When a believing child of God is sanctified wholly, several things happen which affect his or her experience and life:
1. The love of God is perfected in a mighty way. Romans 5:1: “The love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Ghost who was given unto us.”
2. The filling of the Spirit brings a fuller persuasion to the soul. One can go from an unsanctified Peter who denied his Lord, to a Peter that proclaimed the gospel to thousands without fear.
3. The work of entire sanctification is fullness of peace. In regeneration, the soul is at peace with God. In sanctification, the soul is filled with the boundless peace of God.
4. He or she receives a divine frame of mind that is contrary to human nature and keeps the child of God serene and sweet under all provocation.
5. The Holy Spirit in sanctifying power produces a peculiar sensitivity of conscience. The Spirit filled Christian needs only to know the Word of God to know where he stands on any issue of life. There is clarity for the sanctified believer.
6. The Holy Spirit brings to the sanctified a clear appreciation of Bible truths. The Holy Spirit will teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance as you need them. The Bible is a joy to read to the sanctified Christian.
7. The sanctifying presence of the Holy Spirit makes Christians living witnesses for Christ. Acts 1:8: “But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you and ye shall be witnesses unto me....”
8. There will be a constant growth in God’s grace after you are sanctified wholly. ‘Grow in grace and in the knowledge of God,” is the rule for Christian growth.
The above list is not exhaustive, but it describe some of the effects of entire sanctification in the life of the believer.
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