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ved. 35 Ibid., p. 51. Ivan Kargel and the Fulfilment of Revival 31 o z: point in time’. They are two simultaneous actions, salvation ‘concerns the on glorious position of the believer ... in Christ’, whereas sanctification is ‘continuous’ and to be carried out through the ongoing ‘behaviour and walk while here on earth’. In the first action, salvation is the action of Jesus and is finished and perfect. The second act is simultaneous with the first and sanctification is an unfinished (yet started) process which must be 38 accomplished through the Holy Spirit in cooperation with the individual. The Holy Spirit will not force the process of sanctification; it is a ‘very tender’ process of gently turning the believer and ‘only possible with a yielding to the Holy Spirit in an ultimate and unconditional way.’ 39 If the believer refuses to yield to the tender process of sanctification, they will be departing from the intended path. It may be due to ignorance that the believer ignores the Holy Spirit. In the beginning of his book, What is Your Relationship to the Holy Spirit?, Kargel writes, ‘I would like to ask each of the readers a serious question. Did you accept the Holy Spirit when you believed?’ 40 Later, he reflects on the biblical story of Acts 19 regarding the Ephesians who had been baptised with John’s baptism. He stated, ‘Maybe it was faith in the historic facts, the letters, intellectual faith, but it was not the faith of a regenerated heart.’ 41 Saving faith must be accompanied and motivated by the Holy Spirit; otherwise it is the type of faith which achieves nothing. According to Kargel, the only people who were saved without the Holy Spirit were the true followers of Christ before the Day of Pentecost. The followers of Christ, according to Kargel, already possessed justification and adoption by God but they were, nevertheless, required to remain in Jerusalem until they would be ‘vested with by a Higher Power’ , 42 Near the end of his book, Sin, the Evil of All Evils, Kargel provides an answer to the sin problem which reflects the Keswick holiness understanding of sanctification and the Holiness concept of a ‘double cure’. But, maybe you already belong to those that have accepted Christ’s salvation, therefore, for that, let there be glory and praise to the Lord! Oh, but now watch out that this is not limited only to a satisfaction of escaping hell and the future wrath which you deserve, having received forgiveness for your sins. Sadly, many have stopped at this point, leading cold, indifferent, pitiful lives. You must have not only a forgiveness of 36 Ibid., p. 56. 37 Ibid., p. 55. 38 Ibid., p. 54. 39 Ibid., in What is your Relationship to the Holy Spirit, p. 143. 40 Ibid., p. 115. 41 Ibid., p. 116. 42 Ibid., p. 122. 32 Baptistic Theologies your sins but an additional freedom from its power, to be saved from the effects of evil and all its hindrances in you