'That I may know Christ and the power of His resurrection. Philippians3:10
22 oct. 2017 Un comentariu
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A. W. Tozer – Acceptarea lui Cristos
CUM VOI PUTEA AJUNGE SALVAT PRIN RELATIA MEA CU HRISTOS?
Ce inseamna sa-L accepti pe Hristos? Ce este? Sunt foarte incantat ca sunt capabil sa va spun ca sunt foarte putine lucruri in aceasta lume care conteaza cu adevarat si ca sunt si mai putine care fac diferenta dintre viata si moarte. Sunt de asemenea cateva care ar trece neimportante dar au o importanta vitala, chiar o importanta decisiva.
29 nov. 2015 Comentarii închise la A.W.Tozer – In Everything by Prayer
in A W Tozer, Christian Living/Live for Christ Etichete:1 Phillipians 4:6, A W Tozer, Prayer, sermon, Tozer
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1 Phillipians 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God
This is the key to the treasure house of God.
05 feb. 2014 Un comentariu
in A W Tozer Etichete:A W Tozer, dar nu pune niciodata una pe spatele altcuiva, Poarta-ti crucea
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A W Tozer: nascut in 1897. In 1914, la doar 17 ani a simtit chemarea lui Dumnezeu. Cu numai 5 ani mai tarziu si fara nici o scoala teologica/biblica, A W Tozer a devenit pastor la varsta de 22 de ani.
A W Tozer:
Poarta-te mai aspru cu tine si mai bland cu altii. – Poarta-ti crucea, dar nu pune niciodata una pe spatele altcuiva. Cultiva partasia cu Dumnezeu prin rugaciune, smerenie, ascultare si renuntare la sine.
O dragoste creştinească radiantă. Îmi doresc să văd o restaurare a dragostei creştineşti care să radieze în aşa fel încât să fie imposibil să găseşti pe cineva care să vorbească cu asprime sau fără milă despre cineva sau cuiva. Aceasta necesită multa chibzuinţa şi multa rugaciune necontenită. Diavolul ar intra în convulsii. Ar fi atât de supărat şi aşa de dezamagit că ar sta îmbufnat ani în şir în iadul creat chiar de el. În această ultimă perioadă de moarte a dispensaţiunii creştine ar trebui să existe un grup de creştini care să aibă dragoste radiantă, nişte oameni atât de iubitori încât să nu-i poţi face să vorbească nedrept şi fără milă.
02 feb. 2014 Comentarii închise la Tozer, Ravenhill and a poem on christians facing the judgment seat of Christ
in Salvation Etichete:A W Tozer, God, Jesus Christ, Leonard Ravenhill
Excerpted from one of Leonard Ravenhill’s sermons titled: The Judgment Seat of Christ, which you can read in its entirety here.
A.W.Tozer-
I think again of a statement A. W. Tozer made to me once. He said, „Len, you know, we’ll hardly get our feet out of time into eternity that we’ll bow our heads in shame and humiliation. We’ll gaze on eternity and say, ‘Look at all the riches there were in Jesus Christ, and I’ve come to the Judgment Seat almost a pauper.'” For God had not only given us Jesus Christ – He has with Him freely given us all things (Rom. 8:32).
Leonard Ravenhill-
I heard the story for years, about the woman who came to Jesus with an alabaster box of ointment, before I understood it – before I realized that she came for one reason only. She came to worship Jesus. How do I know? Because she brought the most sacrificial gift she had and because she never said a word while she was there. How do I know? Because she didn’t wash His feet with water, but with her tears. She didn’t dry His feet with a towel, but she dried His feet with the hair of her head. And she poured out that costly fragrance and then wiped His feet. So what happened? The fragrance she poured out on Him came back on her.
Do you wonder why your life isn’t more fragrant? It’s because you don’t take time to be holy. You don’t take time to be with Jesus. Because you think all the knowledge you get at Bible school is enough. Oh no, God isn’t going to measure your intellect. He’s going to try your life with His fire. Did you get up this morning and thank God you were pure? Did you thank Him that He broke that devilish fever you used to have for sniffing cocaine or something? Are you really glad you’re not a prostitute anymore, but now you’re a part of the Bride of the Lamb instead? Are you glad He removed your bad temper and all those creepy horrible things that used to master you?
…….
WILL CHRISTIANS BE JUDGED?
I heard a woman say not long ago, „Well, praise the Lord. I’m glad I don’t have to account for anything when I go to heaven. There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Wait a minute, you can never isolate a scripture by itself. There’s no condemnation for our past sins, and I’m sure we are all mighty glad of that. But God was always saying to Israel, „Remember when thou wast a bondsman in Egypt…remember your sin…remember your iniquity.”
You might say, „It doesn’t say the Christians are going to be judged out of the books.” Yes, I think it does. Where? In Malachi (Mal. 3:16). It says that God has a Book of Remembrance, and I think it would do you good before you go to bed every night this week to ask God, „What did You put in Your book today for my life?” It doesn’t have to be some outward act. You can worship God on a tractor. It may not be the best way, but you can do it.
The Bible says that „we shall all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ” (Rom. 14:10). I think that scripture means just what it says.
……..
Do you get so near to the heart of God that you share His grief over the world and over the backslidden and apostate church that we have today? One of the most famous preachers in the country recently called at nearly midnight and said, „I’ve come to this conclusion: God Almighty has already taken His hand off America – for the simple reason that we’ve had so much light and we’ve rejected it!” It’s not only true that we live in a world of bankrupt politics, we live in a world (this is the most tragic part of all) of a spiritually bankrupt church.
………
We ought to live our lives conscious of eternity – ready to be cut off at any moment. If you were to stand before the Lord at this very moment, would you like your life story read by all the millions in eternity? None of the outcasts of hell are going to be there. Won’t it be wonderful – or will it? Or do you think you might shrink a bit when you hear now God used David Brainerd or John Wesley or some little washerwoman that had a life of intercession?
There’s no burden too heavy, or no situation too hard for the one that you love. If we are love-controlled, love-motivated, and love- energized, it will be all right when we stand up there, because if there’s anything about love – it’s obedient. We need to become a people who are baptized with obedience. We need to be submissive to the total will of God, not concerned about human opinion, and not asking for more to spend on ourselves. We need to say, „Oh God, I want this life of mine to glorify You, so that when I stand in Your awesome presence, as John says, I shall not be ashamed at Your appearing” (I John 2:28).
When I stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ
And He shows His plan for me,
The plan of my life as it might have been
Had He had His way – and I see
How I blocked Him here, and checked Him there,
And I would not yield my will,
Will there be grief in my Savior’s eyes,
Grief though He loves me still?
Would He have me rich and I stand there poor,
Stripped of all but His grace,
While memory runs like a hunted thing,
Down the paths I cannot retrace.
Lord, of the years that are left to me
I give them to Thy hand
Take me and break me and mold me,
To the pattern that Thou hast planned!
-Author Unknown
07 sept. 2013 Comentarii închise la A must-read free book on the attributes of God
in Apologetics, Word of God Etichete:A W Tozer, Bible, Bob Deffinbaugh, Christendom, Christianity, Conceptions of God, God, God's glory.God's attributes.the attributes of God, martin luther
From the introduction to the book (pp 2,3) – Bob Deffinbaugh:
Over 30 years ago, A. W. Tozer wrote concerning the desperate need for the church to revise its concept of God due to a very distorted conception of Him:
Nothing will so enlarge the intellect, nothing so magnify the whole soul of man, as a devout, earnest, continued, investigation of the great subject of the Deity. The most excellent study for expanding the soul is the science of Christ and Him crucified and the knowledge of the Godhead in the glorious Trinity.
practical value:
No study is of more importance or value than a study of the nature and attributes of God. It is our hope that these messages will enhance your knowledge of God, resulting in a greater love for Him and for others.
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06 mai 2013 Comentarii închise la FREE Audio Book Download – A W Tozer’s life story
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Each month ChristianAduio.com gives away a free audio book through download. This month (May 2013) the giveaway is Lyle Dorsett’s
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Pastor A. W. Tozer, author of the Christian classics The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy, was a complex, intensely private, deeply spiritual man, and a gifted preacher whose impact for the kingdom of God is immeasurable. In this thoughtful biography, bestselling author Lyle Dorsett traces Tozer’s life from his humble beginnings as a Pennsylvania farm boy to his heyday as a Chicago pastor–when hundreds of college students would travel to his South Side church to hear him preach and thousands more heard his Sunday broadcasts on WMBI. Eventually, he came to his final pastorate in Toronto.
From his conversion as a teen to his death in 1963, Tozer remained true to one passion: to know the Father and make Him known, no matter what the cost. The price he paid was loneliness, censure from other, more secular-minded ministers of the times, and even a degree of estrangement from his family. Read the life story of a flawed but gifted saint, whose works are still impacting the world today.
„I fear we shall never see another Tozer. Men like him are not college-bred but Spirit-taught.” Leonard Ravenhill, 20th century British evangelist.
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05 dec. 2012 Un comentariu
in A W Tozer, Leonard Ravenhill Etichete:A W Tozer, Africa, Called to preach, Christ, Christianity, God, Leonard Ravenhill
Leonrad Ravenhill recounts meeting A.W.Tozer, who was holding a scrap of paper in his hand which to Tozer was more valuable than receiving a letter from the President. The letter was from an african man named Dumas, who was saved in a small baptist church in Africa.
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25 iun. 2012 2 comentarii
in A W Tozer, Uncategorized Etichete:A W Tozer, God, Tozer
Published on Jun 11, 2012 by stack45ny A.W. Tozer Sermon – God’s Great Promise to His Church- A.W. Tozer sermon playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=66987CD6E419E258
Acts 24 and Luke 1
Aiden Wilson Tozer was born April 21, 1897, on a small farm among the spiny ridges of Western Pennsylvania. Within a few short years, Tozer, as he preferred to be called, would earn the reputation and title of a „20th-century prophet.”
Able to express his thoughts in a simple but forceful manner, Tozer combined the power of God and the power of words to nourish hungry souls, pierce human hearts, and draw earthbound minds toward God.
When he was 15 years old, Tozer’s family moved to Akron, Ohio. One afternoon as he walked home from his job at Goodyear, he overheard a street preacher say, „If you don’t know how to be saved . . . just call on God.” When he got home, he climbed the narrow stairs to the attic where, heeding the preacher’s advice, Tozer was launched into a lifelong pursuit of God.
In 1919, without formal education, Tozer was called to pastor a small storefront church in Nutter Fort, West Virginia. That humble beginning thrust him and his new wife Ada Cecelia Pfautz, into a 44-year ministry with The Christian and Missionary Alliance.
Thirty-one of those years were spent at Chicago’s Southside Alliance Church. The congregation, captivated by Tozer’s preaching, grew from 80 to 800.
In 1950 Tozer was elected editor of the Alliance Weekly now called Alliance Life. The circulation doubled almost immediately. In the first editorial dated June 3, 1950, he set the tone: „It will cost something to walk slow in the parade of the ages while excited men of time rush about confusing motion with progress. But it will pay in the long run and the true Christian is not much interested in anything short of that.”
Tozer’s forte was his prayer life which often found him walking the aisles of a sanctuary or lying face down on the floor. He noted, „As a man prays, so is he.” To him the worship of God was paramount in his life and ministry. „His preaching as well as his writings were but extensions of his prayer life,” comments Tozer biographer James L. Snyder. An earlier biographer noted, „He spent more time on his knees than at his desk.”
Tozer’s love for words also pervaded his family life. He quizzed his children on what they read and made up bedtime stories for them. „The thing I remember most about my father,” reflects his daughter Rebecca, „was those marvelous stories he would tell.”
Son Wendell, one of six boys born before the arrival of Rebecca, remembers that, „We all would rather be treated to the lilac switch by our mother than to have a talking-to by our dad.”
Tozer’s final years of ministry were spent at Avenue Road Church in Toronto, Canada. On May 12, 1963, his earthly pursuit of God ended when he died of a heart attack at age 66. In a small cemetery in Akron, Ohio, his tombstone bears this simple epitaph: „A Man of God.”
Some wonder why Tozer’s writings are as fresh today as when he was alive. It is because, as one friend commented, „He left the superficial, the obvious and the trivial for others to toss around. . . . [His] books reach deep into the heart.”
His humor, written and spoken, has been compared to that of Will Rogers–honest and homespun. Congregations could one moment be swept by gales of laughter and the next sit in a holy hush.
For almost 50 years, Tozer walked with God. Even though he is gone, he continues to speak, ministering to those who are eager to experience God. As someone put it, „This man makes you want to know and feel God.”
05 iun. 2012 Un comentariu
in Uncategorized Etichete:A W Tozer, blessings, riches, Solomon, Tozer
Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
From the introduction:
The blessing of the Lord; what it is and what it means to us and it leaves no bitter taste. Solomon was one of the richest and the wisest and as he writes in Proverbs in his old age, he says very simply that a man who has God’s blessing on him is a rich man and that he will never have any regrets or sorrow as a result of those kinds of riches.
Here was an old man, Solomon and he had lived it up in his days, he had plenty of everything and time was running up on him and he was writing his proverbs. Solomon wasn’t putting sour grapes in here, he watched the drama of humanity and he looked in his own heart and saw how empty it was, and so he said, „The blessing of the Lord maketh rich”. What is this blessing of the Lord?
If I was reading this without the benefit of reading the rest of the Bible I wouldn’t know what this man means; but, when you allow the rest of the Bible to be a commentary on this, then you know what this means. It began back there, when God said to Abraham, „Abraham, come out of that country and thy kingdom and come to a new place and I will show thee and I will bless thee and make thy name great…
Published on Jun 3, 2012 by stack45ny A.W. Tozer Sermon – Riches that Bring No Sorrow
A.W. Tozer sermon playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=66987CD6E419E258
Aiden Wilson Tozer was born April 21, 1897, on a small farm among the spiny ridges of Western Pennsylvania. Within a few short years, Tozer, as he preferred to be called, would earn the reputation and title of a „20th-century prophet.” Able to express his thoughts in a simple but forceful manner, Tozer combined the power of God and the power of words to nourish hungry souls, pierce human hearts, and draw earthbound minds toward God.
When he was 15 years old, Tozer’s family moved to Akron, Ohio. One afternoon as he walked home from his job at Goodyear, he overheard a street preacher say, „If you don’t know how to be saved . . . just call on God.” When he got home, he climbed the narrow stairs to the attic where, heeding the preacher’s advice, Tozer was launched into a lifelong pursuit of God. In 1919, without formal education, Tozer was called to pastor a small storefront church in Nutter Fort, West Virginia. That humble beginning thrust him and his new wife Ada Cecelia Pfautz, into a 44-year ministry with The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Thirty-one of those years were spent at Chicago’s Southside Alliance Church. The congregation, captivated by Tozer’s preaching, grew from 80 to 800.
In 1950 Tozer was elected editor of the Alliance Weekly now called Alliance Life. The circulation doubled almost immediately. In the first editorial dated June 3, 1950, he set the tone: „It will cost something to walk slow in the parade of the ages while excited men of time rush about confusing motion with progress. But it will pay in the long run and the true Christian is not much interested in anything short of that.”
Tozer’s forte was his prayer life which often found him walking the aisles of a sanctuary or lying face down on the floor. He noted, „As a man prays, so is he.” To him the worship of God was paramount in his life and ministry. „His preaching as well as his writings were but extensions of his prayer life,” comments Tozer biographer James L. Snyder. An earlier biographer noted, „He spent more time on his knees than at his desk.”
Tozer’s love for words also pervaded his family life. He quizzed his children on what they read and made up bedtime stories for them. „The thing I remember most about my father,” reflects his daughter Rebecca, „was those marvelous stories he would tell.”
Son Wendell, one of six boys born before the arrival of Rebecca, remembers that, „We all would rather be treated to the lilac switch by our mother than to have a talking-to by our dad.”
Tozer’s final years of ministry were spent at Avenue Road Church in Toronto, Canada. On May 12, 1963, his earthly pursuit of God ended when he died of a heart attack at age 66. In a small cemetery in Akron, Ohio, his tombstone bears this simple epitaph: „A Man of God.”
Some wonder why Tozer’s writings are as fresh today as when he was alive. It is because, as one friend commented, „He left the superficial, the obvious and the trivial for others to toss around. . . . [His] books reach deep into the heart.”
His humor, written and spoken, has been compared to that of Will Rogers–honest and homespun. Congregations could one moment be swept by gales of laughter and the next sit in a holy hush.
For almost 50 years, Tozer walked with God. Even though he is gone, he continues to speak, ministering to those who are eager to experience God. As someone put it, „This man makes you want to know and feel God.”
29 iun. 2011 Un comentariu
in A W Tozer, Limba Engleza Etichete:A W Tozer, Christ, God, holy spirit, Religion and Spirituality
Introduction
THE SUPREME INTEREST in the life of A. W. Tozer was God: He who spoke and brought the world into being, Who justly rules over men and nations, yet deigns to make man His dwelling place. He believed that all that really matters is for man to be in right relationship with God, that his first duty-and privilege-is „to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” For this reason he delighted to speak to men of God’s majesty and wonder and grace and he ever sought to instruct and exhort Christians to let this be the purpose of their lives. He grieved that they should be content with less.
Nothing he preached or wrote was merely academic or theoretical. What he said about God came out of many hours spent in His presence and with His Word. What he wrote about men was what he knew of his own heart and observed in others. With the Spirit’s anointing came discernment; perception and clarity issued out of a disciplined mind. A broad knowledge averted dullness, and a lively wit brought freshness.
The chapters in this book deal with many aspects of one subject: the relationship of God and man. They are above all practical and all who read them will profit.
Anita M. Bailey
DEEP INSIDE EVERY MAN there is a private sanctum where dwells the mysterious essence of his being. This far-in reality is that in the man which is what it is of itself without reference to any other part of the man’s complex nature. It is the man’s „I Am,” a gift from the I AM who created him.
The I AM which is God is underived and selfexistent; the „I Am” which is man is derived from God and dependent every moment upon His creative fiat for its continued existence. One is the Creator, high over all, ancient of days, dwelling in light unapproachable. The other is a creature and, though privileged beyond all others, is still but a creature, a pensioner on God’s bounty and a suppliant before His throne.
The deep-in human entity of which we speak is called in the Scriptures the spirit of man. „For what man knoweth the things of man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God” (I Cor. 2:11) . As God’s self-knowledge lies in the eternal Spirit, so man’s selfknowledge is by his own spirit, and his knowledge of God is by the direct impression of the Spirit of God upon the spirit of man.
The importance of all this cannot be overestimated as we think and study and pray. It reveals the essential spirituality of mankind. It denies that man is a creature having a spirit and declares that he is a spirit having a body. That which makes him a human being is not his body but his spirit, in which the image of God originally lay.
One of the most liberating declarations in the New Testament is this: „The true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:23, 24) . Here the nature of worship is shown to be wholly spiritual. True religion is removed from diet and days, from garments and ceremonies, and placed where it belongs-in the union of the spirit of man with the Spirit of God.
From man’s standpoint the most tragic loss suffered in the Fall was the vacating of this inner sanctum by the Spirit of God. At the far-in hidden center of man’s being is a bush fitted to be the dwelling place of the Triune God. There God planned to rest and glow with moral and spiritual fire. Man by his sin forfeited this indescribably wonderful privilege and must now dwell there alone. For so intimately private is the place that no creature can intrude; no one can enter but Christ; and He will enter only by the invitation of faith. „Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Rev. 3:20).
By the mysterious operation of the Spirit in the new birth, that which is called by Peter „the divine nature” enters the deep-in core of the believer’s heart and establishes residence there. „If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his,” for „the Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God” (Rom. 8:9, 16). Such a one is a true Christian, and only such. Baptism, confirmation, the receiving of the sacraments, church membership-these mean nothing unless the supreme act of God in regeneration also takes place. Religious externals may have a meaning for the God-inhabited soul; for any others they are not only useless but may actually become snares, deceiving them into a false and perilous sense of security.
„Keep thy heart with all diligence” is more than a wise saying; it is a solemn charge laid upon us by the One who cares most about us. To it we should give the most careful heed lest at any time we should let it slip.
28 mart. 2011 11 comentarii
in A W Tozer, Christ, Salvation, Uncategorized Etichete:A W Tozer, accepting Christ
Tozer speaks on the phrase ‘accept Christ’, which he says is not a biblical phrase, however, it does have the connotation of Biblical truth. Tozer explains that while telling a man to „accept Christ” is relatively right, yet, if it is not carefully explained, it can make one think that Christ is waiting hat in hand on a person’s pleasure, neatly awaiting a person’s verdict on Him (Christ). It permits one to accept Christ by an impulse of their mind or their emotion and to accept Him painlessly and with no cost and no inconvenience.The sermon is closed-captioned-You can read it off the video’s screen.
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16 mart. 2011 4 comentarii
in Uncategorized Etichete:A W Tozer, controlled by the Spirit, God, holy spirit, Jesus
A.W. Tozer – some powerful preaching on the Holy Spirit’s work.
Part 1 of 5. Play video to the end and next video will automatically load.
If you don’t have time to listen to all 5 parts in one sitting, here are links to
Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5
Other A. W. Tozer pages:
In ENGLISH:
In Limba Romana
08 mart. 2011 Un comentariu
in A W Tozer, A W Tozer, Christian Living/Live for Christ, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, New Testament, Treziri Spirituale, Word of God Etichete:A W Tozer, Christianity, God, holiness, Jesus, oneness brings revival, Revival, unity
Other A. W. Tozer articles/written sermons:
In ENGLISH:
In Limba Romana
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03 feb. 2011 8 comentarii
in A W Tozer, Christian Living/Live for Christ Etichete:A W Tozer, Biserica, bucurie, dragoste, Opt lucruri pe care le tanjesc intr-o biserica, rastignirea sinelui, simplitate, umilinta
Articol preluat de la blogul AWTozero.wordpress.com:
Mi-este teamă de noul val de religie care a venit. A început în Statele Unite şi acum se răspândeşte. Este un fel de ezoterism al sufletului şi al minţii însoţit de fenomene ciudate. Mi-e teamă de orice nu necesită de curăţie de inimă şi 
neprihănire a conduitei în viaţa din partea individului.
Tânjesc de asemenea ca, prin îndurările blânde ale lui Cristos, să existe printre noi urmatoarele lucruri:
1. O simplitate frumoasă. Întotdeauna sunt precaut faţă de artificialitate şi complexitatea religiei. Aş vrea să văd simplitate. Domnul nostru Isus a fost unul dintre cei mai simpli oameni care a trait vreodată. Pur şi simplu, nu-L puteai implica în nimic formal. El a spus ce avea de spus la fel de frumos şi de natural precum cântă o pasăre dimineaţa în copac. Aceasta este ceea ce aş vrea să văd restaurat în biserici. Opusul acesteia este artificialitatea si complexitatea.
2. O dragoste creştinească radiantă. Îmi doresc să văd o restaurare a dragostei creştineşti care să radieze în aşa fel încât să fie imposibil să găseşti pe cineva care să vorbească cu asprime sau fără milă despre cineva sau cuiva. Aceasta necesită multa chibzuinţa şi multa rugaciune necontenită. Diavolul ar intra în convulsii. Ar fi atât de supărat şi aşa de dezamagit că ar sta îmbufnat ani în şir în iadul creat chiar de el. În această ultimă perioadă de moarte a dispensaţiunii
creştine ar trebui să existe un grup de creştini care să aibă dragoste radiantă, nişte oameni atât de iubitori încât să nu-i poţi face să vorbească nedrept şi fără milă.
3. Un sentiment de reverenţa plină de umilinţă. Sunt dezamăgit de faptul că venim la biserică fără sentimentul prezenţei lui Dumnezeu şi fără sentimentul reverenţei pline de umilinţa. Există religii false, secte religioase stranii şi secte ale creştinismului care cred că Îl ţin pe Dumnezeu într-o cutie şi atunci când se apropie de cutia aceea, simt o reverenţă plină de teamă şi de uimire. Binenţeles că tu şi eu vrem să fim izbaviţi de un asemenea păgânism sau de o asemenea sectă falsă. Dar am vrea de asemenea să vedem un grup de oameni care să fie ferm convins că Dumnezeu este cu ei – nu într-o cutie sau într-un biscuit, ci în mijlocul lor – să ştie că Isus Cristos este cu adevarat printre ei şi să aibă sentimentul reverenţei pline de umilintă atunci când se aduna împreună!.
4. O adiere a informalitaţii pline de bucurie. Marele predicator englez care a fost păstor timp de mulţi ani la capela Westminster din Londra – G. Chambal Morgan – şi-a lăsat biserica şi s-a dus în Ţara Galilor unde trezirea era în desfaşurare sub Evan Roberts la începutul secolului. A stat în acea ţară o vreme şi a absorbit slava ce ieşea de acolo. Am citit predica care a tinut-o congregatiei lui dupa aceea; a fost cea mai mustrătoare predică pe care a ţinut-o el vreodată.
Le-a spus:,,Cântările voastre sunt lipsite de bucurie, comportarea şi vorbirea sunt lipsite de bucurie şi nu aveţi acel avânt şi acea bucurie pe care am văzut-o în Ţara Galilor.”I-a sfătuit că au nevoie să ajungă într-un punct în care să-I cuprindă acea adiere a informalitaţii pline de bucurie.
5. Un loc în care fiecare să-i socotească pe ceilalţi mai buni decât pe ei însişi.
Ca urmare a acestui lucru, toţi ar trebui să dorească să slujească şi nimeni să nu caute să obţina o poziţie anume. Nimic nu e mai dureros de amuzant ca ambiţia în biserica lui Cristos. E ca şi cum un om, care ajunge într-o barcă de salvare datorită faptului că a fost salvat de la moarte în adâncurile oceanului, începe să se ambiţioneze pentru a deveni căpitanul micii bărcii în drumul acesteia de a-i salva pe cei ce sunt în ea. E ca şi cum un om ar vrea să pătrundă într-o zonă distrusă, lovită de cutremur în care oamenii mor, iar el se luptă pentru o poziţie înaltă acolo.
6. O sinceritate de copil. Iubesc copii datorită sinceritaţii lor incredibil de frumoase. Se uită la tine şi iţi spun cele mai simple lucruri posibile. Dacă ar fi puţin mai mari, ar roşii până în vârful urechilor, însă ei sunt absolute de neprefăcuţi. Îmi place să vorbesc cu ei, îmi place să vină la mine şi să stăm de vorbă, pentru ca înainte să plece întotdeauna îmi spun anumite lucruri. Dacă nu vrei să se afle ceva, nu spune celor micuţi, deoarece ei spun absolut orice. Nu au nimic de ascuns. Cred că, cu limitele cuvenite vârstei noastre adulte, ar trebui ca, din punct de vedere spiritual, să fim atât de neprefăcuţi încât să nu fie loc pentru duplicitate sau pentru nesinceritate.
7. O prezenţa a lui Cristos care să fie un miros placut de smirnă şi aloe. Când te obişnuieşti cu mirosul hainei Lui, nu mai vrei nimic mai puţin. Dacă nu ai mirosit niciodată smirnă sau aloea din plantele de fildeş putem să ne continuăm viaţa şi să nu tânjim după aşa ceva. Dar o singură adiere frumoasă a miresmei hainei Lui şi nu vom mai fi vreodata multumiţi cu ceva mai puţin!
8. Răspunsuri la rugăciuni.Minunile n-ar trebui să fie rar întâlnite. Nu sunt un predicator al miracolelor. Am fost în biserici în care se anunţau întâlniri în care urma să se înfăptuiască miracole. Dacă arunci o privire într-un ziar de sâmbătă, vei vedea din când în când pe cineva care ajunge în oraşul tău şi face următorul anunţ:,,Veniţi să vedeţi minuni\”.De acest fel de minuni nu-mi pasă.
Nu poţi să obţii un miracol aşa cum obţii o reacţie chimica. Nu poţi să obţii un miracol, aşa cum obţii cine ştie ce act de magie făcut de un magician pe scenă. Dumnezeu nu se vinde în mâinile magicienilor religioşi. Eu nu cred în acest fel de miracole. Cred în miracolele pe care Dumnezeu le dă oamenilor Lui care traiesc atât de aproape de El, încât răspunsurile la rugăciuni sunt obişnuite, iar minunile nu le sunt nefamiliale.
Johm Wesley nu şi-a permis niciodată să predice despre minuni, dar minuni care au urmat lucrarea lui John Wesley au fost de necrezut.Odată, trebuia să-şi împlinească o obligaţie, dar calul a început deodată să şchiopăteze şi nu a mai putut merge. Wesley s-a dat jos, a îngenunchiat lângă cal şi s-a rugat pentru vindecarea lui.A poi s-a urcat din nou şi a început să călăorească înspre locul în care trebuia să ajungă, fără ca animalul să mai şchiopăteze. Wesley nu a făcut reclamă acestei minuni şi nu a spus:\”O să ridicăm un cort mare şi o să facem miracolul cunoscut.” Dumnezeu pur şi simplu făcea aceste minuni pentru el.
Deşi Charles Spurgeon nu a predicat vindecarea, totuşi, în Londra s-au vindecat mai mulţi oameni ca răspuns la rugăciunile sale, decât a vindecat vreodată un doctor acolo. Despre acest fel de minuni vorbesc.
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