![]() ![]() ![]() Millions call themselves by His name, it is true, and pay some token respect to Him, but a simple test will show how little He is really honored among them. ![]() “The world of fallen men does not honor God. I speak of a voluntary exalting of God to His proper station over us and a willing surrender of our whole being to the place of worshipful submission, which the Creator-creature circumstance makes proper. I do not here refer to the act of justification by faith in Christ. The pursuit of God will embrace the labor of bringing our total personality into conformity to His, and this not judicially, but actually. Our everlasting grief lies in giving Him anything less. “We owe Him every honor that it is in our power to give Him. Tozer offers powerful insights about the role of shame in sin and honor in salvation. The following quotes are from Chapters 8 and 9 of the book, which is available for free in PDF and Kindle.Ĭhapter 8 “Restoring the Creator-Creature Relation” examines how giving honor to God is the essence of our relationship with him. ![]()
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