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  THE UNION OF FAITH AND WORKS
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: A.W. Tozer emphasizes the importance of moral conduct and
personal holiness in the Christian life, warning against the dangers of
prioritizing faith alone over works.

Topics: "Faith and Works", "Holiness"
Scripture References: Ephesians 2:8, James 2:17

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes the inseparable connection between faith and
works, arguing that true faith in Christ should naturally lead to moral
conduct and holiness. He critiques the modern tendency to view faith as
an alternative to action, warning that this mindset has diminished the
church's moral standards and led believers astray. Tozer asserts that
just as God maintained His holiness in the incarnation, He continues to
work within believers to express His moral perfection through their
actions. He calls for a return to the understanding that faith must
manifest in good works, rather than being seen as a standalone concept.

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Just as in eternity God acted like Himself and when incarnated in human
flesh still continued to be true to His holiness in all His conduct, so
does He when He enters the nature of a believing man. This is the method
by which He makes the redeemed man holy. He enters a human nature at
regeneration as He once entered human nature at the incarnation and acts
as becomes God, using that nature as a medium of expression for His
moral perfections.

Cicero, the Roman orator, once warned his hearers that they were in
danger of making philosophy a substitute for action instead of allowing
it to produce action. What is true of philosophy is true also of
religion. The faith of Christ was never intended to be an end in itself
nor to serve instead of something else.

In the minds of some teachers faith stands in lieu of moral conduct and
every inquirer after God must take his choice between the two. We are
presented with the well-known either/or: either we have faith or we have
works, and faith saves while works damn us. Hence the tremendous
emphasis on faith and the apologetic, mincing approach to the doctrine
of personal holiness in modern evangelism. This error has lowered the
moral standards of the church and helped to lead us into the wilderness
where we currently find ourselves.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/the-union-of-faith-and-works/
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