Lectures On Systematic Theology Embracing Moral Government The Atonement Moral Physical Depravity Natural Moral Gracious Ability Repentance Faith Justification Sanctification C

Author : Charles Grandison Finney
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230265902
Total Pages : 222 pages
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Download or read book Lectures on Systematic Theology; Embracing Lectures on Moral Government, Together with Atonement, Moral and Physical Depravity, Regeneration, Philosop written by Charles Grandison Finney and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 edition. Excerpt: ... MORAL GOVERNMENT. What IS Hot Implied In Obedience To Moral Law. I / will state briefly what constitutes obedience. II. What is not implied in it. I. What constitutes obedience to moral law. 1. We have seen that all that the law requires is summarily expressed in the single word love; that this word is synonymous with benevolence; that benevolence consists in the choice of the highest well-being of God and of the universe as an end, or for its own sake; that this choice is an ultimate intention. In short we have seen that good will to being in general is obedience to the moral law. Now the question before us is, what is not implied in this good will or in this benevolent ultimate intention? I will here introduce, with some alteration, what I have formerly said upon this subject . As the law of God, as revealed in the Bible, is the standard and the only standard by which the question in regard to what is not, and what is implied in entire sanctification is to be decided, it is of fundamental importance that we understand what is and what is not implied in entire obedience to this law. It must be apparent to all that this inquiry is of prime importance. And to settle this question is one of the main things to be attended to in this discussion. The doctrine of the entire satisfaction of believers in this life can never be satisfactorily settled until it is understood. And it can not be understood until it is known what is and what is not implied in it. Our judgment of our own state or of the state of others, can never be relied upon till these inquiries are settled. Nothing is more clear than that in the present vague unsettled views of the Church upon this question, no individual could set up a claim of having attained this state without...