One Way to Truth

"The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple" (Psalm 119:130)

It is apparent that we cannot know God by the logic of reason. Through reason we can only know "about" God. Through the light of nature, our moral reason may be enlightened, but the deeper mysteries of God remain hidden to us until we have received illumination from above.

John the Baptist gave his questioners a brief sentence that I have called the hope and despair of mankind. He said, "A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven" (John 3:27).

He was not referring to men's gifts. He was speaking of spiritual truth. Divine truth is of the nature of the Holy Spirit, and for that reason it can be received only by spiritual revelation.

We will go far to simplify our religious concepts and unify our lives if we remember this: truth is a spiritual entity and can be grasped in its inner essence only as the Spirit of truth enlightens our hearts and teaches us.

~A. W. Tozer~

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A Forgotten Yesterday, An Unborn Tomorrow

"The Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee" (1 Chronicles 28:9)

If you trace the word everlasting in the Hebrew language, you will find that it can mean "time out of mind," or it can mean "always," or it can mean "to the vanishing point." It can also mean "to the beginningless past."

From everlasting to everlasting, God is God! From the beginningless past to the endless future, God is God! That is what the Holy Spirit says about the person and the eternal nature of God.

Now, if you have one of those mousetrap minds - open and shut - you will dismiss it and leave it, or tuck it away in your memory among the unused items in the attic of your soul.

But, if the Holy Spirit is allowed to bring His radiance to it, there can be great meaning; for we are between the everlasting vanishing point of a forgotten yesterday and the equally everlasting vanishing point of an unborn tomorrow.

If you accept the gospel of Jesus Christ, you will have all the power of God back of you to defend you; all the will of God on your side; all the justice and righteousness of God pledged to your defense, as well as all the infinite love and mercy of God to welcome and bless you.

~A. W. Tozer~