The Fingerprints of God 5: Being Totally Given to God and Why it Matters - 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1

The Alliance began in Toronto 140 years ago and then thrived there from about 1885 to 1915. Towards 1920, though, the Alliance downtown was imploding, all along University Avenue and Parkdale, where there had been powerful ministries. The Alliance moved north and east and west and to the rest of the world, and left the downtown vacant, until our church came as a church plant under First Alliance, clawing our way back into the downtown.It is not entirely clear why the Alliance imploded. But I do know what made them effective in those early years. They pursued it. It is the word consecration. I want to speak about that today from 2 Corinthians 6.Consecration is a word we don't use, but I want to hang on to it because of the way it anchors us in history. They had consecration meetings. Meetings just to give themselves to God. They had consecration weekends. Which is why our family of churches changed the city. The president of the Alliance was the mayor and Toronto came to be known as "Toronto the Good."But I want to come back to consecration, being totally given to God.Extra reading: Isaiah 52:1-12Preacher: Bill Dyck