With no theological training whatsoever, Finney began to teach people what he believed about God--not what scripture teaches. His theology (Arminian Theology) is based in heightened emotions and morality and, in turn, conversions. His entire ideology is centered in these things. Finney's theology takes away the need of Christ. Perfection, he says, is what God commands and perfection is attainable as a result from true conversion.
Finney's ideas about conversion are clearly anti-scriptural. He invented "Decision Theology" which has confused innumerable people. Decision Theology states that we are saved because we choose to be saved, not because of Christ's death and resurrection. Finney as much as says this about Christ, "[Christ] could do no more than justify himself. It can never be imputed to us ... it was naturally impossible, then, for him to obey in our behalf..." This goes against the entire meaning of the Bible. The very heart or backbone of Christianity (Kerygma; please see post entitled "Kerygmatic Statement") states that Christ died for us, to save us from sin and death (John 3:16, and many, many more versus from scripture). To contradict scripture in this way is to contradict Christianity as a whole. Thus, Charles Finney is an antichrist.
Why anyone would follow a person who says such things is puzzling. Yet many do, including the enormous Baptist church with all of its followers. Many independent churches, and peitists fall in this category as well.
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"Wake up, O sleeper,
rise from the [spiritually] dead,
and Christ will shine upon you." (Eph 5:14)
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