Professor Finney's Letter of January 1, 1839 Lecture I. Eternal Life Lecture II. Faith Professor Finney's Letter of January 30, 1839 Lecture III. Devotion Professor Finney's Letter of February 13, 1839 Lecture IV. True and False Religion Lecture V. & VI. The Law of God- No.'s 1 & 2 Lecture VII. Glorifying God Professor Finney's Letter of April 10, 1839 Lecture VIII. True and False Peace Lecture IX. Dominion Over Sin Lecture X. Carefulness A Sin
Lecture XI. & XII The Promises- No.'s 1 - 5
Lecture XIII. Being In Debt
Lecture XIV. The Holy Spirit of Promise
Lecture XV. The Covenants
Lecture XVI. & XVII. The Rest of Faith- No.'s 1 & 2
Lecture XVIII. Affections and Emotions of God
Lecture XIX. Legal and Gospel Experience
Lecture XX. How to Prevent Our Employments from Injuring Our Souls
Lecture XXI. & XXII. Grieving the Holy Spirit- No.'s 1 & 2
GLOSSARY of easily misunderstood terms as defined by Mr. Finney himself.
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.
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