While sitting in a business today, a gentleman approximately 70-ish walked to the receptionist to register. When the paperwork was complete the receptionist said Sir, please sign here. He politely said, Ma’am, I can’t, all I can put is an X. She told him that was fine, he signed the X and sat down. A while later as I was leaving I saw him get in his automobile and leave. As I watched this brief moment unfold, I was overwhelmed with two emotions: 1. Compassion: I know there are illiterate people here in the USA, and perhaps even a higher percentage in the Appalachian region of the southern USA. But when I saw this man, here in the USA, in 2016, who had never–for whatever reason–learned to read/write, who had not the ability to sign his own name, forgive the KJV terminology, but I was
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Brethren, there were many early writers in the CoG who wrote books on Sanctification.
I can answer all the questions that you posted. I am writing a book on Sanctification. CoG’s doctrine on sanctification stands in total opposition to those of the “Finished Work Doctrine” as promoted by the Assemblies of God which was initiated by William Durham, a Baptist preacher who went to Azusa Street and received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost.
Melvin Harter, I was thinking of starting a thread on whether someone could be baptized with the Holy Ghost without first having a one-time experience of sanctification after being saved. Feel free to participate. I’m curious to know your views.
Early CoG preachers preached very hard against the Finished Work Doctrine” and declared the AoG to be of the devil himself.
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