Sources Used During Today’s Broadcast: Romans 8, 1 Corinthians 13
Jesus promises us a complete victory over sin, and today’s broadcast is presented through the lens of Charles Finney, whose views are somewhat unique. Jesus will give victory over sin, and that’s a good litmus test to see if you’ve been converted. The quote from John Wesley below is that if you’ve been justified you have the power over sin, the flesh and the devil, even though the “old man” has not been removed but the Holy Spirit calls us to “higher ground” so that our life can be focused on rescuing others and not on this battle with the carnal mind.
Where do you stand today?
From long experience and observation I am inclined to think, that whoever finds redemption in the blood of Jesus, whoever is justified, has then the choice of walking in the higher or the lower path. I believe the Holy Spirit at that time sets before him “the more excellent way,” and incites him to walk therein, to choose the narrowest path in the narrow way, to aspire after the heights and depths of holiness, — after the entire image of God. But if he does not accept this offer, he insensibly declines into the lower order of Christians. He still goes on in what may be called a good way, serving God in his degree, and finds mercy in the close of life, through the blood of the covenant. Taken from John Wesley’s Sermon 89, The More Excellent Way
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