AW Tozer Denied Prayer is Spiritual

AW Tozer -- author of "The Pursuit of God" and "The Knowledge of the Holy" -- said that prayer is "the most natural thing in the world" for an unbeliever to do. Thus Tozer denied the necessity of Christ's work. Unbelievers can approach God through other ways than the Imputed Righteousness and atoning blood of Christ (according to Tozer).

Tozer should have spent less time listening to his own "inner voice" and have read God's Voice. Here he would have read..

Luke 10:22
no one knows who the Son is except the Father; and who is the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may desire to reveal Him.

In other words, it's impossible to know anything about God except by Christ.

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[pilgrim4truth]

i believe Tozer is correct, the spirit beareth witness. You are making a point of contention that is not valid.

I do not think you are right Andrew, what Tozer says does not take people away from scripture, or diminish at all the necessity of Jesus Christ.

[qaileys]

Well, I am in agreement with the rest of these guys that you are twisting Tozer's words. This man was straight forward in his belief of God. I have read and listened to just about everything I can on Tozer and have not found him wrong on much. I am a strong reformer in belief. My theology is that of Calvin, Luther, Boston, Owens, Sproul, MacArthur, Piper, and so on. Tozer fits pretty well in line with them. I beg you to study your belief again in what Tozer is saying here.

[goaliedp]

what a narrow minded reasoning bro. read the rest of the quote, and your case is closed. It's natural "because God originally made him to do it"

[knampah]

Accuser of the brethren. SAD

[bones88ify]

I don't think it is a sin to pray. And referring to faith you don't have to believe in God to pray to God. No one can say Jesus is LORD except in the holy spirit.

[refinedbyfire43]

@qaileys lol. I agree that Tozer is a great Christian man...but to say he is in line with the Calvinist thinking? If anything, Tozer would have been considered Armenian. I have never heard anyone say that he is along the lines of Calvin and Piper. WOW! lol

[Alicenotinchains]

I agree...so much it seems richly shared in Christ...seems like who nicked-picked this did not ask the LORD should I? No contention needed here. Pls...share the Gospel!

[nelsonbridge]

What Tozer was saying is that we are all worshippers by nature. An unbeliever may pray, but it is to a god he has created in his own image. He is not speaking of an unbeliever praying to the true and the living God.

[7F0X7]

I think you misunderstood Tozer's meaning. You assert that he is saying it's "good" that men naturally pray and therefore man can listen to his own heart and need not the word of God, but he's just stating a fact. He's not judging whether it's good or bad, it's just natural. Even the most hardcore "atheist" will say "oh god" when he's scared. He's not saying this saves them, he's just saying that God put in every man's heart to call out to Him. Listen to "why some can't receive him" sometime.

[oliveguss]

yawn. if you point your finger, you have 3 pointing back at you.

[ozarkdox]

who is this accuser of the brethren who attacks a holy man now with the Lord for preaching that we are all made in the image of God?

[1988TheHitman]

il say the same thing to the maker of this video that Ravenhill said to his congregation..... "Do you think God is going to judge me on what you think of me....? Forget it! Hes going to judge me from the Word....." believe me id rather stand before God with tozers record than my own! He was a mighty man of God and will go down in history as one of Gods best.