Charles Finney was an evangelist in the 19th century, who preached the revivalist circuit in America. He became very popular, as did the altar call (which he invented) and the so-called sinner’s prayer whereby a person “accepts Jesus into their heart”.
The problem with Finney (and the churches that came after him) is that they place salvation in the hands of mankind (synergism), instead of the biblical model of salvation, which is totally the work of God (monergism).
The natural man is dead in his sins, and God must quicken his soul and give him the twin gifts of repentance and faith. A spiritually dead man cannot “accept Jesus”.
Finney was a heretic. He denied that mankind has a sinful nature inherited from Adam. He also taught sinless perfectionism, the doctrine that man could stop sinning totally.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John 1:8
Finney’s decisional regeneration is a false doctrine. The biblical model of salvation is predestination and election via God’s sovereign grace. A sinner sincerely repents of their sin and believes the biblical gospel.
The legacy of Finney is numerous Arminian churches.
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One response to “Charles Finney and His Legacy”
It sounds like Finney was based in theory, instead of accepting the Bible as God’s word! Anyone could interpret scripture their own way, but it leads to false assumptions and beliefs. You mentioned in a recent article that the Bible is the true Word of God! It seems like Finney may be trying to start a cult, which is very sad.
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