OPEN AIR OUTREACH

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GOOD QUOTES:

Charles Finney said, "Ministers should never rest satisfied, until they have ANNIHILATED every excuse of sinners. The plea of "Inability" is the worst of all excuses. It slanders God so, charging him with infinite tyranny, in commanding men to do that which they have no power to do. Make the sinner see and feel that this is the very nature of his excuse. Make the sinner see that all pleas in excuse for not submitting to God are an act of rebellion against him. Tear away the last LIE which he grasps in his hand, and make him feel that he is absolutely condemned before God."

John Fletcher said, "We have received it as a maxim that a man is to do nothing for justification. Nothing can be more false. Whoever desires to find favor with God, should 'cease from evil, and learn to do well.' 'Whoever repents, should do works meet for repentance.' And if this be not in order to find favor, what does he do them for?... The express declarations of God's word: - 'To him that ordereth his conversion aright will I show the salvation of God.' Is 'ordering our conversation aright' doing nothing? 'Repent ye, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.' Are 'repentance and conversion' nothing? 'Come unto me, all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,' I will justify you. Is 'coming' doing nothing? 'Cease to do evil, learn to do well. Come now, let us reason together, and though your sins be read as crimson they shall be white as snow' you shall be justified. Is 'ceasing to do evil and learning to do well' doing nothing? 'Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.' Is 'seeking, calling, forsaking one's way, and returning to the Lord,' a mere nothing? 'Ask, and you shall receive; seek and you shall find; knock, and it will be open unto you.' Be 'violent, take even the kingdom by force.' Is 'seeking, asking, knocking, and taking by force' doing absolutely nothing? Please to answer these questions; and when you have done, I will throw one or two hundred more of the like kind your way."

A. W. Tozer said, "...we must of our own free will repent toward God and believe in Jesus Christ. This the Bible plainly teaches; this experience abundantly supports. Repentance involves moral reformation. The wrong practices are on man's part, and only man can correct them. Lying, for instance, is an act of man and one for which he must accept full responsibility. When he repents he will quit lying. God will not quit for him; he will quit for himself."

A. W. Tozer said, "God cannot do our repenting for us. In our efforts to magnify grace we have so preached the truth as to convey the impression that repentance is a work of God. This is a grave mistake, and one which is taking a frightful toll among Christians everywhere. God has commanded all men to repent. It is a work which only they can do. It is morally impossible for one person to repent for another. Even Christ could not do this. He could die for us, but He cannot do our repenting for us."

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