Christ's Declaration Concerning Saving Experience

In stressing the need of saving experience, consisting of an ex­periential knowledge of misery, deliver­ance, and gratitude, we must at the same time maintain that only experi­ence which meets the standards of God's Word can be considered saving experience. The very same Spirit, who is the primary author of the Word of God, is also the author of all true, spiri­tual experience. Of necessity, therefore, there will be perfect harmony between the truth of Scripture and the experience of this truth in the hearts of all those sinners in whom the Spirit accomplishes His saving work.

Does this Teaching also Make People “Awake”?

This article considers the charge that the Reformed doctrine of the free grace of God invites people to live in a drowsy/buoyant/lacklustre way. It shows that this charge has come from revival movements in history. It then discusses the difference between these movements (and their proponents) and those who hold to the principle that the church ought to be continually reforming. It explains three differences between the revival movements and the established churches, and shows how the former does not lead to a real reformation of the church.