Friendship Trust
A deeper friendship with God simplifies our lives and allows us to trust each other.
A.W. Tozer emphasizes the significance of trust in our friendship with God, asserting that revealed truths only become effective when accepted with active faith. He explains that our attitude towards these truths shapes their impact on our lives, urging believers to let God's truth permeate their thoughts and prayers. As our friendship with God deepens, our lives become simpler, free from the formalities required in casual relationships. True friendship is characterized by mutual trust, allowing for a more profound connection with the divine.
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It should be pointed out that no revealed truth becomes automatically effective. The effect any truth has upon us depends upon our attitude toward it. First it must be accepted in active faith and received into our minds as completely trustworthy and beyond dispute. It must become a kind of dye to give color to all of our thinking and praying. The more perfect our friendship with God becomes the simpler will our lives be. Those formalities that are so necessary to keep a casual friendship alive may be dispensed with when true friends sit in each other?s presence. True friends trust each other.
Sermon Outline
- Accepting Truth
- The Effect of Truth
- Simplifying Life
- Perfect friendship with God simplifies life
- Formalities can be dispensed with in true friendship
Key Quotes
“The more perfect our friendship with God becomes the simpler will our lives be.” — A.W. Tozer
“True friends trust each other.” — A.W. Tozer
“Those formalities that are so necessary to keep a casual friendship alive may be dispensed with when true friends sit in each other?s presence.” — A.W. Tozer
Application Points
- We must accept truth in active faith for it to be effective in our lives.
- A perfect friendship with God simplifies our lives and allows us to trust each other.
- Formalities can be dispensed with in true friendship, allowing us to be more authentic.