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14th. From this subject it is manifest that the sinner's obligation to make to himself a new heart, is infinite. Sinner! your obligations to love God is equal to the excellence of his character, and your guilt in not obeying him is of course equal to your obligation. You cannot therefore for an...

13th. Again--You see that sinners should not content themselves with praying for a new heart. It has been common for those who believe that sinners are unable to change their own heart, when sinners have inquired what they should do to be saved, to substitute another requirement for that...

6th. This subject shews also, that if the sinner ever has a new heart, he must obey the command of the text, and make it himself. But here some one may interpose and say, Is not this taking the work out of God's hands, and robbing him of the glory? No. It is the only view of the subject that...

4th. Again--You see from this subject the NATURE of the Spirit's agency. That he does not act by direct physical contact upon the mind, but that he uses the truth as his sword to pierce the sinner; and that the motives presented in the Gospel are the instruments he uses to change the sinner's...

I shall conclude this discourse with several inferences and remarks. Ist. Sinners make their own wicked hearts. Their preference of sin is their own voluntary act. They make self-gratification the rule to which they conform all their conduct. When they come into being, the first principle that...

Not only does the preacher cry Stop, but, through the living voice of the preacher, the Spirit cries Stop. The preacher cries, "Turn ye, why will ye die." The Spirit pours the expostulation home with such power, that the sinner turns. Now, in speaking of this change, it is perfectly proper to...

The fact is, that the actual turning, or change, is the sinner's own act. The agent who induces him, is the Spirit of God. A secondary agent, is the preacher, or individual who presents the truth. The truth is the instrument, or motive, which the Spirit uses to induce the sinner to turn. Suppose...

MyWay Complete INDEX OF SERMONS AND LECTURES by Charles G. Finney

As if that were a bad thing. Have you ever read Finney's works? I feel a strong sense of conviction every time I read a work of Finney; his works are definitely works of the Holy Spirit.

I probably should just leave them to themselves, and let the blind be leaders of the blind.

Then why don't you sit down and explain it to me? Write out a dissertation of "the truth" and how it coincides with such verses as 2 Timothy 3:16-17. Paul taught the following: 2Ti 3:16, All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for...

The holes in your flawed reasoning are readily apparent; I do not even need to answer. For one thing, you are using human logic in an attempt to argue with the revealed truth of holy scripture.

But you are saying that James' epistle is the gospel to the Jews, and therefore should not be included as holy scripture in the biblical canon. Yet you said, If James' epistle is the gospel to the Jews and not to the Gentiles, then He continued that religion in James' epistle. But if James...

It is not considered by most Bible-believers (Christians) to be holy scripture. The fact that its fruit is most often terrorism is the only evidence that I need to be able to discount it as holy scripture.

Faith is not a work according to a closer look at Ephesians 2:8-9. It is the grace that is the gift of God; not the faith. You are in this implying that you think that salvation is by works; however in this you are sadly mistaken. I do not state that I save myself in my response to the...

Calvinism is the aberration; for it is in denial of certain scriptures as Romans 10:9-13 and Romans 5:2 and Ephesians 2:8-9 by implication; it is also in abject denial of the latter part of John 6:37. And many other things too.

Why does God have a different gospel for Jews as for Gentiles? Is there not one gospel? If James preached a different gospel than Paul, then watch out if that gospel ever gets preached to a Gentile! The person preaching that gospel would be accursed according to Galatians 1:6-9. The epistle...

Rom 4:1, What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? Rom 4:2, For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. Rom 4:3, For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for...

I think that the best way to correct the problem would be for those priests to be born again. It is a huge problem in the Catholic Church that people are allowed to be ministers who have not been regenerated by the Holy Spirit; they are given positions of authority but there is no spiritual...

We are saved by grace through faith; and this means that we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand. I'm not sure how you think this contradicts my pov. We become God's masterpiece through our faith in Him; our works are the result of our faith in Jesus. I assume that you are...