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  TRUSTING THE COMPLETELY TRUSTWORTHY GOD
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of trusting a completely
trustworthy God, and the need for repentance and faith in order to
reconcile with Him.

Topics: "Faith", "Idolatry"
Scripture References: Psalm 145:18, Isaiah 55:6-7, Jeremiah 29:13, Matthew 11:28-30, John 3:16, Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 5:18-19, Ephesians 2:8-9, Hebrews 11:6, 1 John 5:10

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes that idolatry is the supreme sin, with unbelief
stemming from it, both of which misrepresent the character of God. He
argues that a lack of trust in God arises from a flawed understanding of
His nature, equating unbelief with a form of idolatry. Tozer reassures
that Christianity offers a path back to faith, highlighting that true
belief involves recognizing God as a rewarder of those who seek Him. He
stresses that repentance is an acknowledgment of past distrust, while
faith is a complete surrender to Christ for reconciliation with God.
Ultimately, Tozer calls for a return to trust in the completely
trustworthy God.

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Idolatry is the supreme sin and unbelief is the child of idolatry. Both
are libels on the character of the Most High and the Most Holy. He that
believeth not God hath made him a liar, wrote the apostle John. A God
who lies is a God without character, and where there is no character
there can be no confidence. This is the moral logic of unbelief. The
unbeliever refuses to trust God because his conception of God is base
and ignoble. That he does not burn incense to a graven image does not
make him less an idolater, unless we want to make a distinction and say
that the idolater worships his false god while the unbeliever refuses to
do even that.

The joyous message of Christianity is that there is a way back from this
place of unbelief and alienation.

He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder
of them that diligently seek him. The gospel message declares that the
wronged God took the wrong upon Himself in order that the one who
committed the wrong might be saved. Repentance is among other things a
sincere apology to God for distrusting Him so long, and faith is
throwing oneself upon Christ in complete confidence. Thus by faith
reconciliation is achieved between God and man.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/trusting-the-completely-trustworthy-god/
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