Whose Charles is closer to the truth?

In the 19th century, the revivalist preacher Charles Finney wrote his infamous sermon entitled, 'Sinners bound to change their own hearts.' A hundred years later, Charles Spurgeon delivered a message (wittingly or unwittingly, i don't know) entitled, 'Sinners bound by the cords of sin'.

Our generation, although 'bound by the cords of sin', enjoys its complacent belief of its having the power to transform and untie its own sinful condition. Somewhere along the line, the cords is not that strong enough to bound us forever. Sin is just a habit they say or that the environment made us corrupt. But what Finney is telling us actually is the bad news and nowhere in our own nature could we gain the liberty that a child of God has. The good news is, that liberty is through 'the redemption that is in Christ Jesus'. The total amount paid for the ransom was 'the precious blood of Christ.' In Him only could we found the true freedom 'from the cords of sin.'


If you're curious about Finney's sermon: http://gospeltruth.net/1836SOIS/01sois_sinners_bound.htm
If you're anxious about the truth: http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0915.htm