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1 | INVITATION | NT general | hopalong | 199962 | ||
Dear Azure, thank you for responding. "Ironically, "the old fashioned altar call" was unheard of until the nineteenth century. It first came into being by the influence of Charles Finney, the pioneer of modern evangelistic methods. In Finney's crusades (c. 1830) seats at the front were reserved for those who, after the sermon, would respond to the challenge to come to the Lord's side. Those who were thus "anxious" for their souls were invited to walk forward to the "anxious seat" where counsel and prayer would be given them."...Fred G. Zaspel Grace to you, Hopalong |
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2 | INVITATION | NT general | DocTrinsograce | 199970 | ||
Hi, hopalong... I always thought that it was weird to think of the front of the church as an altar at all. As a Christian I have only one altar, on which thing the ultimate sacrifice was offered up to God, once for all. Actually, the location of a pulpit speaks most eloquently to the recognition of the importance of preaching. In Him, Doc "We are nothing without the Holy Spirit, we must avoid in our work anything which is not of Him. We want these dead people raised, and we cannot raise them; only the Spirit of God can do that. ... Let us take care that there is nothing which would grieve the Spirit or cause Him to go away from us. ... A headlong zeal even for Christ may lead into a ditch. What we think to be very wise may be very unwise; and where we deem that at least a little 'policy' may come in, that little may taint the whole." --Charles Spurgeon "We are to preach the Word, and if we do it properly, there will be a call to a decision that comes in the message, and then we leave it to the Spirit to act upon people." --Martyn Lloyd-Jones |
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