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  MORE THAN RELIGION
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: True worship is a constant and consistent attitude or state of
mind within the believer, a sustained and blessed acknowledgement of
love and admiration.

Topics: "True Worship", "Regeneration"
Scripture References: Psalm 95:6, John 3:3, John 4:24, Romans 12:1, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 5:25, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5, Hebrews 10:22, 1 Peter 2:9

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes that true worship transcends mere religious
practices and is rooted in a believer's constant attitude of love and
admiration for God. He asserts that genuine worship is not confined to
church services but is a continuous acknowledgment of our kinship with
God, awakened by the Holy Spirit through regeneration. This inner
response to God's forgiveness and the miracle of spiritual rebirth is
essential for experiencing the kingdom of God. Tozer highlights that the
Holy Spirit's primary role is to restore our intimate fellowship with
God, enabling us to worship authentically.

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Contrary to much that is being said and practiced in churches, true
worship is not something that we "do" in the hope of appearing to be
religious! True worship must be a constant and consistent attitude or
state of mind within the believer, a sustained and blessed
acknowledgement of love and admiration. If we have this awareness in our
own lives and experience, then it is evident that we are not just
waiting for Sunday to come to church and worship. Having been made in
His image, we have within us the capacity to know God and the instinct
that we should worship Him.

The very moment that the Spirit of God has quickened us to His life in
regeneration, our whole being senses its kinship to God and leaps up in
joyous recognition!

That response within our beings, a response to the forgiveness and
pardon and regeneration, signals the miracle of the heavenly birth-
without which we cannot see the kingdom of God. Thus the primary work of
the Holy Spirit is to restore the lost soul to intimate fellowship with
God through the washing of regeneration.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/more-than-religion/
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