“Tozer... helpful...”
Interesting. Psalm 118: 8 applies to Tozer.
Tozer taught that there can be no spiritual regeneration until there has been a moral reformation. Tozer clearly states that a person’s salvation is conditioned upon one’s intention to reform. (”The Best of A.W. Tozer”, book 2 pg 115 - 117.)
A very Catholic concept! And - Tozer read and was influenced by several of the great Catholic mystics.
Tozer taught that a person must reform their life in order to trust Christ which is a form of the dreaded works salvation.
Tozer thinks like a Catholic.
So you found one quote you like and now own him as a Catholic?
What a joke.
Since Tozer is no longer alive to ask about his comment, then we are left to hash it out.
There cannot even be intent to reform unless the Spirit of God puts it in a person’s heart. And that’s called *repentance*.
The Pharisees were morally upright and inwardly corrupt and unsaved, while the tax collectors and prostitutes came to Jesus first and then got saved and their lives were changed.
If Tozer actually meant what you are implying, then I disagree with him on that for the reasons above.
Nevertheless, that does not mean that Tozer *thinks like a Catholic* nor does that mean that I don’t find the rest of his stuff helpful.
I don’t agree with everyone on every point of doctrine.
FWIW, one of your Catholic compatriots keyworded some of the Tozer threads with *catholicbashing* so y’all need to decide if he’s Catholic in his thinking or a Catholic basher.
Have you read the rest of his stuff? Or just that one quote you like?
You're the tail wagging the dog. It's that some Catholics think like Tozer when it comes to sound, biblical doctrine.