Faith Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Methodism ==== In [[Methodism]], faith plays an important role in [[Justification (theology)|justification]], which occurs during the [[born again|New Birth]].<ref name="Elwell2001">{{cite book|last= Elwell|first= Walter A.|title= Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (Baker Reference Library)|date=1 May 2001|publisher=Baker Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-4412-0030-3|page=1268|quote= This balance is most evident in Wesley's understanding of faith and works, justification and sanctification... Wesley, in a sermon entitled 'Justification by Faith', makes an attempt to define the term accurately. First, he states what justification is not. It is not being made actually just and righteous (that is sanctification). It is not being cleared of the accusations of Satan, nor of the law, nor even of God. We have sinned, so the accusation stands. Justification implies pardon, the forgiveness of sins...Ultimately for the true Wesleyan salvation is completed by our return to original righteousness. This is done by the work of the Holy Spirit...The Wesleyan tradition insists that grace is not contrasted with law but with the works of the law. Wesleyans remind us that Jesus came to fulfill, not destroy the law. God made us in his perfect image, and he wants that image restored. He wants to return us to a full and perfect obedience through the process of sanctification... Good works follow after justification as its inevitable fruit. Wesley insisted that Methodists who did not fulfill all righteousness deserved the hottest place in the lake of fire. }}</ref> The [[Emmanuel Association]], a Methodist denomination in the [[conservative holiness movement]], teaches:<ref name="Emmanuel2002"/> {{blockquote|Living faith is the gift of God ({{bibleverse|Ephesians|2:8}}; {{Bibleverse|Romans|4:16}}) imparted to the obedient heart through the Word of God ({{Bibleverse|Romans|10:17}}), and the ministry of the Holy Ghost ({{Bibleverse|Ephesians|2:18}}). This faith becomes effective as it is exercised by man with the aid of the Spirit, which aid is always assured when the heart has met the divine condition ({{Bibleverse|Hebrews|5:9}}). Living faith is to be distinguished from intellectual confidence which may be in the possession of any unawakened soul ({{Bibleverse|Romans|10:1β4}}).|Principles of Faith, Emmanuel Association of Churches<ref name="Emmanuel2002">{{cite book |title= Guidebook of the Emmanuel Association of Churches |date= 2002 |publisher= [[Emmanuel Association]] |location= [[Logansport, Indiana|Logansport]] |page=7 |language=English}}</ref>}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page