"They take entirely false ground who maintain that if a religious movement is the work of God it cannot be resisted. For example, I have often seen cases where persons would stop a revival, and then say, 'It was not a real revival, for if it had been it would not have stopped.' Let a man adopt the opinion that he cannot stop the work of God in his own soul--nothing can be more perilous. Let a people adopt the notion that revivals come and go without our agency and by the agency of God only, and it will bring perfect ruin on them. There never was a revival that could exist three days under such a delusion. The solemn truth is that the Spirit is most easily quenched. There is no moral work of his that cannot be resisted." ~ Charles Finney from a sermon.
1 Thessalonians 5:19, "Quench not the Spirit."
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