The Treatment of the Awakened by Henry Ziegler

10 Feb 2021·
Henry Ziegler
Henry Ziegler
· 2 min read

“It has been frequently said that the grand object of preaching the Gospel, is to lead sinners to make the inquiry, ‘what must I do to be saved?’ Another subject of equal, if not of vastly greater importance to the minister of Christ is, how shall awakened and inquiring souls be treated?” — Henry Ziegler

Level of Difficulty: Primer: No subject matter knowledge needed.

Book Contents

  • I Two Systems in Protestant Churches
  • II Naming The Systems
  • IIIa The Lutheran System is Scriptural; The Anti-Lutheran System is Unscriptural.
    • 1 The Conversion Of The Three Thousand On The Day Of Pentecost.
    • 2 The conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch.
    • 3 The conversion of Said of Tarsus.
    • 4 The conversion of Cornelius.
    • 5 The conversion of the Philippian jailor.
  • IIIb The Lutheran System is Scriptural; The Anti-Lutheran System is Unscriptural.
    • 1 Compliance with the conditions on which God has promised to pardon and save, does, from the nature of God’s attributes, infallibly bring us pardon and salvation.
  • IIIc The Lutheran System is Scriptural; The Anti-Lutheran System is Unscriptural.
  • IV That the old Methodist system does not differ essentially from the Lutheran system.
    • 1 On faith as the condition of pardon and salvation.
    • 2 On faith as the prerequisite of feeling — indeed of every grace.
    • 3 On the possibility of being pardoned, and even of being in possession of perfect love, and, yet not knowing it; or not having the witness of it.
    • 4 I will add a few extracts, showing his manner of instructing inquirers.
  • V To make a few additional remarks concerning the more prominent mistakes and consequences of this Anti-Lutheran system.
    • 1 It confounds the inward peace and consolations of believers, which follow the knowledge of pardoned sin, and which accompany a life of holiness, with the conditions of pardon and acceptance.
    • 2 It mistakes the nature of pardon.
    • 3 It mistakes the object of faith.
    • 4 That this system leads into the folly of pleading with God for what he has already given.
    • 5 This system often drives persons away from Christ, and not unfrequently leads to infidelity.
  • Copyright Notice

Publication Information

  • Lutheran Library edition first published: 2021
  • Copyright: CC BY 4.0
Conversion
Henry Ziegler
Authors
Henry Ziegler
(1816-1898)
Dr. Ziegler was regarded by scholars in and out of the church with greatest esteem, and his books published on theological subjects were widely sought after and studied.