This is a progressive knowing which all believers are to constantly cultivate. Perhaps the book's most sensational claim comes in a story in which God's power is said to have knocked Sam to the floor during a meeting. Because everything that you have desired for me to do in you is now done. The Pentateuch speaks of holy vestments, articles and more. If holiness is birthed, it is birthed in the new birth.
Practical holiness is a lifelong pursuit.
HIT ME, BEAT ME, HURT ME Charismatic hero worshipers need to be aware that Sam might be delivering them back into the Dark Ages and the reign of the idea that pain and suffering were visible signs of favor with God. Suffering may teach us patience and other lessons but the key to growth is our proper response. Bible verses on birth refer either to natural birth, the birth of Israel as a nation or the believer's spiritual rebirth in Christ. Sam's suggestion is foreign to the Scriptures since true holiness in the life of a believer is an ongoing struggle carried out on the basis of biblical principles. On pages 158-159, Sam recounts as a vision a Jewish and Christian myth in which God shows him the high priest entering the Holy of Holies with a rope around his ankle.