Bridging the Gap between Pentecostal Holiness and Morality

Abstract

"The early Pentecostals, therefore, were already seeking for a balance between the spiritual and the behavioral. Recognizing the gap between “inward experience” and “holy living,” they were seeking for balance between external ethics and inward purity of heart. They understood that there was a close connection, correlation and interaction between the two and that the problem is that of a “right adjustment and mutual development” of the two. However, Pentecostals have not been completely successful in finding a balance and the “pendulum” continues to swing."