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Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology is unavailable, but you can change that!

Keswick theology—one of the most significant strands of second-blessing theology—assumes that Christians experience two “blessings.” The first is getting “saved,” and the second is getting serious. The change is dramatic: from a defeated life to a victorious life, from a lower life to a higher life, from a shallow life to a deeper life, from a fruitless life to a more abundant life, from being...

The cure for sin is based on the fundamental proposition that there are two categories of Christians. See table 3.3, which uses Keswick’s own labels.21 Table 3.3. Keswick theology’s two categories of Christians Category 1 Category 2 Justified but no crisis of sanctification Justified and crisis of sanctification Justification actual (factual); sanctification possible Sanctification actual and experiential (functional) Free from sin’s