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"The term "sinless perfection" was one which Wesley never used because of its ambiguity." [40] John William Fletcher, an early Methodist divine who John Wesley chose to lead the Methodist movement if he died, clarified the Wesleyan doctrine by stating "that the doctrine of an evangelically sinless perfection is truly Scriptural."
After Fife's death in a plane crash 1979, Buddy Cobb (1925 – 2017) led the group. He developed the concept that the goal of the Christian is a life of "sinless perfection." According to Cobb, this place of Christian maturity is attainable only through a growing personal relationship with God the Father.
It is believed that God demands three main things from humanity to address the problem of sin. First, sinless perfection, which means living a life completely free from sin. [22] Second, a blood sacrifice, which involves offering a sacrifice to atone for sins. [23] Third, faith, which is believing and trusting in God's plan for salvation. [24]
The term "sinless perfection" was one which Wesley avoided using "because of its ambiguity," [93] rather, he contended that a Christian could be made "perfect in love". (Wesley studied Eastern Orthodoxy and embraced particularly the doctrine of Theosis ). [ 94 ]
Pelagianism is a Christian theological position that holds that the fall did not taint human nature and that humans by divine grace have free will to achieve human perfection. Pelagius ( c. 355 – c. 420 AD), an ascetic and philosopher from the British Isles, taught that God could not command believers to do the impossible, and therefore it ...
[37] The founder of the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana), D. S. Warner, explains "Holiness writers and teachers, as far as my knowledge extends, uniformly hold up a sinless life, as the true test and Bible standard of regeneration." [5] This doctrine follows in the footsteps of Wesley who wrote “If a believer wilfully sins, he casts away his ...
Imputed righteousness is the Protestant Christian doctrine that a sinner is declared righteous by God purely by God's grace through faith in Christ, and thus all depends on Christ's merit and worthiness, rather than on one's own merit and worthiness.
The Fire-Baptized Holiness Association also embraced Pentecostalism around the same time, taking the line that the baptism in the Holy Spirit was the "baptism of fire" that it had been seeking. Given the similarities in doctrine and geographic reach with the Pentecostal Holiness Church, the two groups began talks on a merger.