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  WHO HEARS THE CALL OF GOD?
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: The call of God is a work of God in a man that brings him to
salvation and forever changes him.

Topics: "Divine Calling", "Spiritual Sensitivity"
Scripture References: Psalm 51:10, Isaiah 55:6, Ezekiel 36:26, Matthew 5:6, Luke 19:10, John 17:11, Romans 2:15, 2 Corinthians 5:17, James 4:8, 1 Peter 2:9

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DESCRIPTION
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A.W. Tozer explores the characteristics of those who are responsive to
God's call, emphasizing that even unconverted individuals can be marked
by a divine touch that sets them apart. He identifies key signs of this
divine influence, including a deep reverence for the sacred, heightened
moral sensitivity to evil, and a profound moral discontent that compels
one to seek repentance. Tozer asserts that these traits indicate God's
work in a person's heart, preparing them for salvation and a
transformative relationship with Him.

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CONTENT
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Who can deny that there are certain persons who, though still
unconverted, nevertheless differ from the crowd, marked out of God,
stricken with an interior wound and susceptible to the call of God? In
the prayer of Jesus in John 17:1lb, He said: "Father, keep through thine
own name those whom thou hast given me." Surely no man is ever the same
after God has laid His hand upon him. He will have certain marks,
perhaps some not easy to detect. First might be a deep reverence for
divine things. A sense of the sacred must be present or there can be no
receptivity to God and truth. Another mark is great moral sensitivity.
When God begins to work in a man to bring him to salvation He makes him
acutely sensitive to evil.

Another mark of the Spirit's working is a mighty moral discontent.

It does take a work of God in a man to sour him on the world and to turn
him against himself; yet until this has happened he is psychologically
unable to repent and believe!

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/who-hears-the-call-of-god/
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