The Kingdom of God is not in Words, by A.W. Tozer

August 23, 2008

The sound quality is awful but the message was great, I think. Tozer speaks on I Cor. 4:20 on the point that Paul puts forth: the Kingdom of God is not in word but in power. In the church “we must demand more than correct doctrine, though we must not have less than correct doctrine; more than right living, though we dare not have less than right living; more than a friendly atmosphere, though we dare not have less than a friendly atmosphere; we must demand that the Word of God be preached in power and that we hear it in power.” Specifically significant to me was the point Tozer makes about how it is no wonder that children who are drilled with catechisms from childhood often stray away from the faith. Mere words do not suffice, for it is not the words, but by the power of God and the meaning behind the words that we see and better understand our Father.