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The traditional Pentecostal position of Assemblies of God is the one that I accept. Feeling the presence of God resulting in tongues as outward evidence, is the baptism in the Holy Spirit, and is understood as only empowering a progressive sanctification, which is understood as a heartfelt loving obedience to the moral commandments of the Bible. This view was represented by the AG theologian Myer Pearlman, who also denied Wesleyan eradicationism (see Knowing the Doctrines of the Bible, p. 249ff; Five Views on Sanctification, p. 111).