Editing Concupiscence (section)

==Methodist teaching==
The [[Wesleyan–Arminian theology]] of the [[Methodist Churches]], inclusive of the [[Wesleyan-Holiness movement]], teaches that humans, though being born with [[original sin]], can turn to God as a result of ''[[prevenient grace]]'' and do good; this prevenient grace convicts humans of the necessity of the [[Born_again#Methodism|new birth]] (first work of grace), through which he is justified (pardoned) and regenerated.<ref name="Whidden2005">{{cite web |last1=Whidden |first1=Woodrow W. |title=Adventist Theology: The Wesleyan Connection |url=https://adventistbiblicalresearch.org/es/node/203 |publisher=Biblical Research Institute |access-date=30 June 2019 |language=en |date=18 April 2005}}</ref> After this, to willfully sin would be to [[Conditional preservation of the saints|fall from grace]], though a person can be restored to fellowship with God through [[repentance]].<ref name="Whidden2005"/><ref name="Long2012">{{cite book |last1=Long |first1=D. Stephen |title=Keeping Faith: An Ecumenical Commentary on the Articles of Religion and Confession of Faith in the Wesleyan Tradition |date=1 March 2012 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-62189-416-2 |language=English}}</ref> When the believer is [[Christian perfection|entirely sanctified]] (second work of grace), his/her original sin is washed away.<ref name="Whidden2005" /> Methodist theology firstly distinguishes between original sin and [[actual sin]]:<ref name="Rothwell1998">{{cite book |last1=Rothwell |first1=Mel-Thomas |last2=Rothwell |first2=Helen |title=A Catechism on the Christian Religion: The Doctrines of Christianity with Special Emphasis on Wesleyan Concepts |date=1998 |publisher=Schmul Publishing Co. |page=49 |language=en}}</ref>
{{Quote|Original sin is the sin which corrupts our nature and gives us the tendency to sin. Actual sins are the sins we commit every day before we are saved, such as lying, swearing, stealing.<ref name="Rothwell1998"/>}}

It further categorizes sin as being "sin proper" and "sin improper".<ref name="Whidden2005"/> Sins proper (or sin, properly so called) are those that are committed freely and willfully, which result in a loss of entire sanctification.<ref name="Brown">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Allan |title=Questions About Entire Sanctification |url=https://www.gbs.edu/questions-about-entire-sanctification/ |publisher=[[God's Bible School and College]] |access-date=3 September 2020 |language=en |date=1 June 2008 |quote=The only way a person can “lose” (“reject” is a better term) his entire sanctification is through willful sin or unbelief (which is also sin).}}</ref><ref name="Whidden2005"/><ref name="Trinklein2016">{{cite web |last1=Trinklein |first1=John |title=Holiness Unto Whom? John Wesley 's Doctrine of Entire Sanctification in Light of The Two Kinds of Righteousness |url=https://scholar.csl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=phd |publisher=Concordia Seminary |access-date=30 June 2019 |language=en |date=1 August 2016}}</ref> Sins improper (or sin, improperly so called) are those in the "category of benign neglect, fruits of infirmity (forgetfulness, lack of knowledge, etc)".<ref name="Whidden2005"/> In traditional Methodist theology, these (improper) sins are not classified as sins, as explained by Wesley, "Such transgressions you may call sins, if you please: I do not, for the reasons above-mentioned."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wesley|first=John|title=The Works of John Wesley., Third Edition., vol. 11|publisher=London: Wesleyan Methodist Book Room|year=1872|pages=396}}</ref> John Wesley explains the matter like this:<ref name=":0"/> <blockquote>"Nothing is sin, strictly speaking, but a voluntary transgression of a known law of God. Therefore, every voluntary breach of the law of love is sin; and nothing else, if we speak properly. To strain the matter farther is only to make way for Calvinism. There may be ten thousand wandering thoughts, and forgetful intervals, without any breach of love, though not without transgressing the Adamic law. But Calvinists would fain confound these together. Let love fill your heart, and it is enough!"<ref name=":0">Wesley, J. (1872). The Works of John Wesley (Third Edition, Vol. 12, p. 394). London: Wesleyan Methodist Book Room.</ref></blockquote>
Although an entirely sanctified person is not free from temptation, "the entirely sanctified person does have the distinct advantage of a pure heart and the fullness of the Holy Spirit's presence to give strength in resisting temptation."<ref name="Burnett2006">{{cite book |last1=Burnett |first1=Daniel L. |title=In the Shadow of Aldersgate: An Introduction to the Heritage and Faith of the Wesleyan Tradition |date=15 March 2006 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-62189-980-8 |language=English}}</ref> If a person [[backsliding|backslides]] through sin proper but later returns to God, he or she must repent and be [[Christian perfection#Wesleyan theology|entirely sanctified]] again, according to Wesleyan-Arminian theology.<ref name="Brown2008">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Allan P. |title=Questions About Entire Sanctification |url=https://www.gbs.edu/questions-about-entire-sanctification/ |website=God's Bible School & College |access-date=17 June 2019 |language=en |date=1 June 2008 |quote=Does an entirely sanctified person who rebels against God but later comes back to Him need to be entirely sanctified again? We do know that a person can rebel against God and later turn back in repentance and then be “re-saved.” Answer: Yes. To come back to God is the action of a backslider having his re in need of continual cleansing. The verb “cleanses us” is a present indica-relationship with God restored. After the restoration, one must walk in the light and obey Romans 12:1 and offer himself a living, holy, and acceptable sacrifice to God. This can be done only by a person in right relationship with God.}}</ref>