A Devotion from A.W. Tozer

I believe in the deeper Christian life and experience—oh yes! But I believe we are mistaken

when we try to add the deeper life to an imperfect salvation, obtained imperfectly by an

imperfect concept of the whole thing.

Under the working of the Spirit of God through such men as Finney and Wesley, no one

would ever dare to rise in a meeting and say, “I am a Christian” if he had not surrendered his

whole being to God and had taken Jesus Christ as his Lord.…

Today, we let them say they are saved no matter how imperfect and incomplete the

transaction, with the proviso that the deeper Christian life can be tacked on at some time in the

future.

Can it be that we really think that we do not owe Jesus Christ our obedience?

We have owed Him obedience ever since the second we cried out to Him for salvation, and

if we do not give Him … obedience, I have reason to wonder if we are really converted!

I am satisfied that when a man believes on Jesus Christ he must believe on the

whole Lord Jesus Christ—not making any reservation!