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  THE INDISPENSABLE NECESSITY OF SPIRITUAL DIAGNOSIS
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: A.W. Tozer emphasizes the need for prophetic insight in the
church to critically examine and understand the current state of
Christianity.

Topics: "Prophetic Insight", "Spiritual Diagnosis"
Scripture References: Proverbs 4:7, Jeremiah 29:13, 1 Corinthians 2:14, Hebrews 5:14, James 1:5

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes the urgent need for spiritual diagnosis within the
church, urging believers to question the underlying reasons for the
current religious activities rather than simply observing them. He
points out that many Christians are unaware of the true state of their
faith and the relationship between God and their actions, likening the
situation to the complacency of Judaism before Christ. Tozer calls for
prophetic insight to discern the present spiritual condition, as
historical knowledge alone is insufficient for understanding the current
state of Christianity. He stresses that it is crucial for believers to
seek clarity and understanding in their faith now, rather than waiting
for future historians to analyze the past.

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Not the fact that the churches are unusually active these days, not what
religious people are doing, should engage our attention, but why these
things are so. The big question is: Why? And no one seems to have an
answer for it. Not only is there no answer, but scarcely is there anyone
to ask the question. It just never occurs to us that such a question
remains to be asked. Christian people continue to gossip religious
shoptalk with scarcely as much as a puzzled look. The soundness of
current Christianity is assumed by the religious masses as was the
soundness of Judaism when Christ appeared.

People know they are seeing certain activity, but just what it means
they do not know, nor have they the faintest idea of where God is or
what relation He has toward the whole thing.

What is needed desperately today is prophetic insight. Scholars can
interpret the past; it takes prophets to interpret the present. Learning
will enable a man to pass judgment on our yesterdays, but it requires a
gift of clear seeing to pass sentence on our own day. One hundred years
from now historians will know what was taking place religiously in this
year of our Lord 1956; but that will be too late for us. We should know
right now.

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