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glaubemann
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 Quotes from A W Tozer

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And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I
saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like the Son of man.
Revelation 1, 12-13

In our time we have all kinds of status symbols in the Christian church – membership, attendance, pastoral staff, missionary offerings. But there is only one status symbol that should make a Christian congregation genuinely glad. That is to know that our Lord is present, walking in our midst!...

No matter the size of the assembly or its other attributes, our Lord wants it to be known by His presence in the midst. I would rather have His presence in the church than anything else in all the wide world. ...

The Christian church dares not settle for anything less than the illumination of the Holy Spirit and the presence of our divine Prophet, Priest and King in our midst. Let us never be led into the mistakt that so many are making – sighing and saying, «Oh, if we only had bigger, wiser men in our publits! Oh, if we only had more important men in places of Christian leadership!»

Lord, I pray that I might never deviate from that significant thought: «I would rather have His presence in the church than anything else in all wide world.» Amen

Tozer on christian leadership

 2009/10/27 15:32Profile









 Re: Quotes from A W Tozer

“It is vain for us to try to do the work which can only be done by sovereign grace; it is equally vain for us to implore God to do what has been commanded by sovereign authority.” Tozer

“Christ’s work on Calvary made atonement for every man, but it did not save any man.” Tozer

“Universal atonement makes salvation universally available, but it does not make it universally effective toward the individual.” Tozer

“If atonement was made for all men, why are not all saved? The answer is that before redemption becomes effective toward the individual man there is an act which that man must do. That act is not one of merit, but of condition.” Tozer

“God cannot do our repenting for us. In our efforts to magnify grace we have so preached the truth as to convey the impression that repentance is a work of God. This is a grave mistake, and one which is taking a frightful toll among Christians everywhere. God has commanded all men to repent. It is a work which only they can do. It is morally impossible for one person to repent for another. Even Christ could not do this. He could die for us, but He cannot do our repenting for us.” Tozer

“we must of our own free will repent toward God and believe in Jesus Christ. This the Bible plainly teaches; this experience abundantly supports. Repentance involves moral reformation. The wrong practices are on man’s part, and only man can correct them. Lying, for instance, is an act of man and one for which he must accept full responsibility. When he repents he will quit lying. God will not quit for him; he will quit for himself.” Tozer

So they are tossed helplessly between the first Adam and the last Adam. One did their sinning for them and the other has done everything else. Thus the nerve of their moral life is cut and they sink back in despair, afraid to move lest they be guilty of sinful self-effort.” Tozer

“The remedy is to see clearly that men are not lost because of what someone did thousands of years ago; they are lost because they sin individually and in person. We will never be judged for Adam’s sin, but for our own. For our own sins we are and must remain fully responsible” Tozer

“The day when it is once more understood that God will not be responsible for our sin and unbelief will be a glad one for the Church of Christ. The realization that we are personally responsible for our individual sins may be a shock to our hearts, but it will clear the air and remove the uncertainty. Returning sinners waste their time begging God to perform the very acts He has sternly commanded them to do.” Tozer

“Any interpretation of free grace which relieves the sinner of responsibility to repent is not of God nor in accordance with revealed truth.” Tozer

"Fundamental Christianity in our times is deeply influenced by that ancient enemy of righteousness, Antinomianism. The creed of the Antinomian is easily stated: We are saved by faith alone; works have no place in salvation; conduct is works, and is therefore of no importance. What we do cannot matter as long as we believe rightly. The divorce between creed and conduct is absolute and final. The question of sin is settled by the Cross; conduct is outside the circle of faith and cannot come between the believer and God. Such in brief, is the teaching of the Antinomian. And so fully has it permeated the Fundamental element in modern Christianity that it is accepted by the religious masses as the very truth of God. Antinomianism is the doctrine of grace carried by uncorrected logic to the point of absurdity. It takes the teaching of justification by faith and twists it into deformity." A. W. Tozer

 2009/10/27 15:45
Leo_Grace
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 Re: Quotes from A W Tozer

All true Spirit-filled teaching points to the Lord Jesus, and to Him alone. Whatever value there may be in us who are redeemed and reborn lies in Him, and Him alone.

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