The only Christian you want to listen to is the one who gives you more of a hunger for God. Aiden Wilson Tozer More Quotes by Aiden Wilson Tozer More Quotes From Aiden Wilson Tozer We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No. Jesus died because God is showing mercy. Aiden Wilson Tozer oddmercyjesus The atonement in Jesus Christ's blood is perfect; there isn't anything that can be added to it. It is spotless, impeccable, flawless. It is perfect as God is perfect. Aiden Wilson Tozer perfectbloodjesus 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 religiouschristiangod Faith in God is to be demonstrated, not defined. Aiden Wilson Tozer definedfaith-in-god Unbelief is actually perverted faith, for it puts its faith not in the living God, but in dying men. Aiden Wilson Tozer unbeliefdyingmen Jesus Christ left us an example for our daily conduct. He felt no bitter resentment and He held no grudge against anyone! Even those who crucified Him were forgiven while they were in the act. Not a word did He utter against them nor against the ones who stirred them up to destroy Him. How evil they all were. He knew better than any other man, but He maintained a charitable attitude toward them. Aiden Wilson Tozer attitudemenjesus If man had his way, the plan of redemption would be an endless and bloody conflict. In reality, salvation was bought not by Jesus fist, but by His nail-pierced hands; not by muscle but by love; not by vengeance but by forgiveness; not by force but by sacrifice. Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him. Aiden Wilson Tozer sacrificeeasterjesus 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 realchristianorder 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 disciplinechristiannames May God deliver us from the easygoing, smooth, comfortable Christianity that never lets the truth get hold of us. Aiden Wilson Tozer smoothchristianitymay Faith is not a once-done act, but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God. Aiden Wilson Tozer lamb-of-goddoneheart We must like Moses cover ourselves with faith and humility while we steal a quick look at the God whom no man can see and live. The broken and the contrite heart He will not despise. We must hide our unholiness in the wounds of Christ as Moses hid himself in the cleft of the rock while the glory of God passed by. We must take refuge from God in God. Aiden Wilson Tozer religiousgodjesus We can afford to follow Him to failure. Faith dares to fail. The resurrection and the judgment will demonstrate before all worlds who won and who lost. We can wait. Aiden Wilson Tozer resurrectionwaitingworld No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in seeking to know and do the will of God, leaving to Christ the matter of how happy he should be. Aiden Wilson Tozer laughterhappinessmen 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 realspiritualchristian The trouble is that the whole 'accept Christ' attitude is likely to be wrong. It shows Christ applying to us rather than us to him. It makes him stand hat-in-hand awaiting our verdict on him, instead of our kneeling with troubled hearts awaiting his verdict on us. It may even permit us to accept Christ by an impulse of mind or emotions, painlessly, at no loss to our ego and no inconvenience to our usual way of life. Aiden Wilson Tozer lossheartattitude If your Christianity depends upon a pastor's preaching, then you're a long way from being where you should be. Aiden Wilson Tozer christianitylongway If Jesus Christ isn't the central figure in our lives and in our churches, we're only fooling ourselves. Aiden Wilson Tozer religiouschristiangod 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 realchristianheart The church has lost her testimony. She has no longer anything to say to the world. Her once robust shout of assurance has faded away to an apologetic whisper. She who one time went out to declare now goes out to inquire. Her dogmatic declaration has become a respectful suggestion, a word of religious advice, given with the understanding that it is after all only an opinion and not meant to sound bigoted. Pure Christianity, instead of being shaped by its culture, actually stands in sharp opposition to it. Aiden Wilson Tozer understandingreligiousadvice
