A.W. Tozer writes that almost everything wrong with
the society of his day was due to the fact that as a nation, we had been losing
the knowledge of God.
He stated that almost all of life's problems and
their solutions are theological. The person who comes to a right belief about God
will relieve himself of many other problems in life. The person who has a wrong concept about God will
add many other problems to his life.
There is hardly a problem in society that can't be
traced back to faulty ideas about God. It is impossible for an individual to keep their
moral practices sound or a society to keep their values right when their ideas
about God are inadequate or erroneous.
Tozer reasoned that if this decline of the knowledge
of God brought on many of our troubles, then the rediscovery of the knowledge
of God would go a long way toward curing them.
Romans 1:20 - For since the
creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so
that they are without excuse,
If we would bring back true spiritual power to our
lives and health to our nation, we must think about God as He really is - not
as we assume He is.
Tozer believed that one of the most important
responsibilities for the Church, was to purify our concept of God until it is
once more true and accurate and worthy of God.
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