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Originally Posted by Originalist
I'm glad to see that someone finally understands that it is at Spirit baptism that our hearts are literally made pure by faith. God's precense is a purifying precense. Our God is a consuming fire. It is at that point also that new heart is created within us by this purifying precense of God. Again, their hearts were purified BY FAITH. Faith in what? Jesus and his shed blood. The blood is "applied" by the agency of the Spirit. There is no literal "cleansing blood" touching anyone.
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It's weird. When I got the Holy Ghost, at the time I didn't know that was what it was called (the Baptism with the Holy Ghost). But I spoke in tongues, praised God, and got funny looks from the Baptist preacher lol.
Looking back, I believe I was 'entirely sanctified' in that experience. I had all the 'symptoms' if you will of what those holiness preachers called 'sanctification'. Of course, at the time, I had ZERO idea what that was all about. But I cannot help but believe that 'whatever you need from God it's in the holy Ghost'.
Interestingly enough, Durham said when he got the holy Ghost, from that moment on he could never preach sanctification as a 'SECOND' work, but had to believe everything is available by faith as soon as you are able to believe.
It's been a long journey since then, and unfortunately I cannot claim to have 'held onto' everything I got the entire time since then. But I know He who began a good work in me will complete it unto the end.
Praise the name of the Lord.
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