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Religion Quotes by A.W. Tozer

51 Religion quotes by A.W. Tozer

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A.W. Tozer warns that complacency kills spiritual growth and that we need true discernment, not just quick devotions. He says Christians often arrange their lives to accept Christian truth without feeling embarrassed, but real faith requires thinking worthily of God. He also teaches that forgiveness and regeneration come only through faith.

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“The Bible is not only a book which was once spoken, but a book which is NOW SPEAKING.”

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“Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth.”

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“...many are guilty of merely 'nibbling' at the truth of the Christian Gospel.”

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“We must invite the cross to do its deadly work within us.”

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“Anyone who wishes to check on his true spiritual condition may do so by noting what his voluntary thoughts have been over…

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“Religion, so far as it is genuine, is in essence the response of created personalities to the Creating Personality, God.”

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“The greatness of God rouses fear within us, but His goodness encourages us not to be afraid of Him. To fear and…

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“Many of us Christians have become extremely skillful in arranging our lives so as to admit the truth of Christianity without being…

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“What God says to His Church at any given period depends altogether upon her moral and spiritual condition and upon the spiritual…

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“Faith must precede all effort to understand. Reflection upon revealed truth naturally follows the advent of faith, but faith comes first to…

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“Faith enables our spiritual sense to function. Where faith is defective the result will be inward insensibility and numbness toward spiritual things.”

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“We have been trying to apply machine-age methods to our relations with God. We read our chapter, have our short devotions and…

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“It is not a cheerful thought that millions of us who live in a land of Bibles, who belong to churches and…

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“Forgiveness, cleansing, regeneration, the Holy Spirit, all answers to prayer, are given to faith and received by faith. There is no other…

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“The gospel can lift this destroying burden from the mind, give beauty for ashes, and the garment of praise for the spirit…

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“There is today no lack of Bible teachers to set forth correctly the principles of the doctrines of Christ, but too many…

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“But the very ransomed children of God themselves: why do they know so little of that habitual conscious communion with God which…

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“We imitate each other with slavish devotion and our most strenuous efforts are put forth to try to say the same thing…

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“If I were to choose my cross and the time of my crucifixion, I would always choose the lesser of two evils.…

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“It is now common practice in most evangelical churches to offer the people, especially the young people, a maximum of entertainment and…

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“The way of the crucified life can be precarious, making a spiritual guide all but indispensable. But it is important to have…

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“We must invite the cross to do its deadly work within us. We must bring our self-sins to the cross for judgment.…

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“The man that believes will obey; failure to obey is convincing proof that there is not true faith present. To attempt the…

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“The doctrine of justification by faith—a Biblical truth, and a blessed relief from sterile legalism and unavailing self-effort—has in our time fallen…

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“With his five senses he engages this real world. All things necessary to his physical existence he apprehends by the faculties with…

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“With our loss of the sense of majesty has come the further loss of religious awe and consciousness of the divine Presence.…

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“The filling of the Holy Spirit brings a sharp separation between the believer and the world. Actually, after Pentecost, they were looking…

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“Social religion is perfected when private religion is purified. The body becomes stronger as its members become healthier. The whole Church of…

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“The truth of Wesley's words is established before our eyes: "Orthodoxy, or right opinion, is, at best, a very slender part of…

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“The cross is the suffering the Christian endures as a consequence of his following Christ in perfect obedience. Christ chose the cross…

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“Christ, and after that everything is “automatic.” This is because of our failure to lay a scriptural emphasis in our evangelical preaching.…

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“One important point many fail to understand is that the Bible was never meant to replace God; rather, it was meant to…

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“The word of wisdom is missing,” he continued. “We need the gift of discernment again in our pulpits. It is not ability…

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“Faith is the least self-regarding of the virtues. It is by its very nature scarcely conscious of its own existence. Like the…

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“To be right we must think worthily of God. It is morally imperative that we purge from our minds all ignoble concepts…

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“If we who follow Christ, with all the facts before us and knowing what we are about, deliberately choose the kingdom of…

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“It may be increased by exercise or destroyed by neglect. It is not a sovereign and irresistible force which comes upon us…

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“As God’s self-knowledge lies in the eternal Spirit, so man’s self-knowledge is by his own spirit, and his knowledge of God is…

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“As we begin to focus upon God the things of the spirit will take shape before our inner eyes. Obedience to the…

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“thereafter to crave any further revelation of God to our souls. We have been snared in the coils of a spurious logic which insists…

“[Sadly] the first thing we tell our young converts, the babes in Christ, is, 'Here is a handful of tracts- now get out and…

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