What Does It Mean to Accept Christ? - A. W. Tozer Audio Sermon
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John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name
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Shortly before his death, Tozer wrote: "Another kind of religious leader must arise among us. He must be of the old prophet type, a man who has seen visions of God and has heard a voice from the Throne." I am convinced that Aiden Wilson Tozer himself was such a man.
In his 1948 classic The Pursuit of God, Tozer challenged the stiff and wooden quality of many Christian lives. He noted: "Complacency is the deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire must be present or there will be no manifestation of Christ to His people." Indeed, Tozer believed that thirst for God was the sign of coming revival.
Tozer's passion for a deeper knowledge of God led him to study the great devotional writers of the past. "These people know God, and I want to know what they know about God and how they came to know it," he observed. Prayer and worship were the hallmarks of his life. One biographer states that his preaching as well as his writings were simply an extension of his prayer life. Another noted that Tozer spent more time on his knees than at his desk.
He called for a return to astonishment and wonder at the majesty of God. Then he added: "The God of the modern evangelical rarely astonishes anybody. He manages to stay pretty much within the constitution;very well-behaved, very denominational and very much one of us."
In modern evangelicalism, contended Tozer, we work, we have our agendas--in fact, we have almost everything except the spirit of true worship. He defined worship as a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe, astonished wonder and overpowering love in the presence of the unspeakable Majesty. He reminded the pastors, "We're here to be worshippers first and workers only second; Out of enraptured, admiring, adoring souls God does His work. The work done by a worshipper will have eternity in it."
Tozer believed that worship rises and falls with our concept of God and that if there was one terrible disease in the modern church, it was that we do not see God as great as He is: "We're too familiar with God. ...that is why I do not believe in these half-converted cowboys who call God `the Man Upstairs'."
In the Preface to The Knowledge of the Holy, his last book, Tozer stated how important our view of God is: "The church has surrendered her once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it one so low, so ignoble as to be utterly unworthy of thinking, worshipping men. .. A whole new philosophy of the Christian life has resulted from this one basic error."
Tozer addressed the state of the evangelical church even more bluntly in Keys to the Deeper Life. In a chapter entitled "No Revival Without Reformation", he stated: "A widespread revival of the kind of Christianity we know today in America might prove to be a moral tragedy from which we would not recover in a hundred years." The imperative need of the day, he affirmed, was not simply revival but a radical reformation that went to the root of our moral and spiritual maladies: "Prayer for revival will prevail when it is accompanied by radical amendment of life; not before."
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“If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9).
I was deeply touched and pray for true transformation !
Amazing gone home in 1965.still powerful sermon
Tozer died in 1963. Glad you found the sermon a blessing.
That is truth, after we claimed to have accepted Jesus, we must be careful not to be under a false hope, many have believed in vain
Wish I could've met Tozer in person and thank him.
This cuts deep! Let us work out our salvation with fear and trembling, allowing the Holy Spirit to work in us.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
The Cross is obedience to God and the love of mankind .......so simple so beautiful explained in that way
Jesus is coming very very soon!
Thank you for this blessing of knowing the truth............All the Glory to you Lord
WOW I needed this! The real word of God! Thank you
dang i wish i could find a preacher like this today, especially in my hometown.
Charles Lawson
Absolute truth, very few preaching this message.
I always thought about people who take vacations and talk about everything but Jesus. Thanks for the post.
"If you don't know how to be saved... just call on God, saying, 'Lord, be merciful to me a sinner.'"
No, that is not enough!! Get the Bible out and search the scriptures... Acts 2:37 and then the answer in verse 38 is what we must DO to be saved!!
@@andrewvidler6693 Don't you agree that one Bible verse does not contradict or oppose any other Bible verse? If you do agree that all Bible verses agree together and are all authored by God Himself, then consider Romans 10 : 13.
@@Believe_on_the_LordJESUSChrist This fellow is a lordshiper.
I love Tozer. When i get to heaven, apart from Jesus i want to spend as much time as i can with brother Tozer. He has blessed me so much.
Amen Lord cover me always with the blood of Jesus Christ.
Tozer did not preach to gain popularity and praise. His messages were the Bible!
Thank you so very much for uploading all these videos. You will never know the help peace n confirmation of everything I needed. Jesus has saved me from so much. I need to stop disappointing him. God bless you and your family abundantly forever. In Jesus name Amen
Grace will help you not to sin and do Gods will
such a beautiful sermon, and people gave this wonderful preacher of GOD thumbs down, wow.well i guess this type of salvation is not good for those who has itching ears
Accept Jesus Heresy. Brilliant foresight.
I needed this today! Thank you brother!
chris whitfield I'm always immensely glad when I learn a saint has been blessed in the hearing of God's Word. You are most welcome, brother. May the peace and joy of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always, my friend.
Christian Praise and Worship in Songs, Sermons, and Audio Books Thanks! You too, may our Lord continue to bless you and your service!
Christian Praise and Worship in Songs, Sermons, and Audio Books. THANKS FOR SHARING A TRUE GOSPEL MESSAGE WITH US ALL & NOT A WATERED DOWN MESSAGE. MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU & CONTINUE SHARING TRUTH GOSPEL.
Oh how thankful for this site!
Good, very good message
Once saved always saved Amen
Wonderful
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Amen
Great Great
Very good
Thank you for sharing. God bless you.
workout on your salvation with fear n trembling- philippians 2:12
Amen, brother.
“And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:”
1 Peter 1:17 KJVAAE
Amen
I believe this channel is blessing to me from god
Tqsm❤❤
God not god
thank you so much, I've enjoyed this message. we need more of this straight up in your face, take up your cross,deny yourself, receive Christ ❤ Thank you
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 4:5, Jesus Christ is the only way, KJV..
Does anyone know when was this preached ?
I grew up Church but never heard the Gospel preached this way ?
I grew up in the church as well in the 60’s and early 70’s and never heard the Gospel preached like this sermon. Tozer was so right in his disdain for easy evangelism back in his day.
"Do you wanna go to heaven?" "No." "Then go to hell."
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Am not understanding: Is Accepting Jesus and following his teachings in your whole life with action the theme, or is Accepting Jesus and acquiring Heaven the main thing?
The main Theme is God himself. If we love God, we will naturally desire to follow His teachings and to be with Him in eternity.
What does he say?
Accept Christ is the toted panacea or total panacea?
Honest question: Isn't salvation and dicipleship two different things? First we get saved, become born again, then we learn to dedicate our lives to him?
It's not that I don't want to do Gods will for my life but I am deadly afraid that if I do it in order to be saved I'll go to hell.
Good question. To put it simply, there's nothing wrong with desiring to spend eternity with God.
2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble 11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
But that passage talks about not being nearsighted christians who "forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins." - meaning they are indeed saved but does not think much of it and are "ineffective and unproductive". It encourage us to workout on our calling so we get a "receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom".
I don't see how this has anything to do with becoming/staying saved?
"It's not that I don't want to do Gods will for my life but I am deadly afraid that if I do it in order to be saved I'll go to hell."
2 Peter 1:11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
My point was that it's OK to desire to be saved in order to enter the kingdom of Heaven. If you did not love God, you would not have any desire whatsoever to do His will or to spend eternity with Him.
...and yes, salvation and discipleship are two different things, and you're explanation is correct.
Good question XePixels. Salvation is what God does for the sinner through faith in Christ .He justifies or declares the sinner righteous. Discipleship is a live surrendered to Christ in service . Mathew 28:20 teaching them to keep all I have commanded them , that’s discipleship, becoming like Jesus in our daily lives. It is the saved persons response to God in Christ in obedience. If you’re truly saved , you cannot help it but to become a disciple to your Savior. It’s a disciplined life of service and obedience in sanctification. Only a saved person can become a disciple. I hope this helps . Blessings
PS - And you are right. Here’s why you fear . Ask Jesus to purify your heart and change your motivation. “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.”
1 John 4:18 ESV
www.bible.com/59/1jn.4.18.esv
This is Lordship salvation. Tozer is mixing regeneration and sanctification. It is front loading the gospel
Amen