God's Pursuit of Man Quotes

“Love for God and for the children of God takes possession of the soul. We feel ourselves near to heaven and it is now the earth and the world that begin to seem un-real. We know them now for what they are, realities indeed, but like stage scenery here for one brief hour and soon to pass away. The world to come takes on a hard outline before our minds and begins to invite our interest and our devotion. Then the whole life changes to suit the new reality and the change is permanent. Slight fluctuations there may be like the rise and dip of the line on a graph, but the established direction is upward and the ground taken is held.”
― A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man: Tozer's Prequel to the Pursuit of God

“Our problem is not one of understanding, I repeat, but of faith and obedience. The question is not a theological one, What does this teach? It is a moral one, Am I willing to accept this and abide by its consequences? Can I endure the cold stare? Have I the courage to stand up to the slashing attack of the “liberal”? Dare I invite the hate of men who will be affronted by my attitude? Have I independence of mind sufficient to challenge the opinions of popular religion and go along with an apostle? Or briefly, can I bring myself to take up the cross with its blood and its reproach?”
― A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man: Tozer's Prequel to the Pursuit of God

“How eagerly do we seek the approval of this or that man of worldly reputation. How shamefully do we exploit the converted celebrity. Anyone will do to take away the reproach of obscurity from our publicity-hungry leaders: famous athletes, congressmen, world travelers, rich industrialists; before such we bow with obsequious smiles and honor them in our public meetings and in the religious press. Thus we glorify men to enhance the standing of the Church of God, and the glory of the Prince of Life is made to hang upon the transient fame of a man who shall die.”
― A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man: Tozer's Prequel to the Pursuit of God

“For sin’s human captives God never intends anything less than full deliverance. The Christian message rightly understood means this: The God who by the word of the gospel proclaims men free, by the power of the gospel actually makes them free. To accept less than this is to know the gospel in word only, without its power.”
― A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man: Tozer's Prequel to the Pursuit of God

“In asserting that faith in the gospel effects a change of life-motive from self to God I am but stating the sober facts. Every man with moral intelligence must be aware of the curse that afflicts him inwardly; he must be conscious of the thing we call ego, by the Bible called flesh or self, but by whatever name called, a cruel master and a deadly foe.”
― A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man: Tozer's Prequel to the Pursuit of God

“God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others.”
― A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man: Tozer's Prequel to the Pursuit of God

“We habitually stand in our now and look back by faith to see the past filled with God. We look forward and see Him inhabiting our future; but our now is uninhabited except for ourselves.”
― A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man: Tozer's Prequel to the Pursuit of God

“Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost” (Luke 15:6). On the night of His agony He “sang a hymn” before going out to the Mount of Olives. After His resurrection He sang among His brethren in the great congregation (see Psalm 22:22).”
― A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man: Tozer's Prequel to the Pursuit of God

“The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17)”
― A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man: Tozer's Prequel to the Pursuit of God

“in their pride men”
― A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man: Tozer's Prequel to the Pursuit of God

“God has indeed lent to every man the power to lock his heart and stalk away darkly into his self-chosen night, as He has lent to every man the ability to respond to His overtures of grace, but while the “no” choice may be ours, the “yes” choice is always God’s. He is the Author of our faith as He must be its Finisher. Only by grace can we continue to believe; we can persist in willing God’s will only as we are seized upon by a benign power that will overcome our natural bent to unbelief.”
― A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man: Tozer's Prequel to the Pursuit of God

“The function of a good book is to stand like a signpost directing the reader toward the Truth and the Life.”
― A.W. Tozer, God's Pursuit of Man: Tozer's Prequel to the Pursuit of God