The Attributes of God, Vol. 2 Study Guide
Overview
“It is utterly necessary that we know this God, this One that John wrote about, this One that the poet speaks about, this One that theology talks about and this One that we’re sent to preach and teach about,” Tozer writes in the introduction to his second volume on God’s attributes. Again, the chapters included here were preached as sermons, this time to the Avenue Road congregation in Toronto, Canada. Among the ten attributes Tozer focuses on are God’s transcendence, immutability, wisdom, and faithfulness. Tozer believes that Christianity has lost its dignity, its inwardness; that Christians have lost the awe, the wonder, the fear and the delight in God. He hopes through the reading of these sermons that Christians will know God again. “Nothing less than this will save us,” he warns us. David E. Fessenden adds a study guide in this volume for an in-depth look at each attribute.
n the Logos edition, this volume is enhanced by amazing functionality. Important terms link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and a wealth of other resources in your digital library. Perform powerful searches to find exactly what you’re looking for. Take the discussion with you using tablet and mobile apps. With Logos Bible Software, the most efficient and comprehensive research tools are in one place, so you get the most out of your study.
Top Highlights
“Tozer says that God’s love is the hardest of all His attributes to talk about. It’s amazing to hear him say that, considering how difficult he said it was to speak about many of the others. As with other attributes, he views this as trying to ‘comprehend the incomprehensible’ (p. 182).” (Page 97)
“A worthy concept of God is crucial, because He is the cause behind all things and the only One who can give meaning to our existence.” (Page 5)
“Tozer once confessed to his lifelong friend Robert Battles, ‘I want to love God more than anyone in my generation.’” (Page 5)
“The Root of the Righteous, where he speaks of ‘three degrees of love,’ the deepest of which is this: ‘There is a place in the religious experience where we love God for Himself alone, with never a thought of His benefits.’” (Page 14)
“Growing in the knowledge of God and His attributes will elevate our concept of God and provide an atmosphere where His presence can feel at home. ‘I want a vision of the majesty of God,’ Tozer says. ‘I want to live where the face of God shines every day’ (p. 12). If this is your desire as well, this study of the attributes of God should be just what the doctor ordered.” (Pages 7–8)
- Title: The Attributes of God, Volume Two Study Guide
- Author: A.W. Tozer
- Publisher: WingSpread
- Publication Date: 2003
- Pages: 110
Aiden Wilson Tozer Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897-1963) was born on a small farm in what is now Newburg, PA. His family moved to Akron, Ohio, when he was just a young boy. At the age of 17, Tozer heard a street preacher, responded to the calling of Christ, and began his lifelong pursuit of God. After becoming an active witness of Jesus as a lay preacher, he joined The Christian and Missionary Alliance and was soon serving as the pastor of West Virginia’s Alliance Church, in 1919. He transferred to the Southside Alliance Church in Chicago in 1928, and his ministry continued there for 31 years. During that time he preached on the Moody Bible Institute’s radio station. In the 1940s Tozer was invited to speak at Wheaton College, and seldom a year passed after World War II that he didn’t preach in the college’s Pierce Chapel. In 1950 he became the editor of The Alliance Life magazine and served in that capacity until his death.
Self-taught, with no formal Bible training, Tozer has been called a twentieth-century prophet within his own lifetime. Through years of diligent study and constant prayer, he sought the mind of God. A master craftsman in the use of the English language, he was able to write in a simple, cogent style the principles of truth he had learned. For Tozer, “there was no substitute for knowing God firsthand.” He wrote many of his books with one idea in mind—that his reader would achieve the heart’s true goal in God and maintain that relationship with Him.
Tozer moved to Toronto in 1959 and spent the final years of his life as the pastor of Avenue Road Church. He and his wife, Ada, lived a simple, non-materialistic lifestyle and let much of the royalties from his books go to those in need. The Tozers had seven children, six boys and one girl. James L. Snyder, said of Tozer that his “preaching as well as his writings were but extensions of his prayer life. He had the ability to make his listeners face themselves in the light of what God was saying to them.”
>