William Booth said, "I may say that a large proportion of the successes of the Salvation Army has been due, in my estimation, humanly, to our open-air operations. … in the ordinary course of things, we should have, you will easily see, no chance without open-air work."
where is there a salvation army Ekklesia in Scriptures? Where is there a general in the Ekklesia of Jesus Christ? Of all the topics Jesse you speak about until you understand the nature of the Ekklesia of God your work, your entire work will come down to a zealous man without the knowledge of the centrality of Jesus Christ. By avoiding this truth you are but carnal in your work and labor. By choosing to be ignorant of this truth you will suffer the loss as spoken in 1 Cor.3:10-15. May God help you come to the reality of Christ Jesus the Lord working in his body and minister according to Eph.4:16 and 1 Cor.14:26-38 This is my prayer for you
Paris Reidhead stated that 90% of Finney's converts (well of course God's converts by Finney's life) remained. Reidhead speaks very highly of Finny but for all those sceptics out there he is also spoke of John Calvin with admiration. (please note jesse that he also said calvin was agaist antinomianism) that i do not know of but i will say that Reidhead was in my estimation a man of God who was freihds with Leonard Ravenhill, A.W. Tozer and most of the great men of last century. His work "Ten shekles and a shirt" is worth listening to.
Where can I find the original source material that LR got saying 72% of Finney's converts stayed in the faith? (I don't have FB so can you link or share it here?) thanks.
This is a very misleading video about Charles Finney. While he did preach outward repentance, the problem was he thought that the work of revival was in no way a work of God, but by the persuasion of man. He wrote that it didn't take a miracle or supernatural act to save a soul, but charisma, emotion, and strong persuasion. And his version of the altar call was not what we have today, but it was the foundation of it. And the numbers of Finney's conversions being that high contradict so many other reports that they weren't. And take this into consideration, what defines that those conversions were real? Also, the comparison to Calvin is absolutely absurd since the two men did different ministries and had different views of God'sovereignty. Jesse Morrell should take more time to look at church history more extensively, he would find that Calvin didn't have the power to put anyone to death because he pastored a church in Geneva and only the Geneva gov't could put someone to death (and Calvin wasn't a legal citizen of that city to make that decision). The bottom line, these emotional salesman type methods to get a decision leads to false conversions because emotional yelling may lead to guilt, but it is only the power of God through the gospel that saves someone (Romans 1:16). Finney's methods are still employed today to get quick conversions and we live in a country that reflects these conversions.
I personally had some good reading things written by Charles Finney at some time in my life. There is a lot of good in them. However, Finney's concept of laws of revival sounds mechanistic and systematic theology can be a house of cards with some of the cards being unexamined wrong premises in there that will cause a collapse. The concept of spiritual "laws" seems to limit God and may have laid the groundwork for the magical thinking of the modern charismatics including hyper charismatics and new apostolic reformation. I doubt any of them reference or read Finney.
note John 6:66 context, they left because of Jesus' teaching about eating His flesh, and He did NOT say it was metaphorical. Paul's warning about eating without perceiving the Body of the Lord is significant, and Ignatius of Antioch, heir to the teaching both of John and of Peter, and whose life overlapped that of John, testifies to the literal transformation of the bread and wine into Christ's flesh and blood. This was the belief of the early church.Eastern Orthodox call it transformation Roman Catholicism calls it transubstantiation and attempt to figure with the finite human mind exactly when how and why it happens.Even before I quit Protestantism for Orthodoxy I could see that this transformation/transubstantiation doctrine was correct and Luther retained it, only Calvin and Zwingli denied it outright, and their doctrine took over Protestantism especially American Protestantism.
"Finney never made an altar call within the first twenty eight nights of preaching. Most of our evangelists don’t have twenty eight sermons. Twenty eight nights in a row and he never made an altar call. He didn’t preach the love of God. He… didn’t say “you’re a sinner, God loves you.” He said “God is angry with the wicked every day” (Ps 7:11) which the Word of God says. He didn’t preach grace, he preached Law. He didn’t preach love, he preached judgment. He didn’t preach heaven, he preached hell. He didn’t say “you’re a wonderful person” he said “you’re a rebel”. But he got results. 64% of D. L. Moodys converts backslid, 72% of the converts Finney got stood because he knew how to attack the human will, not just the emotions.” Leonard Ravenhill
There is NOTHING that Finney did which influenced Charles Spurgeon. That is ABSOLUTE foolishness !! Spurgeon wasn't an American free will worshipper. He didn't even take after his friend D.L. Moody with alter calls.
Not a fan of the intro but I really appreciated your calm and informed delivery. Glad to see someone standing up for Mr. Finney, he sure takes a lot of lumps at the hands of the Calvinists. I wish more of them were like Richard Owen Roberts who calls Finney a giant (I was personally present when he did so.)
Was Finney wrong about some things? Yes. Was he a man of God, used of God? Yes.
I wish more Calvinists today would respect and honor great men of God whether they be Arminian or Calvinist. Such a shame.
I like how people comment ready to attack Finney's ministry because they feel he didn't convert as many people. Such an American thing today. Revival won't happen in America today because of that type of mindset in the churches. The fact is William Booth, Finney, Wesley all believed revival comes when God brings it from the desire of the people. That's why God moved in their lives.
I came here to learn about Finney, but the second half seemed more like a pit match between Finney and Calvin. Why compare two people with different talents and strengths. Different members of the body have unique purposes. We have too much division in the body of Christ already, why perpetuate it?
Calvin was a Freemason, a Jesuit coadjutor and a classmate of Ignatius Loyola the son of Satan. His TULIP doctrine is heretical and has damned millions. William Booth was a Freemason and heretic promoting a Jesuitical "Social Justice" gospel. Charles Finney, although a former Mason renounced it vehemently and went on to do mighty things for God. The Jesuits HATE Finney because he did damage to their Masonic cabal and freed a multitude from Roman Catholic darkness and slavery!
I’m sorry but RavenHill is talking out of his Butt unless he or an organization over time collected the names of the people Finney and Moody lead to the Lord and tracked them years later to get that estimate. RavenHill was bad about over exaggerating. He doubted less than 5% of Christians in America were born again. This man was super judgmental and self righteously arrogant.
Finney irritated those he debated with to the point where they could not endure the agitation. Calvinists hate him. His belief on systematic theology defies their chosen beliefs. They abhor the use of "altar calls," when the Puritans used a similar method by bringing serious inquiries up and questioned how sincere they were to repent and come to Christ. He refused to sugarcoat his messages and it was estimated his preaching brought around 100k to salvation in Rochester NY. Those who hate Finney will always rebuff his works. What is not brought up is Calvin's later converts kicking out ppl who did not preach or take the chosen theology that Calvin accepted. Yet, Finney never threw a pastor out.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.” “As He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. What is God’s promise to mankind and His people? For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, “I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU.” For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Wow, trying to prop up Finney who denies that Jesus was the atonement. Also the state Burned heretics not Calvin. Wow, this is not based on facts….. sad 😞
A significant part of finney success lay with his intercession team led by Daniel Nash without whom Finney wouldn't be so successful. It therefore means the foundation of an effective revival is an effective prayer life.
Everything Charles G. Finney preached or wrote is according to God's Word. He is right in his doctrine. Finney loved God. Finney loved people and opposed racism. God blessed him abundantly because nobody preached grace as clearly as Finney. Finney is a blessing not only to America but also to the whole world.
unless you've studied deeply and prayed on and meditated and gone full berean mode on all the teachings of the supposed "heretics" Calvin burned, I would not loosely call them heretics.
The intro music is not holiness. . . it sounds like a club.
Leonard Ravenhill quote about Finney: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152092186456765&set=a.401341231764.186674.548736764&type=1&theater
William Booth said, "I may say that a large proportion of the successes of the Salvation Army has been due, in my estimation, humanly, to our open-air operations. … in the ordinary course of things, we should have, you will easily see, no chance without open-air work."
where is there a salvation army Ekklesia in Scriptures? Where is there a general in the Ekklesia of Jesus Christ? Of all the topics Jesse you speak about until you understand the nature of the Ekklesia of God your work, your entire work will come down to a zealous man without the knowledge of the centrality of Jesus Christ. By avoiding this truth you are but carnal in your work and labor. By choosing to be ignorant of this truth you will suffer the loss as spoken in 1 Cor.3:10-15. May God help you come to the reality of Christ Jesus the Lord working in his body and minister according to Eph.4:16 and 1 Cor.14:26-38 This is my prayer for you
i like some of finneys writings however no one is saved by law
Paris Reidhead stated that 90% of Finney's converts (well of course God's converts by Finney's life) remained. Reidhead speaks very highly of Finny but for all those sceptics out there he is also spoke of John Calvin with admiration. (please note jesse that he also said calvin was agaist antinomianism) that i do not know of but i will say that Reidhead was in my estimation a man of God who was freihds with Leonard Ravenhill, A.W. Tozer and most of the great men of last century. His work "Ten shekles and a shirt" is worth listening to.
Where can I find the original source material that LR got saying 72% of Finney's converts stayed in the faith?
(I don't have FB so can you link or share it here?) thanks.
This is a very misleading video about Charles Finney. While he did preach outward repentance, the problem was he thought that the work of revival was in no way a work of God, but by the persuasion of man. He wrote that it didn't take a miracle or supernatural act to save a soul, but charisma, emotion, and strong persuasion. And his version of the altar call was not what we have today, but it was the foundation of it. And the numbers of Finney's conversions being that high contradict so many other reports that they weren't. And take this into consideration, what defines that those conversions were real? Also, the comparison to Calvin is absolutely absurd since the two men did different ministries and had different views of God'sovereignty. Jesse Morrell should take more time to look at church history more extensively, he would find that Calvin didn't have the power to put anyone to death because he pastored a church in Geneva and only the Geneva gov't could put someone to death (and Calvin wasn't a legal citizen of that city to make that decision). The bottom line, these emotional salesman type methods to get a decision leads to false conversions because emotional yelling may lead to guilt, but it is only the power of God through the gospel that saves someone (Romans 1:16). Finney's methods are still employed today to get quick conversions and we live in a country that reflects these conversions.
I personally had some good reading things written by Charles Finney at some time in my life. There is a lot of good in them. However, Finney's concept of laws of revival sounds mechanistic and systematic theology can be a house of cards with some of the cards being unexamined wrong premises in there that will cause a collapse. The concept of spiritual "laws" seems to limit God and may have laid the groundwork for the magical thinking of the modern charismatics including hyper charismatics and new apostolic reformation. I doubt any of them reference or read Finney.
note John 6:66 context, they left because of Jesus' teaching about eating His flesh, and He did NOT say it was metaphorical. Paul's warning about eating without perceiving the Body of the Lord is significant, and Ignatius of Antioch, heir to the teaching both of John and of Peter, and whose life overlapped that of John, testifies to the literal transformation of the bread and wine into Christ's flesh and blood. This was the belief of the early church.Eastern Orthodox call it transformation Roman Catholicism calls it transubstantiation and attempt to figure with the finite human mind exactly when how and why it happens.Even before I quit Protestantism for Orthodoxy I could see that this transformation/transubstantiation doctrine was correct and Luther retained it, only Calvin and Zwingli denied it outright, and their doctrine took over Protestantism especially American Protestantism.
Great video! I need to read more about Finney & by Finney. I haven't really read him since the 1980s.
"Finney never made an altar call within the first twenty eight nights of preaching. Most of our evangelists don’t have twenty eight sermons. Twenty eight nights in a row and he never made an altar call. He didn’t preach the love of God. He… didn’t say “you’re a sinner, God loves you.” He said “God is angry with the wicked every day” (Ps 7:11) which the Word of God says. He didn’t preach grace, he preached Law. He didn’t preach love, he preached judgment. He didn’t preach heaven, he preached hell. He didn’t say “you’re a wonderful person” he said “you’re a rebel”. But he got results. 64% of D. L. Moodys converts backslid, 72% of the converts Finney got stood because he knew how to attack the human will, not just the emotions.” Leonard Ravenhill
There is NOTHING that Finney did which influenced Charles Spurgeon. That is ABSOLUTE foolishness !! Spurgeon wasn't an American free will worshipper. He didn't even take after his friend D.L. Moody with alter calls.
Not a fan of the intro but I really appreciated your calm and informed delivery. Glad to see someone standing up for Mr. Finney, he sure takes a lot of lumps at the hands of the Calvinists. I wish more of them were like Richard Owen Roberts who calls Finney a giant (I was personally present when he did so.)
Was Finney wrong about some things? Yes. Was he a man of God, used of God? Yes.
I wish more Calvinists today would respect and honor great men of God whether they be Arminian or Calvinist. Such a shame.
bruh u stole the gold squad theme fam
I like how people comment ready to attack Finney's ministry because they feel he didn't convert as many people. Such an American thing today. Revival won't happen in America today because of that type of mindset in the churches. The fact is William Booth, Finney, Wesley all believed revival comes when God brings it from the desire of the people. That's why God moved in their lives.
I came here to learn about Finney, but the second half seemed more like a pit match between Finney and Calvin. Why compare two people with different talents and strengths. Different members of the body have unique purposes.
We have too much division in the body of Christ already, why perpetuate it?
Calvin was a Freemason, a Jesuit coadjutor and a classmate of Ignatius Loyola the son of Satan. His TULIP doctrine is heretical and has damned millions. William Booth was a Freemason and heretic promoting a Jesuitical "Social Justice" gospel. Charles Finney, although a former Mason renounced it vehemently and went on to do mighty things for God. The Jesuits HATE Finney because he did damage to their Masonic cabal and freed a multitude from Roman Catholic darkness and slavery!
I’m sorry but RavenHill is talking out of his Butt unless he or an organization over time collected the names of the people Finney and Moody lead to the Lord and tracked them years later to get that estimate. RavenHill was bad about over exaggerating. He doubted less than 5% of Christians in America were born again. This man was super judgmental and self righteously arrogant.
Nice video keep on doing god bless you 🕊️
Did Finney deny original sin
Why that ugly commercial at the start ? Anybody else getting it. It seems to be an African American dating hellish thing
Very well said
Finney irritated those he debated with to the point where they could not endure the agitation.
Calvinists hate him. His belief on systematic theology defies their chosen beliefs. They abhor the use of "altar calls," when the Puritans used a similar method by bringing serious inquiries up and questioned how sincere they were to repent and come to Christ.
He refused to sugarcoat his messages and it was estimated his preaching brought around 100k to salvation in Rochester NY. Those who hate Finney will always rebuff his works.
What is not brought up is Calvin's later converts kicking out ppl who did not preach or take the chosen theology that Calvin accepted. Yet, Finney never threw a pastor out.
Presbyterians need Holy Spirits revival
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.” “As He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. What is God’s promise to mankind and His people? For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, “I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU.” For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Wow, trying to prop up Finney who denies that Jesus was the atonement. Also the state Burned heretics not Calvin. Wow, this is not based on facts….. sad 😞
A significant part of finney success lay with his intercession team led by Daniel Nash without whom Finney wouldn't be so successful. It therefore means the foundation of an effective revival is an effective prayer life.
Thanks for the video.
Keep preaching Brother.
Everything Charles G. Finney preached or wrote is according to God's Word. He is right in his doctrine. Finney loved God. Finney loved people and opposed racism. God blessed him abundantly because nobody preached grace as clearly as Finney.
Finney is a blessing not only to America but also to the whole world.
All Finney's follower go to hell
Thank you for this great encouragement.
unless you've studied deeply and prayed on and meditated and gone full berean mode on all the teachings of the supposed "heretics" Calvin burned, I would not loosely call them heretics.