Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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THE EFFECTS OF ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION 373 and of themselves; (2) or, because the Christian knows he is sanctified, he may conclude that all his impulses are right, and adopt the deadly and destructive dictum of Au- gustine to love the Lord, and do as you please. ' ' Holiness, then mean sj the destruction of carnality but the direction of humani ty. Dr. E. P. Ellyson wrote: Sanctification does not destroy a single natural soul faculty. All of the natural appetites, senses and capacities are left. In the work of cleansing, r II l ' — —— ■■ I ' ■- ...1....-1., .. ...n.-r.i - ?- ... God does not destroy man ' s eyesight to kee p him fromjooking at obscene pictures, his passion toKee p him from Iust7 or his temper t o keep him fro m getti ng angry J He simply takes si n ou t of these soul capacities a nd pla ces righ teousness therein, leaving h i m free, under the Spirit ' s in dwelling to constant ly choose an d will the will of the Master. 5 The native instinctive equipment of the sanctified per- son is not modified. The dynamics of personality are vital to human life, and while purged of sin are left intact. These urges, impulses, drives, and powers are neither good nor bad in themselves. They are like the engine in the au- tomobile which supplies its motion but does not determine its direction. The same engine will drive the automobile to the pool hall and roadhouse, or to the church and on er- rands of mercy. The same instinctive urges which destroy the soul, if misdirected, may build its greatest usefulness when guided aright. No complete listing of the dynamic features of human personality will be attempted here. Some of these major drives which must be kept under control are (1) self-pres- ervation, including food, flight, and fight ; (2) sex, or race preservation; (3) play, the need for motor activity; (4) herd or sociability tendencies; (5) self-assertion; (6) curi- osity, the desire to learn and know; (7) and acquisitive- ness. None of these is sinful in itself. All of these may be- come the occasion for sin if not brought into subjection to the ideals of the Christ-life. Different persons at different ages will need to apply controls at different points. The emergence of many of these basic drives is a matter of maturation. The young may find sex, play, and herd tendencies most clamorous. 5. Ye Must, p. 149.