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  LEANING TOWARD HERESY
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: A low view of God is a deadly and insidious heresy that
destroys the Christian appeal and leads to a moral calamity.

Topics: "The Nature of God", "Heresy in the Church"
Scripture References: Isaiah 40:18, Jeremiah 9:23

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A.W. Tozer warns against the heresy that arises when the Christian
church adopts a distorted view of God, leading to a tragic decline in
the understanding of His majesty and presence. He emphasizes that
substituting lofty concepts of God with low and ignoble ideas results in
a moral calamity for believers, ultimately diminishing the appeal of
Christianity. Tozer asserts that the true nature of God must be upheld
to avoid the insidious consequences of heresy, reminding us that true
transformation comes only through being 'born again' in Christ.

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When large numbers of adherents in the Christian churches come to
believe that God is different from what He actually is, that concept
becomes heresy of the most insidious and deadly kind! When the Christian
church surrenders her once lofty concept of God and substitutes for it
ideas so low, so ignoble as to be utterly unworthy, her situation is
tragic indeed. Into the life and the practices of the church comes a
whole new philosophy; and the sense of the divine Presence and the
majesty of God is no longer known.

Although "morality" is no longer a popular word in our world, it is
apparent that such low and unworthy concepts of God's Person actually
constitute a moral calamity for professed believers in great segments of
Christianity.

The records of both sacred and secular history show that low views of
God will surely destroy the appeal of the Christian for all who hold
them! To all sinners, Jesus said, "You must be born again-from above!"
He knew that the gods begotten in the shadowy thoughts of the fallen
sons and daughters of Adam will quite naturally be no true likeness of
the true and living God!

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/leaning-toward-heresy/
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