God’s Grand Plan: God’s Grand Plan: Radical & PracticalRadical & Practical

The Holiness Experience Lived OutThe Holiness Experience Lived Out

God’s Grand Plan: Radical & God’s Grand Plan: Radical & PracticalPractical

““The life of holiness is not mysterious The life of holiness is not mysterious or overwhelming or too difficult to or overwhelming or too difficult to understand. It is life in the footsteps understand. It is life in the footsteps of Christ who is the true image of of Christ who is the true image of God. . . . To see Him is to understand God. . . . To see Him is to understand the nature of holiness, and to follow the nature of holiness, and to follow Him is to be marked by it.” Him is to be marked by it.”

- - Salvation StorySalvation Story

God’s Grand Plan: Radical & God’s Grand Plan: Radical & PracticalPractical

““Holiness expresses itself socially in Holiness expresses itself socially in covenants. It both places us in the covenants. It both places us in the social arena and transforms our social arena and transforms our relationships.” relationships.”

- Salvation Story- Salvation Story

HOLINESS IS HOLINESS IS RELATIONALRELATIONAL

Holiness is RelationalHoliness is Relational

““The experience of holiness isn’t The experience of holiness isn’t merely a very blessed spiritual merely a very blessed spiritual feeling on a Sunday morning. If feeling on a Sunday morning. If it is anything at all, it has its it is anything at all, it has its outworking in everyday life, outworking in everyday life, seven days a week.”seven days a week.”

Holiness is RelationalHoliness is Relational

““Holiness demands Holiness demands that we get our that we get our hands dirty while hands dirty while asking God to keep asking God to keep our hearts clean.”our hearts clean.”

Robert StreetRobert StreetCalled to be God’s PeopleCalled to be God’s People

Holiness and Social Holiness and Social RelationshipsRelationships

““The doctrine book of 1881 tied The doctrine book of 1881 tied together the concepts of holiness and together the concepts of holiness and service. It declared that ‘sanctification service. It declared that ‘sanctification is the separation of the soul from sin, is the separation of the soul from sin, and the devotion of the whole being to and the devotion of the whole being to the will and service of God.”the will and service of God.”

John RhemickJohn Rhemick

A New People of God: A Study in SalvationismA New People of God: A Study in Salvationism

Holiness & EthicsHoliness & Ethics““What we have not done, it seems to What we have not done, it seems to me, is to explore adequately the me, is to explore adequately the basis that our holiness doctrine basis that our holiness doctrine provides for social action (in provides for social action (in contradistinction to social service) contradistinction to social service) and for striking various stances on and for striking various stances on social ethical issues.“social ethical issues.“

Shaw CliftonShaw CliftonNever the Same Again Never the Same Again

Holiness & EthicsHoliness & Ethics

General Clifton poses the following General Clifton poses the following questions:questions:

““If we accept the Tenth Doctrine, If we accept the Tenth Doctrine, how will that shape our position on how will that shape our position on abortion or on euthanasia? How will abortion or on euthanasia? How will that determine not only what we that determine not only what we say, but how we say it and when say, but how we say it and when and to whom?and to whom?””

Holiness & EthicsHoliness & Ethics““If we are If we are preaching and preaching and teaching teaching sanctification, sanctification, what will that what will that mean for working mean for working out a position on out a position on poverty, or war, or poverty, or war, or terrorism, or terrorism, or family violence?”family violence?”

Holiness & EthicsHoliness & Ethics““If we believe it is If we believe it is the privilege of all the privilege of all believers to be believers to be wholly sanctified, wholly sanctified, what are the direct what are the direct or indirect or indirect consequences for consequences for addressing the addressing the lawmaking programs lawmaking programs in our federal and in our federal and state legislatures?”state legislatures?”

Holiness & RelationshipsHoliness & Relationships

People peoplePeople peopleMachine peopleMachine peopleLandscape peopleLandscape peopleInvisible peopleInvisible people

Holiness & RelationshipsHoliness & Relationships““[God] makes invisible people into [God] makes invisible people into People people with three essential People people with three essential actions:actions:

JusticeJustice

RighteousnessRighteousness

Compassion Compassion

Wesley Campbell & Stephen CourtWesley Campbell & Stephen Court

Be a HeroBe a Hero

Holiness & RelationshipsHoliness & Relationships

JUSTICEJUSTICE - - משפטמשפט - - mishpat mishpat

Psalm 140:12Psalm 140:12

Leviticus 19:15Leviticus 19:15

RIGHTEOUSNESSRIGHTEOUSNESS - - צדקהצדקה – – tsadaqahtsadaqah

Isaiah 5:16Isaiah 5:16

1 John 3:71 John 3:7

Holiness & RelationshipsHoliness & Relationships

Holiness & RelationshipsHoliness & Relationships

COMPASSION COMPASSION - - רחםרחם - - racham racham

Psalm 145:9Psalm 145:9

Matthew 9:36Matthew 9:36

Colossians 3:12Colossians 3:12

Holiness & Social ActionHoliness & Social Action

HOLINESS HOLINESS CONFRONTS CONFRONTS SOCIAL SOCIAL INJUSTICEINJUSTICE

WHOLE WHOLE PERSONS AND PERSONS AND SOCIETIES ARE SOCIETIES ARE IMPACTEDIMPACTED

The Holiness ExperienceThe Holiness ExperienceLived OutLived Out

"The Army needs its "The Army needs its soldiers and officers soldiers and officers to be steeped in this to be steeped in this key distinctive key distinctive [holiness doctrine] [holiness doctrine] and to be not only and to be not only teachers, but also teachers, but also role models, of the role models, of the holy life.“holy life.“

Shaw Clifton Shaw Clifton