For revival to take place, Tozer in his
sermon called for churches to a restoration
of a vision of the Most High God highest in
our prayer list. I quote:
"We need the glory of God again.And the
returning of the glory of God to the Church."
According to Tozer, this restoration of the
glory of God must come first even before the
work of evangelism, the salvation of man.
Why?
Because, Tozer continued, "Christianity never
begins with man.It begins with God,and then it
looks around for man."
That is true because Genesis' account begins
with God and how God created the world, etc.
And man was last to be created!
Humanism, on the other hand begins with man,
and as Tozer asserted, " after a while it
looks around for God."
And Tozer claimed that "evangelicals have
backslidden until they are into humanism
with a biblical veneer."
Churches have gotten to the stage of being
too preoccupied, hung up with "what man thinks,
what man says, what we want to do for man."
What is so wrong with that,one might ask?
Well, according to Tozer, If the glory of God
doesn't always come first,but man and his needs
come first,even the saving of their souls, it is
"to cheat God out of His glory and not get souls
saved anyhow." It is just making "proselytes who
aren't Christians but are something else."
Wow! Very strong conclusion, right?
But his main point is valid:a church functions
to honor God and worship Him as He ought to be
worshipped. 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!"
And souls are saved in order to bring them back
to God, to honor God as God. If they are not
saved for that purpose, then what are they 'saved'
for? To use God as 'Santa Claus'?
So Tozer's point is valid. Amen!
