I Talk Back to the Devil Quotes

“...every grace and every virtue proceeds from God alone, and that not even a good thought can come from us except it be of Him.”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil

“We must repudiate this great, modern wave of seeking God for His benefits... He wants us to know that when we have Him, we have everything - we have all the rest.”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil

“[Sadly] the first thing we tell our young converts, the babes in Christ, is, 'Here is a handful of tracts- now get out and get busy!”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil

“He has been taught in his head, but his heart has not been satisfied, and he goes away still hungry.”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil

“Our self-trust is such a subtle thing that it still comes around whispering to us even after we are sure it is gone.”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil

“Pulled out of the mud of your own ego, so that you have stopped thinking that you are somebody, at last you are delivered from yourself and are seeking God for Himself alone.”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil

“Many's very human habit of trusting in himself is generally the last great obstacle blocking his pathway to victory in Christian experience.”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil

“Now, brethren, this is one of our greatest faults in our Christian lives. We are allowing too many rivals of God. We actually have too many gods. We have too many irons in the fire. We have too much theology that we don't understand. We have too much churchly institutionalism. We have too much religion. Actually, I guess we just have too much of too much.”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil

“...many are guilty of merely 'nibbling' at the truth of the Christian Gospel.”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil

“In our churches we often sing, “Arise, my soul, arise; shake off thy guilty fears.” But nothing happens, and we keep our fears.”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil: The Fighting Fervor of the Victorious Christian

“I say, “Yes, Devil, sin is terrible—but I remind you that I got it from you! And I remind you, Devil, that everything good—forgiveness and cleansing and blessing—everything that is good I have freely received from Jesus Christ!”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil: The Fighting Fervor of the Victorious Christian

“There you have it—my postulate that the modern Christian, even though he has accepted Christ and has been born again, is not a joyful person because he is not a holy person.”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil: The Fighting Fervor of the Victorious Christian

“think in our day we are in need of such an admonition as, “Seek more of God—and seek Him for Himself alone!” If we become serious-minded about this, we would soon discover that all of the gifts of God come along with the knowledge and the presence of God Himself.”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil: The Fighting Fervor of the Victorious Christian

“I hear people testify about their search for the deeper Christian life and it sounds as though they would like to be able to get it in pill form. It seems that it would have been much more convenient for them if God had arranged religion so they could take it like a pill with a glass of water. They buy books, hoping to get their religion by prescription. But there isn’t any such thing. There is a cross. There is a gallows. There is a man with bleeding stripes on his back. There is an apostle with no property, with a tradition of loneliness and weariness and rejection and glory—but there are no pills!”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil: The Fighting Fervor of the Victorious Christian

“I stand for believing in God and defying the devil—and our God loves that kind of courage among His people. If you are still wrapped in grave clothes and great fears lie upon you, it is time for you to dare to rise and in sweet faith in the risen Jesus Christ declare: “I will not take this any longer. I am a child of God—why should I go mourning all the day?” Will God answer? “All right, My child,” He will answer as the burden rolls away, “I have waited long to hear you say that. Jesus is Victor and in Him you overcome!”
― A.W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil: The Fighting Fervor of the Victorious Christian