THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS: THE HYPOCRISY OF FORMALISM JUXTAPOSED TO GENUINE CHRISTIANITY!

BETWEEN TRUE CHRISTIANITY AS OPPOSED TO NATURAL MAN CHRISTIANITY, IS AS WIDE A GULF, AS IS BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL. IN TRUE CHRISTIANITY, WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO FINGERPRINTS UPON BEING MADE A NEW CREATION: IT IS CALLED A NEW CREATION, BECAUSE THIS NEW CREATION IS CREATED SOLEY BY GOD WITHOUT ANY COOPERATION FROM US WHEREAS THE FORMALIST PARTICIPATES IN HIS CONVERSION WITH THE FREEWILL TO ACCEPT OR REJECT JESUS. GEORGE WHITEFIELD, WITH MUCH DOCTRINAL PRECISION ARTICULATES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FORMALIST AND GENUINE CHRISTIAN AND THEN MAKES A PLEA TO THOSE WHO FEEL THEIR UTTER DEPRAVITY TO COME TO A LOVING SAVIOUR THAT HE MIGHT IMPUTE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THEM, MAKING THEM HOLY AND FIT FOR HEAVEN.