The CoG (Holiness Movement) was founded initially on a OSAS…

The CoG (Holiness Movement) was founded initially on a OSAS definition of regeneration carried forth from the Baptist churches of Tellico Plains. It soon mingled with Methodism and the holiness move throughout the country.

It soon lost it’s OSAS view and moved to a second work of sanctification and maintained a distinctive dual work in salvation: new birth and sanctification.

A person could be born again and yet not be sanctified. A person born again might prevail in prayer for weeks, months, years or never attain sanctification.

My belief is the new birth is a work from above according to the will of the Father and can’t be forfeited while sanctification is a cooperative work of the new born seeking his sanctification.

Sanctification can be resisted and denied. Once sanctified does not guarantee one to be eternally sanctified.

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4 comments

Charles Page says:

July 9, 2016 at 5:00 pm

OSAS is rooted in a progressive sanctification not indistinct from regeneration. Salvation is not from above according to the will of the father but is according to the free will of man. Salvation is according to a decision and that decision is eternal, because it is a work of faith. A work of faith cannot fail because the faith is a gift of God

If the sanctified life is not manifestly demonstrated then there exist the possibility that the faith was not genuine and there was no new birth to begin with. This is a teaching of eternal insecurity.

How far removed is the COG teaching on progressive sanctification removed from OSAS?

Pat Fretwell says:

July 9, 2016 at 11:21 pm

What is osas?

Charles Page says:

July 9, 2016 at 11:34 pm

Once saved always saved

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