“To understand a Bible text it takes an act of the Holy Spirit equal to the act that inspired the text in the first place. A revelation of the Holy Spirit in one glorious flash of inward illumination would teach you more of Jesus than five years in a theological seminary.” YearsFirstsSpiritReligionJesusChristianityTeachFiveHolyEqualInspiredHoly SpiritGloriousRevelationsFive YearsFlashInwardIlluminationTheologicalSeminary Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of [circumstances]... The man who is ambitious to lead is disqualified as a leader. The true leader will have no desire to lord it over God's heritage, but will be humble, gentle, self-sacrificing and altogether ready to follow when the Spirit chooses another to lead.” MenSelfSpiritDesireLeaderLordSacrificePositionHe ManReadyCircumstancesHolySafePressurePressesHumbleGentleHoly SpiritHeritageAmbitiousInwardBe HumbleTrue Leader Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Making one object, in outward or inward nature, more holy to a single heart is reward enough for a life; for the more sympathies we gain or awaken for what is beautiful, by so much deeper will be our sympathy for that which is most beautiful,--the human soul!” HumansHeartSoulEnoughBeautifulObjectsHolyGainsRewardsDeeperInwardHuman Soul Book:Poems Source: Poems
“There are so many tender and holy emotions flying about in our inward world, which, like angels, can never assume the body of an outward act; so many rich and lovely flowers spring up which bear no seed, that it is a happiness poetry was invented, which receives into its limbs all these incorporeal spirits, and the perfume of all these flowers.” WorldBodySpiritEmotionRichFlowerBearsHolySpringAngelAssumingSeedsLovelyFlyingInwardPerfumeLimbsNever Assume Author:Jean Paul
“The city is the image of the soul, the surrounding walls being the frontier between the outward and inward life. The gates are the faculties or senses connecting the life of the soul with the outward world. Living springs of water rise within it. And in the centre, where beats the heart, stands the holy sanctuary.” WorldHeartSoulWaterCitiesWallHolyBeatsSpringSensesGatesFacultyInwardCentreConnectingFrontiersSanctuary Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, these human testimonies which exist to confirm it will not be vain if, as secondary aids to our feebleness, they follow that chief and highest testimony. But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.” IfsHumansSpiritWishActingKnownHolyProveHighestAidsScriptureSavingCertaintyChiefsVainHoly SpiritWord Of GodInwardPersuasionTestimonyUnbelieversKnowledge Of God Author:John Calvin
“Between the scribe who has read and the prophet who has seen there is a difference as wide as the sea. We are today overrun with orthodox scribes, but the prophets, where are they? The hard voice of the scribe sounds over evangelicalism, but the Church waits for the tender voice of the saint who has penetrated the veil and has gazed with inward eye upon the Wonder that is God. And yet, thus to penetrate, to push in sensitive living experience into the holy Presence, is a privilege open to every child of God.” ChildrenHardEyeTodayWaitingSoundVoiceDifferencesChurchWonderSeaHolySaintPrivilegeWideSensitiveProphetOrthodoxInwardVeilsPenetrateChild Of GodScribes Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that thou didst once love, and love the things that thou didst once hate; if thou hast really repented; if there be a thorough change of mind in thee; if thou be born again, then hast thou reason to rejoice: but if there be no vital change, no inward godliness; if there be no love to God, no prayer, no work of the Holy Spirit, then thy saying "I am saved" is but thine own assertion, and it may delude, but it will not deliver thee.” IfsMindHeartMayArtReasonSpiritHateBornReligiousPrayerPrayingHolyArt IsAnd LoveSavedTheeHoly SpiritRejoiceInwardAssuranceI PrayAssertionThoroughGodlinessBorn AgainNo LoveMind ChangingPresuming Author:Charles Spurgeon