Quotes by Christian So, it becomes the devil's business to keep the Christian's spirit imprisoned. He knows that the believing and justified Christian has been raised up out of the grave of his sins. From that point on, Satan works that much harder to keep us bound and gagged, in our own grave clothes. He knows that if we continue in this kind of bondage...we are not much better off than when we were spiritually dead. Aiden Wilson Tozer clothes christian believe As long as we think we own anything, that thing owns us. As soon as we know that we own nothing, then God owns us. Aiden Wilson Tozer religious christian god If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95 percent of what we do would go on and no one would know the difference. If the Holy Spirit had been withdrawn from the New Testament church, 95 percent of what they did would stop, and everybody would know the difference. Aiden Wilson Tozer church-today differences christian Christian theology teaches the doctrine of prevenient grace, which briefly stated means this, that before a man can seek God, God must first have sought the man. Aiden Wilson Tozer christian men mean The idea that this world is a playground instead of a battleground has now been accepted in practice by the vast majority of Christians. Aiden Wilson Tozer practice christian ideas We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity. Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. The need for solitude and quietness was never greater than it is today. Aiden Wilson Tozer solitude christian civilization No one will make progress with God until our eyes are lifted to the faithfulness of God and we stop looking at ourselves! Aiden Wilson Tozer religious christian god A real Christian in an odd number anyway. He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see, expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, empties himself in order to be full, admits he is wrong so he can be declared right, goes down in order to get up, is strongest when he is weakest, richest when he is poorest, and happiest when he feels worst. He dies so he can live, forsakes in order to have, gives away so he can keep, sees the invisible, hears the inaudible, and knows that which passes knowledge. Aiden Wilson Tozer real christian order The Christian gospel is a message of freedom through grace and we must stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. But what shall we do with our freedom? The Apostle Paul grieved that some of the believers of his day took advantage of their freedom and indulged the flesh in the name of Christian liberty. They threw off discipline, scorned obedience and made gods of their own bellies. Aiden Wilson Tozer discipline christian names The poor quality of Christian that grows out of our modern evangelistic meeting may be accounted for by the absence of real repentance accompanying the initial spiritual experience of the converts. And the absence of repentance is the result of an inadequate view of sin and sinfulness held by those who present themselves in the inquiry room. Aiden Wilson Tozer real spiritual christian If Jesus Christ isn't the central figure in our lives and in our churches, we're only fooling ourselves. Aiden Wilson Tozer religious christian god Our error today is that we do not expect a converted man to be a transformed man, and as a result of this error our churches are full of substandard Christians. A revival is among other things a return to the belief that real faith invariably produces holiness of heart and righteousness of life. Aiden Wilson Tozer real christian heart The idea that the Man Christ Jesus has absolute and final authority over the whole church and over all of its members in every detail of their lives is simply not now accepted as true by the rank and file of evangelical Christians Aiden Wilson Tozer christian men jesus Walking in humility isn't focusing on what we are NOT; rather, it's declaring what God is. Aiden Wilson Tozer religious christian god God's Kingdom isn't divided into areas of important people and areas of little people. In God's sight, everyone's needful. Aiden Wilson Tozer religious christian god We have become so engrossed in the work of the Lord that we have forgotten the Lord of the work. Aiden Wilson Tozer christian faith god For the Christian, humility is absolutely indispensable. Without it there can be no self-knowledge, no repentance, no faith and no salvation. Aiden Wilson Tozer humility self christian Christians alone are in a position to rescue the perishing. We dare not settle down to try to live as if things were 'normal.' Nothing is normal while sin and lust and death roam the world, pouncing upon one and another till the whole population has been destroyed. Aiden Wilson Tozer lust christian trying God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way. Aiden Wilson Tozer christian faith god Christians must understand most emphatically that the world around us is in conflict with the Word within us. Aiden Wilson Tozer conflict christian world «4567891011121314»