Posted by Dean Scott on February 15, 19103 at 13:57:43:
In Reply to: Finney, the worst heretic ever? posted by Martyn on September 02, 19101 at 04:41:19:
A VERY excellent response!!!
For those of LIKEmindedness on this Post.... check out the link BELOW!!
Dean, Founder and Moderator of "Calvinist Singles" on Yahoo! Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/calvinistsingles/
: Charles Finney , although admired by many today,
: was in fact a Pelagian heretic, who preached a false
: gospel of human sovereignty. Although professing to be
: a Presbyterian at his ordination, he was as his former
: profession would suggest, a liar. He claimed to
: adhere to the Westminster Confession, when in fact he
: hated every doctrine in it, especially, God's
: sovereignty, election, justification by imputed
: righteous (which he decried as legal nonsense).
: In addition he believed that regeneration was
: a work of man, not God, and used every means to get
: a decision for Christ, ie. his christ, his false
: christ. He has caused untold numbers of people to be
: deceived into thinking they were saved, when in fact
: they were lost. His 'jesus' did not die for men's sins,
: but was simply an example of suffering to cause us to
: bemoan our sins, his 'jesus' could not save, since he
: needed man's co-operation to help him. In short, he was
: one of the worst heretics I have ever encountered, and
: is as the Synod of Dordt called Arminius 'that Pelagian
: lie come up again out of hell'.
: Do not read his works if you wish to know about the
: gospel. Read the Bible.
: 'But though we or an angel from heaven preach any other
: gospel unto you, than that which we have preached unto
: you, let him be accursed' (Galatians 1:8)