Self is the opaque veil that hides the Face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction.
Aiden Wilson TozerAll the problems of heaven and earth, though they were to confront us together and at once, would be nothing compared with that overwhelming problem of God: That He is; what He is like; and what we as moral beings must do about Him.
Aiden Wilson TozerEvery ransomed man owes his salvation to the fact that during his days of sinning, God kept the door of mercy open.
Aiden Wilson TozerThe idea that God will pardon a rebel who has not given up his rebellion is contrary both to the Scriptures and to common sense. How horrible to contemplate a church full of persons who have been pardoned but who still love sin and hate the ways of righteousness. And how much more horrible to think of heaven as filled with sinners who had not repented nor changed their way of living.
Aiden Wilson Tozer