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  LOVING GOD ONLY
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of loving God with every
power of our entire being, and how this love should be exclusive and not
accompanied by other priorities.

Topics: "Idolatry", "Loving God"
Scripture References: Matthew 22:37

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DESCRIPTION
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A.W. Tozer emphasizes that the first and greatest commandment is to love
God with our entire being, leaving no room for divided affections. He
critiques the notion that God exists to help individuals achieve worldly
success, arguing that true love for God excludes any secondary motives.
Tozer warns that those who seek God merely as a means to personal gain
will ultimately miss the true essence of God. He asserts that God's
mercy and grace are boundless, but He will not support selfish
ambitions. Genuine love for God should preclude any desire for other
treasures beyond Him.

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CONTENT
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The first and greatest commandment is to love God with every power of
our entire being. Where love like that exists, there can be no place for
a second object. Yet popular Christianity has as one of its most
effective talking points the idea that God exists to help people to get
ahead in this world! The God of the poor has become the God of an
affluent society. We hear that Christ no longer refuses to be a judge or
a divider between money-hungry brothers. He can now be persuaded to
assist the brother that has accepted Him to get the better of the
brother who has not! Whoever seeks God as a means toward desired ends
will not find God.

God will not be one of many treasures.

His mercy and grace are infinite and His patient understanding is beyond
measure, but He will not aid men in selfish striving after personal
gain. If we love God as much as we should, surely we cannot dream of a
loved object beyond Him which He might help us to obtain!

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/loving-god-only/
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