The purpose of good works isn't to change us or save us; rather, it's the demonstration of the change within us. Aiden Wilson Tozer More Quotes by Aiden Wilson Tozer More Quotes From Aiden Wilson Tozer The Spirit-filled life is not a special, deluxe edition of Christianity. It is part and parcel of the total plan of God for His people. Aiden Wilson Tozer special spirit-filled-life people True religion is removed from diet and days, from garments and ceremonies, and placed where it belongs - in the union of the spirit of man with the Spirit of God. Aiden Wilson Tozer unions spirit men God dwells in eternity but time dwells in God. He has already lived all our tomorrows as He has lived all our yesterdays. Aiden Wilson Tozer tomorrow god yesterday Only as He is faithful will His covenants stand and His promises be honored. Only as we have complete assurance that He is faithful may we live in peace and look forward with assurance to the life to come. Aiden Wilson Tozer faithful looks promise Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image. Aiden Wilson Tozer prayer christian life Christ calls us to carry the Cross; churches call us to have fun in His name. Aiden Wilson Tozer church names fun Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits on the undeserving. Aiden Wilson Tozer benefits pleasure grace The unattended garden will soon be overrun with weeds; the heart that fails to cultivate truth and root out error will shortly be a theological wilderness. Aiden Wilson Tozer weed garden heart To treat an imperfect brother (or sister) impatiently is to advertise our own imperfections. Aiden Wilson Tozer imperfect imperfection brother There is no limit to what God can do through us if we are a yielded and purified people. Aiden Wilson Tozer religious christian god The cross is the lightning rod of grace that short-circuits God's wrath to Christ so that only the light of His love remains for believers. Aiden Wilson Tozer wrath light grace God cannot use a man or woman greatly until he wounds them deeply. Aiden Wilson Tozer wounds use men God expects of us only what He Himself has supplied. Aiden Wilson Tozer There are two classes of Christians: the proud who imagine they are humble and the humble who are afraid they are proud. There should be another class: the self-forgetful who leave the whole thing in the hands of Christ and refuse to waste any time trying to make themselves good. They will reach the goal far ahead of the rest. Aiden Wilson Tozer humility humble christian Nothing in or of this world measures up to the simple pleasure of experiencing the presence of God. Aiden Wilson Tozer pleasure simple world Faith is not merely a journey for the feet, but it is also a journey for the heart. Aiden Wilson Tozer christian faith heart As mercy is God's goodness confronting human misery and guilt, so grace is his goodness directed toward human debt and demerit. Aiden Wilson Tozer debt guilt grace With the goodness of God to desire our highest welfare, the wisdom of God to plan it, and the power of God to achieve it, what do we lack? Surely we are the most favored of all creatures. Aiden Wilson Tozer welfare goodness desire It is the Spirit of Christ in us that will draw satan's fire. The people of the world will not much care what we believe and they will stare vacantly at our religious forms, but there is one thing they will never forgive us-the presence of God's Spirit in our hearts. They may not know the cause of that strange feeling of antagonism which rises within them, but it will be nonetheless real and dangerous. satan will never cease to make war on the Man-child, and the soul in which dwells the Spirit of Christ will continue to be the target for his attacks. Aiden Wilson Tozer real religious children Faith in faith is faith astray. Aiden Wilson Tozer