Pithy gems from A.W. Tozer

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Among the plastic saints of our times, Jesus has to do all the dying.
All we want, is to hear another sermon about His dying!

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It is no longer either dangerous or costly to be a Christian!

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Some Christians have taken all the justice, judgment and hatred of sin out of the nature of God—and have nothing left but a soft god.

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Let us start reading our Bibles with the thought that God means exactly what He says!

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The most godly Christian is the one who knows himself best. No one who knows himself, will believe that he deserves anything better than Hell.

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God's gifts often take the place of God Himself, and the whole course of the man's life is upset by the monstrous substitution!

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The world is perishing for lack of the knowledge of God, and the Church is famishing for lack of His presence!

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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 the last hours or days.

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We have learned to live with unholiness in our churches, and have come to look upon it as the natural and expected thing.

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I would rather stand alone and have everybody as my enemy—than to go along with the crowd to Hell!

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Everywhere among professors we find people who are Bible-taught, but not Spirit-taught. They grasp the truth with the mind, not the heart.

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Many professing Christians are caught up with the toys of contemporary society. They may be going to Hell, but it is going to be a comfortable ride for them.

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Christians don't tell lies, they just go to church and sing them!

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Saving faith is an irrevocable, total commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself!

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Most Christians would be better pleased, if the Lord did not inquire into their personal affairs too closely. They want Him to save them, keep them happy and take them to Heaven at last—but not to be too inquisitive about their desires or daily conduct.

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The church has failed, by living too much like the world!

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The difficulty we modern Christians face, is not misunderstanding the Bible—but persuading our worldly hearts to accept its plain instructions!


 
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We must do something about the cross, and only one of two things we can do—flee it or die upon it.


 
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Evangelical Christianity is now tragically below the New Testament standard.

 
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Worldliness is an accepted part of our way of life!

 
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We are not producing saints.

 
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Our models are successful businessmen, celebrated athletes, and theatrical personalities.

 
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The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth—what will it cost me?"
Rather he will say, "This is truth. God help me to walk in it, let come what may!"

 
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It is possible to have some kind of external religious experience that immunizes you to the new birth, and puts you where you will never be born again, because you think you are already born again.