In coming to Him at any time we need not wonder whether we shall find Him in a receptive mood.
What “peace” it brings to the Christian’s heart to realize that our Heavenly Father never differs from Himself. The old man, even at its best, possesses only the life of Adam the new man has the life of God (he becomes a member of a new and higher order of being - the eternal law of God is engraven forever on his soul). So radical is this change that the apostle calls the man that used to be “the old man,” and the man he is now “the new man” - he is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him. A man’s thoughts, desires, and affections are transformed, and he is no longer what he was before. The essence of repentance is this: the liar becomes truthful, the thief honest, the lewd pure, the proud humble. For human beings the whole possibility of redemption lies in their ability to change. The words of Faber find sympathetic response in every heart yet as much as we deplore the lack of stability in this fallen world, the very ability to change is a golden treasure - a gift from God.
Through its unresting race and varied range:Ĭhange finds no likeness to itself in Thee, In a world of change and decay not even the man of faith can be completely happy instinctively he seeks the unchanging. In Thee we can rest without fear or doubt and face our tomorrows without anxiety. Chance and change characterizes our busy little world of nature and men, but in Thee there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. The law of mutation belongs to a fallen world, but God is immutable, and in Him men of faith find at last eternal permanence. All that God is He has always been, and all that He has been and is He will ever be. THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD - To say that God is immutable is to say that He never differs from Himself.
This summary contains material on the following three sections of his book -Ī. THE SEVEN BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN SUMMARIEZED ARE: The late Warren Wiersbe of the Moody Church in Chicago writes: “Happy is the Christian who has a Tozer book handy when his soul is parched and he feels God is far away.” Tozer was an evangelical mystic in an age of pragmatic materialists he was known for his emphasis on the deeper life he begged Christians to please God and forget the crowd and his legacy has impacted countless millions. He pastored in Chicago for more than 30 yrs (1928-1959), was the author of more than 50 books, and the editor of The Alliance Witness. Tozer was a prolific author, pastor and modern day prophet, and a key figure in “The Christian and Missionary Alliance” denomination. Printable pdf Version of These Summaries Introduction to A.
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