Assignment
Journal: My Spiritual Pilgrimage
Completion requirements
Below you will find the official statement of The Wesleyan Church on entire sanctification.
The Wesleyan Discipline
Sanctification: Initial, Progressive, Entire
236. We believe that sanctification is that work of the Holy Spirit by which the child of God is separated from sin unto God and is enabled to love God with all the heart and to walk in all His holy commandments blameless. Sanctification is initiated at the moment of justification and regeneration. From that moment there is a gradual or progressive sanctification as the believer walks with God and daily grows in grace and in a more perfect obedience to God. This prepares for the crisis of entire sanctification which is wrought instantaneously when believers present themselves as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, through faith in Jesus Christ, being effected by the baptism with the Holy Spirit who cleanses the heart from all inbred sin. The crisis of entire sanctification perfects the believer in love and empowers that person for effective service. It is followed by lifelong growth in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The life of holiness continues through faith in the sanctifying blood of Christ and evidences itself by loving obedience to God’s revealed will.
Compare the theology of The Wesleyan Church with your own spiritual pilgrimage. Does this “way of salvation” map well with your own experiences? Where would you say you are on the journey?
Create a narrative of your own spiritual pilgrimage in relation to the doctrine. If you are farther along in the journey, make the first part of your narrative a testimony to what the Lord has done for you thus far. Then when you reach where you are on your own journey, write about how you anticipate your spiritual pilgrimage continuing to play out. What are your prayers and hopes for your spiritual future in relation to this doctrine?
Write up your narrative reflections and upload them to the course. This assignment is worth 50 points.