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  MISREADING GOD'S SELF-REVELATION
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: Humans are naturally inclined to error, but divine revelation
through the Holy Spirit is necessary to complete our understanding of
God.

Topics: "Understanding God", "Divine Revelation"
Scripture References: Psalm 19:1, Romans 1:20

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes that humans are naturally inclined to heresy and
error, instinctively gravitating towards falsehoods. While natural
theology reveals some truth about God's glory through creation, it
remains insufficient for a complete understanding of God. Tozer argues
that divine revelation through Scripture is essential to fill in the
details of God's nature and character, allowing the Holy Spirit to
illuminate the full picture of truth. He highlights the importance of
relying on God's Word to gain a deeper and more accurate understanding
of Him.

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CONTENT
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We are all heretics by nature and take to error as instinctively as
ducks take to water.

This does not mean that natural theology is wholly false, for the
heavens declare the glory of God and the visible universe shows His
eternal power and Godhead. Add to these the presence in the human heart
of that light that lights every man that comes into the world, and you
have the source of a certain body of truth known more or less clearly by
the whole human race.

The knowledge thus received, however, is inadequate; it forms little
more than a frame for the total picture. The details are all unknown and
undiscoverable, so that we must depend upon divine revelation as given
in the holy Scriptures to fill in the particulars and render the picture
intelligible. The brush of the Holy Spirit labors to complete the work
and to show every hill and rock and tree and blade of grass, each in its
proper relation to everything else.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/misreading-gods-self-revelation/
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