalogue with its (1) Prohibitions; (2) Precepts. Also the two tables, prescribing (1) Duties to God;
(2) Duties to man.
"VI. SIN. 1. Actual, a willful transgression of the known law of God. Sin of commission,
disobedience to a prohibition. Sin of omission, neglect of a precept. "Sin is the transgression of the
law." (St. John.) Sin. 2. Original or inbred -- often without any adjective, and always in the singular
number -- a state, not an act; native corruption of the moral nature derived from Adam's apostasy;
a lack of conformity to the moral law. Under the remedial dispensation it involves no guilt till
approved by the free agent and its remedy is rejected. It is intensified by acts of sin of which it is the
source. 'All unrighteousness is sin.' (St. John.) [We would add "sin that dwelleth in me," and "the
law of sin and death " -- St. Paul.]