HOLINESS - THE KEY TO REVIVAL

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For sincere Christians, holiness is an aspiration which usually is only dreamt about, with no real concrete, proven, direction to follow.  Many of God's people also recognize that holiness is the key to a God-sent revival ....... but,

How do we become holy and walk in holiness?

Executive Summary

This study book is a book of Exposure, Hope and Challenge.

It is an exposure and an unearthing of a lost truth which needs to be rediscovered, taught and experienced in today’s Church.

This book is to bring hope, encouragement and fresh vision to the Church.

The book is for Christians who are:

• Saved - but stuck
• Forgiven - but not in victory.
• Frustrated - but believing.
• Dry, disappointed, discouraged, disillusioned, doubting, damaged, defeated and desperate.
• Hungry for more of God

It is for those who want their Christian life to be effective.

It is for Christians who want to see a genuine God-sent Revival.

It explores how we can obey the commandment of the Lord in 1 Peter 1:15-16, ‘Be ye Holy, as I am Holy.’

It explores through Scripture and proven testimonies, the Missing Link of the truth of Entire Sanctification or the Clean Heart, where victory over sin is possible (not sinless perfection, please note).

It is a challenge for honesty and reality in God’s people.

It is not intended to be arrogant or critical, but - it is one of exposure and challenge; the challenge in our ‘comfortable’ Western society.

This book is for the Lord’s glory and pleasure, and blessings and fulfilment for the people of God.

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Introduction

If you are hungry and desperate for more of God and His reality in your life and long to see and experience real Revival – this book is for you.

The subject – the challenge of Holiness and how it leads to Revival, was born twenty years ago out of divine dissatisfaction. My husband David and I had been Christians for several years, attended an excellent Bible-based charismatic church and received all round, sound teaching from many sources. Yet, we saw unreality, hypocrisy and super-spirituality in the church in general and we wanted reality and what Jesus said should happen in His church and for our lives.

David asked God to send him old Revival books and books of great men of God so that he could see if there was something common between them, and, if that was true, what was it! So started our ‘search’.

This desire for the truth, and the increasing revelation over this missing ‘key’, never went away, and to this day, it is as strong as we believe it could ever be. God has led, confirmed and encouraged us over and over again and is still doing so.

Scriptural Holiness, the ‘missing link’ is a result of experiencing and walking in what John Wesley termed Entire Sanctification – the main name I shall use in this study. Since the doctrine of Entire Sanctification has been almost forgotten, hidden and not taught or preached it could appear to be something new. We were careful, therefore, with whom we shared our discoveries, and even today, God restrains us or prompts us. We now feel compelled to ‘go public’ and proclaim this jewel. God clearly has told me to ‘share this with the King’s household’ (2 Kings 7:9) – with you my fellow believer.

John Wesley said, “Only share this with people who are hungry.” We are excited, as we have seen the increase of hunger in God’s people and many well-known international ministers of God expressing this deep hunger. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled” said Jesus. I pray that this study book will open the way to how to be filled!

Like Joshua and Caleb we press on in spite of unbelief and doubt in others. True holiness has never been a popular subject – the cost is very high.

Satan is a liar and a robber. For half a century and even longer, he has bred and fostered many misinterpretations, misconceptions, and half-truths to God’s people. So when we share this, we always ask people to:

• Pray and be like the Bereans and search the Scriptures – “…whether those things were so” Acts 17:11
• Please be patient and see the whole picture before you accept or reject this,
• Please be open-minded since you may hear things new to your perhaps long held theology, and
• Please read this book at least twice!

This book is an exposure of some lies of Satan that millions of sincere, lovely Christians have believed – due to wrong teaching.

I am not a clever scholar but the contents are based on God’s Word and proven testimonies and my personal observations and leading by the Lord. The content could well be controversial in places but I trust the Lord to be the judge. My intent is not to be arrogant or critical.

From the moment I was saved over thirty years ago, I asked the Holy Spirit to lead me into all truth, and to never let me go astray or follow a wrong doctrine. I believe He has led David and I along this path and we pray that it will lead to the ancient path – the Highway of Holiness – and that you too will walk with us along that road. (Isaiah 35:8 and Jeremiah 6:16)

My thanks to the few of our ‘holiness group’, who, over the last six years, have witnessed to this hidden truth, encouraged and supported us. Special thanks also to my ‘computer literate’ brothers - Robert Allison, Ron Hemes and especially Nigel Smeeth - without whom you’d never be reading this, and to David, my husband, who is one with me in all I share here. Thanks also to John Campbell who has helped in electronic distribution/marketing, and to Rev Paul Gardiner who directed us to The Church of God International Pentecostal who believe in the Wesleyan doctrine of Entire Sanctification.

Grateful and appreciative thanks go to Dr Hollis Gause for his dedicated and detailed work of theologically editing my book on behalf of The Church of God, International. Thank you for "reading" and affirming my heart.

May this book bring hope, renewed vision to the people of God and Revival to today’s church.

God bless you and may the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth, lead us ALL into ALL truth - for His glory!




Hampshire, UK

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"Holiness - The Key To Revival"

Contents

Chapter		Page
	Introduction	9
	Part One
1	What Is Wrong?	11
2	What is Missing?	13
3	A Clean Heart --> Holiness --> Revival!	19
4	Why has this Truth been lost to Today’s Church?	21
5	What Actually is Holiness?	25
6	What is the Scriptural Evidence for Holiness or Entire Sanctification?	27
7	Is only Half the Gospel Preached Today?	29
8	What is Man?	33
9	Sanctification—What is the Truth?	37
10	The Process to the State of Sanctification	41
11	How Can We be Holy and Free From Sin?	49
12	What Happened on the Cross?	51
13	Testimonies from Sanctified Saints	53
	Part Two
14	Deceived and Robbed!	63
15	Benefits and Results of Entire Sanctification	69
16	Why Revival Tarries	73
17	How to Receive Entire Sanctification	81
18	".... that we should not serve sin!" Romans 6:6	93
19	Romans 7:15-25	95
20	Romans 6:6 again	99
21	".... that the body of sin might be destroyed"	101
22	In a Nutshell!	103
23	Postscript	105
24	Scriptures…	109
25	Recommended Reading	119

 

 

 

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Endorsements

I am pleased to add my endorsement of Patricia Knowles new book, Holiness - The Key To revival. This book is biblically based, doctrinally sound, and passionately written. Her personal observations and the inclusion of proven testimonies strongly support her major premise that, the "highway of holiness" is the way to revival for today's church.

I highly recommend this book to ministers and laypersons alike. Its rich content, informational charts and diagrams, and Biblical foundation will serve as wonderful guides to anyone who is sincerely interested in seeing the church experience revival today. The church needs revival and the only path is for God's people to live the sanctified life.

Dr G Dennis McGuire
General Overseer of the Church of God


The need for Pentecostal renewal and revival in our churches has never been more urgent than it is today. David and Patricia Knowles have done an excellent job in pressing home this fact, and it is our prayer that the Holy Spirit will use this book to create in the hearts of His people the type of holiness that is acceptable to God.

Eric A. Brown FRSA
Administrative Bishop
New Testament Church of God
England & Wales


In a fresh, engaging and anointed manner, Patricia Knowles presents the neglected doctrine of holiness-sanctification as the key to the true, costly and deep renewal of the church. This is an unusual, thoroughly understandable and inspiring work. It deserves to be read by all who long for God, the revival of the church and the discipling of billions of our neighbours who need to know Christ and be prepared for His coming again.

Steven Jack Land, Ph.D
President, Professor of Pentecostal Theology
Church of God Theological Seminary

Patricia Knowles presents an impassioned cry for a return to the biblical experience of sanctification and to the living of a life of separation and purity: in other words, a life of holiness.  Her zeal for this call to holiness shows in every chapter of her book, HOLINESS, THE KEY TO REVIVAL.  I commend her for her zeal and love for this neglected teaching.

 This book is devotional in nature, but it is more than that.  It is a valuable resource that presents Scripture, doctrine and the testimony of many believers who have followed this way of life in the Holy Spirit and can testify to the effectiveness of the message.

 The passion of the book is to demonstrate that the experience of personal sanctification is provided in Christ's death and resurrection, commanded and promised in Scripture and is a very real experience in the record of Scriptures and believers in Jesus Christ in all ages of the Christian church.

 This book is a welcome contribution to holiness Pentecostal literature.  It is highly readable.  It lends itself easily to teaching.  It provides graphics that are adaptable to overhead projection and power point presentation.

 I am pleased to commend this book to the attention and use by laity, pastors, teachers, evangelists and other ministers of the Word.

R. Hollis Gause, Litt.D., Ph.D., D.D.
Professor of New Testament and Theology
Church of God Theological Seminary
Cleveland, TN, USA

On Chapter 24 –Scriptures on Sanctification and Holiness

“This is an excellent listing of texts on the subject of your book; these texts could be used by a pastor as a study guide for mid-week prayer services or Sunday evening services in series.” 

“You have an excellent presentation here. I think that it is on the ‘cutting edge’ of a revival of Holiness among Pentecostals and also in the Evangelical movement. I am of the opinion that this is going to be the ‘hot topic’ for preaching, conferences and publications for time to come” 

R. Hollis Gause, Litt.D., Ph.D., D.D.
Professor of New Testament and Theology
Church of God Theological Seminary
Cleveland, TN, USA

 Reader’s Comment

“It (the book) is so clear, it is so true, right, noble, totally crucially relevant, and other words I cannot find! Wonderful, inspiring, and, potentially life changing! I am not making this up – you must write the second book!”

John B.
Florida, USA

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Key Quotes

“I was satisfied that the doctrine of Entire Sanctification in this life, in the sense that it was the privilege of Christians to live without sin, was a doctrine taught in the Bible “      
CHARLES FINNEY

“There will be no great Revival until the people of God are deeply convicted of their need of holiness”  
MAJOR ALLISTAIRE SMITH (Salvation Army)

“A God-sent Revival must ever be related to holiness” 
Rev DUNCAN CAMPBELL

“Holiness has been the message of saints of God down the centuries,  and was the foundation of the glorious Revivals of Christianity under the original Quakers, Methodists and the Salvation Army and wherever it is truly known and experienced, it is the bringer-in of Revival today .”
PAGET WILKES

“That such widespread misunderstanding should exist about the word (sanctification) and its meaning, is a spiritual disaster .If  there is one New Testament term more  than another which calls for rescue  it is that precious, expressive word, Sanctification. “   
SIDLOW BAXTER

 “Believers must be brought into conviction of the shame and evil of the carnal state. God brings believers  into, what may be called ,a second conviction — conviction of a need of deliverance from the power of sin.” 
Rev ANDREW MURRAY

True holiness is a Revival of Holiness. Personal holiness is more desirable than happiness, he (Duncan Campbell) taught, and it is not in heaven alone that God wants our saintliness - it is here and now; holiness is not just a doctrine to be taught, it is a way of life - it is the life of Jesus.

Rev DUNCAN CAMPBELL

When the acts of sin are forgiven through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Calvary, that nature of sin still remains in the heart, and so many have never heard that there is deliverance from it. That is why I specially believe in Holiness Meetings.

CHARLES STALKER (1920)

Being wholly sanctified is the completion of grace done in the heart at conversion and is generally a second, definite experience. This second work of grace is two-fold; first a cleansing of the heart from indwelling sin, and secondly an incoming of the Holy Ghost making the Lord Jesus all in all to the believer.

I R GOVAN STEWART writing about PAGET WILKES

Sanctification is cleansing to make holy ...... The Baptism with the Holy Spirit is a gift of power upon the sanctified life.

WILLIAM SEYMOUR (1906)

.... it is the spiritual work of Jesus Christ to purify His people by His own blood to rid them of this deep-lying disease. That is why He is called the Great Physician. He is able to heal us of this plague of impurity and iniquity, redeeming us from the consequences of our sins and purifying us from the presence of our sins.

A.W. TOZER

When we have a clear knowledge of justification and sanctification, then we can be a recipient of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.

WILLIAM SEYMOUR

God Who delivers us from the guilt of sin through faith in Jesus Christ, is able to deliver the believer from the power of sin as well.

EDWIN ORR