CHAPTER 1 - ( CHRISTIAN LEADERS OF THE 18TH CENTURY ) - { PT. 10 }
{ PT. 10 } - In all their preaching, they were eminently men of one Book. They were content to affix their faith to that Book and to stand or fall by it. This was one great characteristic of their preaching. They honored, loved, and reverenced the Bible. THE REFORMERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CONSTANTLY TAUGHT THE TOTAL CORRUPTION OF HUMAN NATURE. - They knew nothing that Christ is in everyone possesses something good within that they only have to stir up and use in order to be saved. They never flattered men and women in this way. They told them plainly that they were dead and must be made alive again, that they were guilty, lost, helpless, hopeless, and in imminent danger of eternal ruin. As strange and paradoxical as it might seem to some, their first step toward making people good was to show them that they were utterly bad. Their main argument in persuading people to do something for their souls was to convince them that they could do nothing