Sermons & Devotionals by Charles G. Finney
Charles G. Finney
TO BELIEVERS IN THE DOCTRINE OF ENTIRE AND CONTINUED SANCTIFICATION IN THIS LIFE. No. 2
Beloved in the Lord: In my last I expressed the hope, if not the opinion, that no Christian church would excommunicate you simply for believing the doctrine of entire and permanent sanctification in this life. Since writing that letter, I have learned with surprise and grief, that at least a portion... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO BELIEVERS IN THE DOCTRINE OF ENTIRE AND CONTINUED SANCTIFICATION IN THIS LIFE. No. 3.
Beloved in the Lord: In my last letter I made some remarks upon the impropriety of your withdrawing from the churches to which you belong, either upon your own suggestion, or upon the suggestion of the churches themselves, unless for the purpose of uniting with some other evangelical church. Permit ... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO BELIEVERS IN THE DOCTRINE OF ENTIRE AND CONTINUED SANCTIFICATION IN THIS LIFE. No. 4.
Beloved in the Lord: Since my last it has been suggested to me, that some of you have thought yourselves warranted in withdrawing from the particular churches to which you belong, because they lived in the open violation of their covenant engagements; and even account it a heresy in you, to profess ... Read More
Charles G. Finney
To Elisha Camp
To Elisha Camp 22 January 1821 [MS in the Elisha Camp Papers, Cornell University, Department of Manuscripts and Archives (Accession Number, 696, Box 2)] Elisha Camp (1786-1866) was a prominent citizen in Sackets Harbor, New York, and a land agent. He had settled in the village in 1804, where he had ... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL OF ALL DENOMINATIONS [#1]
BELOVED BRETHREN: In addressing you, agreeably to the plan which I suggested in the last volume of the Evangelist, I would by all means, commence by saying, and I beg you to understand, and all along to remember, that I would by no means take the position of a censor or dictator in regard to those t... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL OF ALL DENOMINATIONS [#2]
BELOVED BRETHREN: In my last letter to you, I glanced very briefly at the present state of the Church, and promised in this letter to notice some of the reasons for this state of things, as they present themselves to my own mind. 1. I would humbly inquire whether ministers themselves, are not in a g... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL OF ALL DENOMINATIONS [#3]
BELOVED BRETHREN: In pursuing this subject, permit me to inquire, 8. Whether the sectarianism of the ministry is not the cause of the sectarianism of the Church? Is it not a fact, that the spirit and bearing of ministers of different denominations towards each other, their preaching, and much of the... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL OF ALL DENOMINATIONS [#4]
BELOVED BRETHREN: Permit me to inquire: 16. Whether another great difficulty with the Church is not, that ministers have been endeavoring to promote spirituality in the Church without true piety? Has it not been too much overlooked, that spirituality and communion with God are impossible any further... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL OF ALL DENOMINATIONS [#5]
BELOVED BRETHREN: I am afraid in my letters to you, that I shall appear dictatorial, and as if I took too much upon me, and have often been on the point of resolving to say no more, lest I should appear assuming and upon the whole do more hurt than good. In continuing to write to you, if I am at all... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL OF ALL DENOMINATIONS. [#7]
BELOVED BRETHREN: The Lord is in great mercy visiting our churches again with precious revivals of religion, and will you permit me to make a few suggestions in respect to the course to be pursued to preserve the converts from backsliding? You are aware, that in the providence of God I have had an o... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL OF ALL DENOMINATIONS. [#8]
BELOVED BRETHREN: In my last I intimated that I had several more suggestions to make, in regard to the instruction needed by different classes of converts. The conviction in my mind is fully ripe, that religious teachers cannot lay too much stress upon the indispensable necessity of the constantly i... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL OF ALL DENOMINATIONS. [#6]
BELOVED BRETHREN: Another topic upon which I wish particularly to address you, is the fear of being thought to have changed your opinions upon religious subjects. There is something very wonderful in the state of public sentiment, to which the attention of ministers and all others needs to be called... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL OF ALL DENOMINATIONS. [#9]
BELOVED BRETHREN: In my last, I observed that I had some things I wished to say to ministers, on the necessity of their being baptized with the Holy Ghost. I begin by saying, that to me it seems very manifest, that the great difference in ministers in regard to their spiritual influence and usefulne... Read More
Charles G. Finney
To The Christian Readers of The Oberlin Evangelist
TO THE CHRISTIAN READERS OF THE OBERLIN EVANGELIST. BELOVED--You perceive that I have already commenced one of the promised course of Lectures. Before I proceed any further, permit me to bring distinctly before your minds the main object I have in view, and the reasons for the course I intend to pur... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO THE EDITORS OF PERIODICALS WHO ARE PROFESSING CHRISTIANS.
TO THE EDITORS OF PERIODICALS WHO ARE PROFESSING CHRISTIANS. DEAR BRETHREN: It becomes me to speak with unfeigned modesty and humility in addressing you on a subject of the highest importance to this nation and to the world. It is no part of my design to enter into any controversy with you, nor to t... Read More
Charles G. Finney
TO THE PROFESSORS OF RELIGION WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH PREVIOUS TO THE LATE GREAT REVIVALS
BELOVED BRETHREN AND SISTERS. In the last volume of the Evangelist, I addressed several letters to the converts of the recent great revivals. Among other things I pointed out to them some of the reasons why they had not grown more in grace. I then designed long before this time to have addressed you... Read More
Charles G. Finney
To The Readers: Four Classes of Professors In The Church
TO THE CHRISTIAN READERS OF THE OBERLIN EVANGELIST. Beloved--The object of this letter, is to state a little more definitely, than I have hitherto done, some of the reasons why young converts have not grown in grace, more; and why I have feared, as I said in a former letter, that revivals would beco... Read More
Charles G. Finney
To The Young Christians Who Have Been Converted In The Great Revivals # 1
TO THE YOUNG CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVERTED IN THE GREAT REVIVALS OF THE FEW PAST YEARS, SCATTERED UP AND DOWN IN THE LAND, WHEREVER THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD MAY HAVE CAST YOUR LOT: [#1] Beloved in the Lord--My body is so far worn, and especially my organs of speech so far exhausted, that I cannot ... Read More
Charles G. Finney
To The Young Christians Who Have Been Converted In The Great Revivals # 2
TO THE CONVERTS OF THE GREAT REVIVALS THAT HAVE PREVAILED IN THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE FEW LAST YEARS. [#2] Beloved--I closed my last letter, by adverting to the fact, that several professedly religious periodicals have so referred to what I had said, in regard to your being "a disgrace to relig... Read More
Charles G. Finney
Total Depravity
John v.42--"But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you." These words were addressed by the Lord Jesus Christ, on a certain occasion, to those who professed that they loved God. I design, this morning, and in the afternoon, to establish the doctrine of total depravity. In doing this, I d... Read More
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Charles Finney (1792 - 1875)
Known as one of the leaders in the Second Great Awakening revival in America. He was a revivalist who called for deep introspection of sin and preaching of the law to bring about sin. He was known to preach 30+ nights on sin and than the last night on Christ to have people flee to Him for mercy. Used greatly in the book: "Revivals of Religion" which is a classic on the subject of revival.He preached on the true Baptism of the Holy Spirit and its necessity. In his revivalistic campaigns he was used of the Lord to bring some estimate over 50,000 souls to the Lord which many were sound converts. There has been questions raised surrounding his theology in the later years of his ministry but this does not discredit that God used him powerfully in revival and for God's kingdom.
Charles Finney was born in Connecticut to an ordinary family and life that gave little hint of the great things God had in store for him. He was a schoolteacher and then a lawyer before his conversion at age 29. Finney was filled with the Holy Spirit on the same day he was saved and immediately began witnessing to friends and family members. More than twenty people were saved in the 24 hours following Finney's conversion. Finney's personal evangelism soon became public evangelism as he began to travel and preach in extended revival meetings. He considered revival to be a natural result of following the instructions God had laid out in His Word.
During Finney's fifty years of preaching, more than 500,000 were saved. He wrote many books, the most enduring of which are The Autobiography of Charles Finney and Lectures on Revival of Religion. After ill health forced him to stop traveling in meetings, he accepted the pastorate of a church in New York City. From 1852 until 1866 he served as president of Oberlin College in Ohio. Although some of his theology was lacking, he was a powerful, Spirit-filled soul winner who brought revival to cities and towns across the eastern United States.