We need the convicting supernatural power of God for true salvations. How many times have you seen someone make a committment to Christ but there is no lifestyle change? Or, how many times have you seen a friend acknowledge Jesus but after a few months they are no longer following Him? Why is that? Have they been persuaded by man’s words rather than convicted of the sins by the Holy Spirit? Are we guilty of persuasion?

Charles Finney knew the the convicting power of God. I heard that during his crusades he would make some people wait 3 nights or so before they gave their lives to Christ. They may have wanted to be saved the first night but Charles wanted to ensure they were completed convicted. Charles Finney stated “all men know they have sinned, but not all are convicted of the guilt and deserved punishment of sin ….. without this conviction the soul does not understand its need of mercy.” I believe approx 80% of Charles Finney’s converts remained walking with Christ. This is a high statistic. Maybe the above has something to do with it.

I was reading Psalm 32 and it hit me that this is what conviction is like …. ‘when I kept silent my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer’ (v3 & 4). Immediately after this repentance came ….. ‘then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD” - and you forgave the guilt of my sin’ (v5).

We need the heavy hand of God to come upon our services, to come into our workplace, to come to the streets, so that man is truely convicted and saved.

This entry was posted on Friday, December 7th, 2007 at 7:11 am and is filed under Fire-School. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

We need the convicting supernatural power of God for true salvations. How many times have you seen someone make a committment to Christ but there is no lifestyle change? Or, how many times have you seen a friend acknowledge Jesus but after a few months they are no longer following Him? Why is that? Have they been persuaded by man’s words rather than convicted of the sins by the Holy Spirit? Are we guilty of persuasion?

Charles Finney knew the the convicting power of God. I heard that during his crusades he would make some people wait 3 nights or so before they gave their lives to Christ. They may have wanted to be saved the first night but Charles wanted to ensure they were completed convicted. Charles Finney stated “all men know they have sinned, but not all are convicted of the guilt and deserved punishment of sin ….. without this conviction the soul does not understand its need of mercy.” I believe approx 80% of Charles Finney’s converts remained walking with Christ. This is a high statistic. Maybe the above has something to do with it.

I was reading Psalm 32 and it hit me that this is what conviction is like …. ‘when I kept silent my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer’ (v3 & 4). Immediately after this repentance came ….. ‘then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD” - and you forgave the guilt of my sin’ (v5).

We need the heavy hand of God to come upon our services, to come into our workplace, to come to the streets, so that man is truely convicted and saved.

This entry was posted on Friday, December 7th, 2007 at 7:11 am and is filed under Fire-School. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.