tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519924496025947374.post6684355956521150092..comments2023-02-11T08:38:36.647-08:00Comments on New Birth Theology: From servant to saintJB Epphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17827364155416821084noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519924496025947374.post-40856747214869111992010-10-02T05:23:01.516-07:002010-10-02T05:23:01.516-07:00This fundamental teaching applies from the moment ...This fundamental teaching applies from the moment we sincerely turn to God for help. We should expect gradual sanctification that may appear to us to be natural (although it is not) punctuated by at least one instantaneous sanctification that is unmistakably supernatural. This is the "new birth" in the fullest sense of the phrase. Like John Wesley, I believe the bible teaches two such instantaneous, supernatural sanctifications. But the vast majority of famous, historical Christians experienced and thus taught only one instantaneous, supernatural sanctification. Notwithstanding this disparity of experience and doctrine, the Christian church would throb with power if modern Christians would expect and experience at least one instantaneous, supernatural sanctification.JB Epphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827364155416821084noreply@blogger.com