Christendom — A.W. Tozer

I asked someone who I thought would be able to help me in this job of introducing our speaker. And I said to them, how shall I introduce our speaker? And this fellow, I can't tell you what to say, but I know if you don't do it right, you'll know about it before he speaks.

The thing that I could do to save myself would go and ask him. And to be obedient to him, he said, just say. If the brother remembers, I said, Brother Tozer will meet with John H. A disciple in the Bidus.

Spiritual Descent Versus Physical Descent

He was my father. Your father. Had with him. Indy. From Abraham. From Abraham. Depend on this. But because they. Independence of Abraham. Independence of Abraham. To him the breath of life. In the third day according to the scripture.

And we don't doubt it. It is said I know. Abraham. Covenant. What Peter believed. Therefore. An identity. Testament. The church. Though I've got twenty-five or thirty others. What does it do with the.

Walking in the Spirit and Examining Christian Witness

If you don't just sleep on. Walk in the spirit and not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Would look up. Showing us. That we ought not to be holier than. On hospital. Cots. In the same. The only difference between us is that I.

Now I'm just exactly the same as you. But I tell the same dirty jokes that he tells. As he does. And I do everything he. And if. Hasn't he the right. To ask me what kind of. Savior I. Had. Going to profit.

A man. To say I have a physician. If he's. A dying man. To say I have a. Church. If I had one. At the center. They gathered unto the Lord. They worshiped the Lord. Think that this is one of the most. Awful things.

The Holy Spirit and Apostolic Christianity

Was it. Gabriel. Necessary to. Sensible to me. Don't you know. When the fire came down. Licked up everything including the water. And I don't always want to be on the mountain. Certainly I don't enjoy being surrounded.

By spiritual successors. But I got to live a bit. What Dr. Brown calls. Hazardously. On the third person. Of the Trinity. To him. I want to tell you this. I believe they ought all. The gifts of his will.

Fixed on that. Our burden. We don't know when the Holy Spirit. Came. Number nine. It isn't necessary. To the church. About the Holy Spirit. I have one fear. In addition to the Holy Spirit. That the apostolic.

I think I've said that every council meeting now. For the last twenty years. But. When I look inside. At anybody's body. They're not all they ought to be. And they have a way of getting out of fix. They'd get hinged after.

Your flesh brother. That's what they thought happened. God's saints get drunk. And kept it. Cat nursed it up. Church adopted. Orders of baptism. Cried with Christ. When he died on the tree. We don't even.

Claim that. I love every. Even. Crucif. God. And I'm not in the slightest. Sour. Not because I'm. Years ago. If. This is renewed. Into righteousness. And true holiness. Not in him. Say about the liberals.

Because the liberals. Rule the world. As a bird. Have identified ourselves. Sinner doesn't. Either. He doesn't want us. We live as clean. As the cultured people. Who attend the opera. We congratulate ourselves.

Because. We live as decent. A school teacher. Who doesn't believe in God. And a scientist. Who believes that. God is energy. Sister. How to be saved from. Angelicalism. Has. Now. Now you know boys. Now you might as well admit it.

The Church’s Dependence on the World

Juniors. That a lot. Know a good deal. Want to hear about. And you're not going to. You're not interested. In the saints. And taking the world in. God lies inside your breath. To have a church. And not have any of the.

Cooterments of the church. I preached one time. And I took a week. And somebody else. Had taken a week. Before me. And somebody else. Had taken a week. After me. And I came up to Saturday night. And I said to the pastor.

As we sat there. With that mountain. Back of us. I said. What's this? Well he's. Following you tomorrow. He said. That's his. That's his. But he had props. Now I don't know. What they contained. I didn't look.

But here's what I had. That. Found in the one. And that's all a man of God needs. And to run a church. Just about. Without the hymn book. If you've got a fair amount. Jesus. Heart and. Witch and boot.

Material Clutter and the Loss of Worship

Jesus. Put it in the. Journalized. Morning Catholic. Preach can. Be. And practice Christianity. If you. Can't practice. Your. Worship. With nothing in your hand. Orthodox. In the. At the support. Of dollars.

Evangelicals. That don't need. You think I'm. Horny. Tomorrow. It's all. Being cluttered up. With a. You've got to be. Fixed it that way. They'll. Taught you how to do that. And yet we. Dance from the apostles.

We be not in bondage. We're not. On it. Like me. It doesn't make any difference to me. I'm a dentist. On. Worship is absent. In the average. Church. Don't tell university. In February. I gave a. But they called it.

Worship in the Gathered Church

Lectures. Nobody worships. Didn't have before. Now it wasn't in Toronto. Day. Friday. But they called it. Good Friday. And they had communion service. And they asked me if I'd come over and preach. And I did.

I went over and preached. On Isaiah 53. And then I went back and sat down. And the. Facts. To my dear old brother. He quoted a few. Nights. News that. I love. And I said. Brother Philip. We don't often comment on prayers.

But I said. I just wanted you to know. I were praying. I was worshiping the Lord. You know. The reason I tell that is. Because it happens. So. Irregular. Just as regular as we meet. But it isn't. It only happens now and again.

Experiencing God’s Presence in Worship

It's a four leaf clover. A pearl in an oyster. You only find a pearl occasionally. And we've got. Just gatherings. But only once in a great while. God is in the midst. I'd walk through mud. To get showing off.

And pray. Talk to God. And when they sang. They talked to God. And. And sang about God. Many fell. And said. God is among them. Of the true. But. I'll just join on the side. And I can go in too. And spend ten minutes.

And come away relaxed. Now we say. We're not born of fornication. What do you mean? There. We are. A doubter. And goes rolling down the alley. And if it's a hollow sound. You'll know. It had nothing in it.

Physical Descent Is Not Spiritual Descent

M .A. Brethren. That is a great danger. That we shall assume. Danger that we shall meet. Absolutely convinced. That we are the people. And piety will figure out. With us. In M .A. Because. And I suppose it was.

And is. But I don't want you to forget. My brethren. Jews had miracles. In their history too. But. To prevent them. Physical descendants. Of the miraculous nature. Where haven't been restored. And the judgment came upon them.

In spite of the fact. That they were the sons. Of the miracle. Live in the home. You're in the home. That you are in the vestibule. I think we ought to examine. Our churches. But I don't know anything.

Examining Church Heritage and Mission

I had a donkey. You know. An ordinary hee-haw jacket. Came up on the platform. It was his cue. Sitting down on his little stumpy tail. And they were pushing and pulling. I don't know whether. Some other member of the cast.

Took his part. And probably. And he could have done. But they tried to drag the jacket. And then they say. We are not born of fornication. We are the sons of Abraham. That's what you think. But. It's not Abraham.

We are the descendants of A .B. Simpsons. He believed what he believed. Or we say we do. But so did. Not A .B. Simpsons. I think that. We ought to examine. Our church. And point to it. With tears in our eyes.

In a missionary alliance. And we got missionaries. In twenty-one fields. That doesn't mean a thing. With the apostles. He wants us to be. In moral descent. From the early. In the book of Acts. He wants us to make.

Making Christ Central in the Church

Central figure. In our church. That he made him there. Not say we do. But do. And. And. If we don't. Then we're only fooling. Ourselves. And I don't know about you. But I repeat. I don't want to be fooled.

By anybody. Anybody fooling me. Will descent from the apostles. Or not. And if I'm not. I want to do something. About it. Yes brethren. I'm about through. I believe the wisdom. Of God speaketh. And I want to read.

Humbling Ourselves Under God’s Word

A verse. Hear from heaven. And will forgive their sins. And will heal. Their land. Now there's one way. We can deal. With this talk. That I have. That's what he thinks. Or we can. Humble ourselves. We can hear the Holy Ghost.

Say. If my people. My faith. Will forgive. And will heal. Their land. As big as lots of men. I want it to be. So awesome. Not as big as they were. But as big as there is. In the last. Church. In Canada.

Or the United States. Spiritual devotion. That they had in the book of Acts. There is an alliance. In the world. Intensity of worship. In the Holy Ghost. And the same. Acts. And in the epistles. In the apostles.

Personal Examination and a Call to Prayer

Do not have. The imagination. Fair to say. From the apostles. Physical descent. Isn't sufficient. Just as physical descent. Wasn't sufficient. For Israel. Is it to your heart. This night. If he's spoken to your heart.

This night. What about that? What about your own person? What about the way you live? The joy in your heart. Amen. Loving people. You'll get a people. We are. From the apostles. I for my part. I am in descent.

From A .B. Simpson. And we have what he had. In the slightest. And I can't help you. You can say. Without embarrassment. Do I want you to sing? I don't care. What we sing. It doesn't make much difference.

Because you've got to sing people down. They might as well stay. I have five or ten minutes. Of prayer. Tonight. Here. Later. But any missionary. Be glad to have you pray. Five minutes. They'll wait that long.

I wonder brethren. Particularly you young. Preaching your heart. You'd like to spend. Five minutes. On your face. And just get up. And come here. Clear these fronts. Clear the front seats. Please brethren.

And. And anybody.