I believe that when i trusted Christ as my savior at that moment I received ALL spriual blessings in Christ.
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Eddie B,
Your statement really got me thinking--in a whole lot of directions, actually. I'll try to sort them out. It IS possible that everything God has for you was received all at once. From my reading, though, it doesn't appear to happen that way for most.
There are multitudes of stories that people shared in the holiness literature I have read and I see no reason that all of them would share false experiences--lie to us. So, assuming they are sharing legitimate experiences with God blessing their lives in a mighty way, if our lives are not similarly blessed right now, why wouldn't we desire it? Why wouldn't we want all God has for us?
The fruit of a sanctified life looks like this: Sanctification seems to be relatively instanteous, a "sudden blessing" like Pentecost was. It's like it falls from Heaven and is a very personal glory. Deep and troublesome carnal personality issues (like a tendency to become angry a lot) disappear in the glory of God's Presence and does not return. Peter, in the Bible, completely lost his cowardice and became a pillar of strength.
God actually gives you His purpose for your life and the miracles needed to achieve it. Your faith in Him goes up many notches on the guage--so to speak--and there is a strong sense of "nothing is impossible with God."
Different stories from a variety of sanctified people of years ago reveal different gifts that were given. One lady, known as Holy Ann, had a terrible temper that completely left her when sanctified and never returned. She never had an education but "supernaturally" learned to read the Bible (but, interestingly, could only read that book--no other reading material made sense to her).
Preachers who received this gift of sanctification seemed to irritate religious authority (boards, meeting leaders, unsanctified pastors) BUT when allowed to hold their meetings in the churches, attracted very large crowds of people with many going to the altars (the mourner's bench) and becoming saved (regenerated) AND sanctified, too. So, it can happen quickly, where you receive the first blessing and then the second...but note the fruit of the second blessing and ask yourself, as I ask myself today, has the second blessing happened for me?
I can't say that it has for me...but, my desire is fairly constant and God knows my heart and I trust (I have faith) that He is going to bestow it upon me one day...when I least expect it. Smile, you are sanctified, Radical Christian.
Just consider, maybe God has more for you. Maybe He will empower you in such a way that all your family will see the truth as Jesus shines in you and become saved and sanctified, too. And, maybe the time of doubting will abruptly come to an end once you are sanctified. Isn't it exciting thinking about how God might greatly bless you because you desire only Him and do not want to dilute His power by becoming focused on this carnal world's activities and distractions any longer?
It won't hurt to "sell everything and buy the field where the treasure is buried". It won't hurt should you want to obtain "the pearl of great price." But, Eddie, like I said earlier, if you've already got ALL of God's blessings now, and you are experiencing the fruit of those blessings (as mentioned above), then praise God. But, if you aren't, then you've got something to look forward to..as do I.
I'm just sharing with the group here what my study of this earlier "classic" Christian literature has revealed to me. I think there's something to it.