... over" in the life of the believer. There seems to be two extreme views of sin in the life of the believer. The first is the idea that "Christians cannot sin." Persons in this camp argue that real Christians cannot sin because a Christian is Christ-like and Christ had no sin. If one claims to be a Christian and is sinning, he is a liar. A sinning Christian is an oxymoron. John Wesley insisted that through God's grace the living presence of sin could be conquered and he preached that people must remain steadfast in the faith. (Johnson 224) Wesley followers insist on living a sinless life in order to remain in the family of Christ. The doctrine tends to surface from a hyper-Arminian or holiness denomination. Their greatest concern is for purity of life - a life without sin. Necessarily, the doctrine insists on absolute purity to be ...

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