The Path to Power and Usefulness - A. W. Tozer / Classic Christian Sermon

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  • @cdthompson8472
    @cdthompson8472 День тому

    Salvation is free through Jesus Christ, yet to truly live for Christ will cost everything, but to gain everlasting life with Him is priceless.
    He is worthy of my all regardless of what He asks of me.

  • @thomasbrennan5194
    @thomasbrennan5194 3 роки тому +97

    Stumbled on to this today. Not by accident I think.

    • @BbBb-xh3lc
      @BbBb-xh3lc 3 роки тому +2

      Ditto

    • @muddyboots7753
      @muddyboots7753 2 роки тому +7

      There are no accidents with God

    • @ashesofmonsters5296
      @ashesofmonsters5296 2 роки тому +2

      Same here and it illuminated so much for me! I know what he means by a time of anxiety and darkness, I've been in it for a while and wondering why. Interestingly Ive also been wanting to be filled with the spirit, never thought to connect the two.

    • @michaelny6692
      @michaelny6692 3 місяці тому +1

      God’s providence guides the way!
      Be encouraged

    • @michaelny6692
      @michaelny6692 3 місяці тому +1

      God’s providence guides the way!
      Be encouraged

  • @susangoins1221
    @susangoins1221 11 днів тому +2

    My hearts cry has allowed this perfect timing for life change.

  • @deniseharris1845
    @deniseharris1845 10 днів тому +1

    Where we are in the coming of the LORD the Holy Ghost should be in high demand because Jesus foreknew that His true believers would be in need of a helper,teacher and comforter. Thank you for sharing this nugget of gold!!

  • @keilana6
    @keilana6 4 роки тому +89

    Encouraging to learn that a period of anxiety & emptiness precedes filling of the Spirit. I am in despair of myself. Pure gold!!

  • @nderitupius
    @nderitupius 4 роки тому +94

    This is the season you put on one A. W. Tozer video after another and let the GOSPEL go into you like the waters entering the crevace of the rocks. HALLELUJAH JESUS!!! This is needed!!!

    • @brianschmidt704
      @brianschmidt704 7 місяців тому +1

      It is not natural to give away control of our lives. But we have to willingly do it.

  • @livee7368
    @livee7368 8 років тому +237

    this is so awesome...who ever listens to him needs to be ready for meat and not still wanting milk. where are the teachers like this the pastor's not worried about numbers but souls.....Lord...I love the truth and freedom.

    • @brianschmidt704
      @brianschmidt704 7 місяців тому

      Pastor's share milk or deception to pump up the numbers. Because they are afraid at the numbers decline then their church will close.

  • @The444traveler
    @The444traveler 3 роки тому +5

    "NO man can fill me & NO man can fill YOU, we can PRAY for each other, but I CANNOT fill you, and you CANNOT fill me!!!" PREEEACH A.W!!!Absolute Awesome Truths HERE!!! I AM obviously near the Kingdom!👏🙌

  • @elel2608
    @elel2608 7 років тому +175

    Man, this guy has such a gentle voice but he shakes you down to your core.

  • @soulstorm8806
    @soulstorm8806 3 роки тому +18

    Yes!!!!!!!!!!!! This is EXACTLY what I have been waiting to understand! Yes!

  • @SingGloriaSing
    @SingGloriaSing 10 років тому +133

    Strange there is so much of eternal wisdom yet so few pay attention.

  • @karenworley241
    @karenworley241 3 роки тому +5

    Every christian needs to feed on the truth of these wise men of God, thank you Jesus for this wisdom available to all who are hungry for you 🙌🏼

  • @arielcamacho497
    @arielcamacho497 3 роки тому +25

    “ THERE ARE THINGS WE WANT MORE SO WE EITHER GET THEM OR TRY TO GET THEM BUT WE DONT GET GOD “ HILARIOUSLY TRUE !!!.
    I LOVE THIS MAN OF GOD !.

  • @onthechristianlife
    @onthechristianlife 4 роки тому +77

    After years of searching and reading across numerous authors and preachers, Tozer answered my question with such ease and directness. So very thankful for him and this message, I can rest now.

  • @rumenigpires
    @rumenigpires 8 років тому +50

    We need to get to a place of despair and inner lolliness to be in a state where we are satisfied only with God. In this state we'll get close to God and be filled with him. But to get there, we have to go through a dark night of the soul. We need to pass through his to get the free gift of the bliss of the Spirit.

  • @sandrapilargil4555
    @sandrapilargil4555 4 роки тому +11

    Jesus is the light and the way to our salvation.

  • @angelmd43
    @angelmd43 5 років тому +49

    Amen God gives his Holy Spirit to those who obey him.

  • @rumenigpires
    @rumenigpires 8 років тому +115

    Good advice from Tozer: nobody in the Bible or history are filled with the Spirit without a disturbance and an anxiety. Everybody want to be happy nowadays. We need to be broken by the Spirit and die for ourselves (very hard to do).

    • @alexanderbhartley5549
      @alexanderbhartley5549 7 років тому +15

      My happiness, my filling, my success.... What will God do to and for me, for me(not for Himself) Folks, including me, tend to forget that it's not all about us. We were created for His pleasure, not for Him to pleasure us. Do we have "I" trouble? take care.

  • @StrummaChick
    @StrummaChick 3 роки тому +12

    ❤️ this is the kind of preachin I grew up on. I'm 40 but had a really good preacher until I was about 12 who spoke like this.

  • @ada7790
    @ada7790 4 роки тому +23

    This is the Bride that Christ is coming for very soon, one possessed by the Holy Spirit. Nothing less. The Spirit and the Bride say come. Rev. 22:17

  • @thebabaa5001
    @thebabaa5001 4 роки тому +15

    A voice from my past.
    True Holy Ghost Christ salvation.
    The walk is a Holy one, consecrated, and sacrificial.
    I needed this so much.
    Thank you Lord.

  • @rumenigpires
    @rumenigpires 8 років тому +61

    "We're as full of God as we want to be", that's so true! We need to obey the Spirit in order to do not quench it. Our lack of will to obey is the reason of our coldness! The cost to obey God in our society is enormous today. Then, we do not obey, which results in our coldness. Then we ask why our lives are so without the presence of God! Thanks for sharing this sermon! God bless you!

  • @kevinhughes6519
    @kevinhughes6519 8 років тому +35

    Tozer takes Christians to a much deeper level...a life filled with the Holy Spirit ...as he says better to go to far,or deep than not far or deep enough...Every pastor or preacher that touches my heart... speaking to my soul..will all agree.Tozer.filled with the Holy spirit.. speaking right to our soul

  • @livefree316
    @livefree316 3 роки тому +2

    Hallelujah Jesus Christ pour out your Holy Spirit upon hungry and thirsty souls. Jesus Christ let your Holy Spirit flow we need your Holy Spirit In America Jesus we desperately need your presence. FILL ME JESUS 😢🙏🏻❤️✝️

  • @nitinbhore8579
    @nitinbhore8579 2 роки тому +1

    I m from india 🇮🇳🇮🇳 there few bibles preachers n teachers which I follow n watch there vdos Tozer , les feldick, gary hamrick, Charles Spurgeon, zac poonen..

  • @darlinemcginity8996
    @darlinemcginity8996 3 роки тому +6

    Very appropriate sermon for today! Thank you a W Tozer.

  • @JohnWahl-zr6nh
    @JohnWahl-zr6nh 3 місяці тому

    This is a quote from this Holy man of God from one of his own books,Whatever it is that keeps me away from my Bible, Is my enemy!!!! Amen.

  • @dymphnaobrien427
    @dymphnaobrien427 3 роки тому +14

    Glory to th living God. Iv been crying out to God, that the holy spirit would lead me and guide me into all truth. Wow tozer I came across. We are as filled as we want to be. Glory to the living God 🍀🇮🇪🤗🙏😭

    • @JHKCreations
      @JHKCreations 2 роки тому

      Same here. I know God led me here
      Too. Praise God!

  • @RamKumar-yi6wn
    @RamKumar-yi6wn 3 роки тому +1

    This man has lived what he is talking about. These are not doctrinal words but lived experience.

  • @joeltmathew2364
    @joeltmathew2364 4 роки тому +7

    Man of God!!!

  • @tsitsimushongandebvu5591
    @tsitsimushongandebvu5591 4 роки тому +6

    He is speaking the truth

  • @johnrogers2253
    @johnrogers2253 3 роки тому +10

    These men are far and few apart. 50 years ago I came in touch with his ministry. Always come back to it.

  • @JontheBerean
    @JontheBerean 2 роки тому +17

    I was thinking today how Christians go on and on about having sound doctrine. But what God calls us to is obedience.
    Sound doctrine without a godly lifestyle , is like having a fancy car but filling the tank with water.
    May I turn from any worldly ways still in me 😥
    ❤️✝️🙏

  • @niilarteyalexander2601
    @niilarteyalexander2601 3 роки тому +1

    These are the messages needed in these times....God bless you Man of God

  • @WorldvsTruth
    @WorldvsTruth 3 роки тому +8

    This is clearly among my favorite sermons - which felt like a face to face, heart to heart conversation with an utterly convicted father in-law to be.

    • @ChristisLord
      @ChristisLord  3 роки тому +5

      This is my favorite of all Tozer sermons. Very glad to hear you found it a blessing as well, Eric. Peace to you in Christ Jesus.

  • @muddyboots7753
    @muddyboots7753 2 роки тому +1

    As I read his books I can now read it as if he is speaking. Thank God for this channel for uploading real, wonderful men of God

  • @lindagstark
    @lindagstark 3 роки тому +1

    I just found out today that I'm working with his grandson and he's grandpa age himself. I'm glad I decided to look into his preaching. I've had the Holy Ghost for 30 years and those who hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled. I don't think you'll find this in the modern churches, look for a church that preaches against sin (they all say they do) but one more on the old-fashioned side, one where they speak of God's direction and miracles!

  • @DiazJulio-x9u
    @DiazJulio-x9u Місяць тому

    This right here is the unadulterated gospel, undiluted and strigyt up with no gimmicks and side shows,filled with smoke and mirrors.Absolutely beautiful are the feet that bring glad tidings of the good news!

  • @Abbott12
    @Abbott12 3 роки тому +4

    Yes!!! a gift from the father in Jesus name.

  • @jaydo2844
    @jaydo2844 5 років тому +38

    I heard a preacher Len Ravenhill say that this man sat up on his death bed while breathing his last and say something like, 'oh Lord is this what ive been waiting for? Is this it?' with a smile on his face. What will we see as we step from time into eternity?

  • @pastordinesh6581
    @pastordinesh6581 6 місяців тому +1

    Thanks

  • @BbBb-xh3lc
    @BbBb-xh3lc 3 роки тому +1

    This man speaks straight. He reminds me of David Wilkerson ♥
    How awesome is it a man from 60 years ago is still being used by God to reach all of us.
    We are Jesus witnesses now.

  • @stephaniemaasbach9662
    @stephaniemaasbach9662 2 роки тому +1

    My name is Stephanie. Please pray for me that the Lord Jesus cast out the deamons out of me.
    This is my prayer chain to have as many people pray . Please tell as many people as you can to also pray for me that I will be healed. Thank you.

    • @brianschmidt704
      @brianschmidt704 7 місяців тому

      If you are a believer in christ you cannot be demon possessed. But if you are not filled with the spirit you can be oppressed.

  • @punksachoo5055
    @punksachoo5055 4 роки тому +13

    The Lord is my portion.
    That is the Lord is all I have in this world. When we can truly say The Lord is my portion, maybe we'll start to get somewhere. Maybe.

  • @estar1277
    @estar1277 4 роки тому +15

    Invaluable! Thankyou for making it available.

  • @ariah5093
    @ariah5093 3 місяці тому +1

    Tozer is speaking facts!

  • @synthoelectro
    @synthoelectro 3 роки тому +5

    Very few these days have the Spirit of Holiness but if you have his Spirit, you know it.

  • @kingdomHarv2023
    @kingdomHarv2023 6 років тому +30

    "The Crucified Life" is one of my favorite books!

  • @derticktilghman5545
    @derticktilghman5545 3 роки тому +4

    What Truth! A Good word.

  • @eijasoini1527
    @eijasoini1527 7 років тому +39

    Amen, we need desperately this kind of preaching today!Sharp, clear, challenging; annoided by the Holy Spirit.

  • @josheniajohnson252
    @josheniajohnson252 2 роки тому +1

    Very powerful

  • @kimturner9794
    @kimturner9794 3 роки тому +1

    Silver and gold I have none but as do I have I give, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth stand up and walk

  • @kevinhughes6519
    @kevinhughes6519 8 років тому +17

    I have read and listen to most....all over the world...AW Tozer set's the bar ...simple , direct.to the point..". amazing "is the word I agree best explains Tozer..God blesses us with him ..thank you Jesus for Tozer

  • @kevinhughes6519
    @kevinhughes6519 8 років тому +24

    are we not blessed to have A W Tozer to guide and help us to be as we should

  • @1eloi3
    @1eloi3 8 років тому +51

    Thank you for posting Tozer on UA-cam. This is good, Bible based preaching!

    • @ChristisLord
      @ChristisLord  8 років тому +3

      +Andrew Pritchard You're quite welcome, Andrew.

  • @Aur985
    @Aur985 2 місяці тому +1

    The Holy Spirit is leading me from modern charismatics towards these old basic gospel preaching. Follow for more :))

  • @jaymChrist4ever
    @jaymChrist4ever 3 роки тому +12

    It’s almost like an A W Tozer sermon fest right now! Timeless messages💯

    • @sorenpx
      @sorenpx 2 роки тому

      I only learned of him recently but have quickly become a fan.

  • @316bonnie1
    @316bonnie1 4 роки тому +11

    I don't know how I ran across this on my UA-cam, I clicked it I'm so glad I did thank you for posting, Reviving such powerful sound and humbly with conviction teaching of the beautiful scriptures WORD!

  • @bolt8019
    @bolt8019 3 роки тому +6

    Sooo good. Timeless. Missed him before my time when he pastored a church in Toronto,,,still hearing the message in 2021!

  • @MichaelsPaintingChannel
    @MichaelsPaintingChannel 4 роки тому +7

    1000% clear. Important especially in the end.

  • @tylermcgill2733
    @tylermcgill2733 3 роки тому +6

    I love this sermon!!!

  • @garybryant8879
    @garybryant8879 2 роки тому

    This is as good a message as I have ever heard. I wish all Christians could hear this. People aren't filled because they can't put self and worldly items down long enough for God to fill them.
    Thank God for preachers like A W Tozier. Him and Vance Havner were cut from the same stone.

  • @PollyDactyl
    @PollyDactyl 4 місяці тому

    A brilliant preacher and great teaching.
    🙏🕊🙏

  • @andrewmorgensen326
    @andrewmorgensen326 5 місяців тому

    1) Present your bodies as living sacrifices (vessels)
    2) ask the Lord to fill you (from a pure heart, good conscience and sincere faith)
    3) be obedient to Jesus commands. ( To believe and to love one another). ( To forgive others and walk in purity)
    4) filling comes through hearing the words. (Could be through preaching, a recording online, a conversation with a friend, ect. But it comes through hearing the words)

  • @rogercoleman8515
    @rogercoleman8515 2 роки тому

    I love Tozer..he loved our Lord so cleanly straightforwardly.
    Theres a stripping away isnt there brother..before the filling up. Smiles
    Our God is a jealous God jealous for the life He has put in us and will not tolerate anything being more important than Him..thats the surity n safety of His preemminence. There is nothing we can do apart from Him..nothing!

  • @rickbrendonherring3408
    @rickbrendonherring3408 4 роки тому +6

    i have to love and ( "all absorbing") desire His Presence and Leading more than anything..it is only then that His desires become mine and True Joy comes...i have to surrender and stay surrendered...what a great Message....thank you for uploading this. God used this ..i had more to repent after listening..pride.." lonely for God"...

  • @uumessh4530
    @uumessh4530 2 роки тому +1

    All Praise to King Jesus 🙏🙏

  • @Voyleglover
    @Voyleglover 3 роки тому +9

    Been one of my favorite preachers for many years. Excellent example of a man filled with the Spirit delivering a Spirit filled message. Where are they today? Missing.

  • @JHKCreations
    @JHKCreations 2 роки тому

    The LORD has spoken to me through this message. This is really what I needed. I have a lot of questions and been through a lot of struggles and I believe God led me to this. Thank you LORD for your guidance.

  • @seeaiwee957
    @seeaiwee957 4 роки тому +6

    Such awesome wisdom of the knowledge of God

  • @felipekennedy3135
    @felipekennedy3135 3 роки тому +3

    the Perfect Truth, this man teaches the Absolute Truth, thank God, there's still ways of quenching our thirst, and feeding the Hunger of our Spirit.

  • @robertopalacios-canas286
    @robertopalacios-canas286 6 днів тому +2

    AMÉN

  • @Morales705
    @Morales705 2 місяці тому

    Wow!!! Powerful

  • @natayarowe4428
    @natayarowe4428 3 роки тому +2

    Glory to God, what a Word. Praise God

  • @nwaikikai
    @nwaikikai 3 роки тому +8

    Tozer's teaching in this sermon reminds me very much of the sort of teaching in Miles J. Stanford's book "The Green Letters." Very little taught these days on deeper spiritual living. Good stuff!

  • @Evld
    @Evld 11 років тому +23

    strong stuff. in the begining it was too hard to understand. now im listening to this big guy again and it makes sense.

  • @mamalovinlife
    @mamalovinlife 7 років тому +7

    this is truth
    There is a continual working of the Holy Spirit in the heart of believers.
    this is the prophet of sanctification of the heart

  • @FrankieD62
    @FrankieD62 3 роки тому +10

    I am blown away to be hearing the voice of this great man of God as he preaches. God is so good!

  • @denniszuckerman8846
    @denniszuckerman8846 3 роки тому +3

    Amen... I really appreciate and love A W Tozer’s sermons.. always helpful in my understanding of the Faith!!!🙏

  • @rita5150
    @rita5150 8 років тому +16

    In this day and age it is hard to find wonderful sermons such as on your channel, Christian Praise and Worship. How I wish we had pastors filling our churches like these great men. Every evening I listen to a sermon and love it. Thank you for uploading them!

  • @cynthiaperkins6681
    @cynthiaperkins6681 4 роки тому +6

    Great explanation of the Holy Ghost

  • @remymccoy6078
    @remymccoy6078 3 роки тому

    Hallelujah to the Lamb of God!

  • @MayaEvaa
    @MayaEvaa 6 місяців тому

    Haven’t felt touch by a sermon in a while. I thank God for bringing me to this

  • @lesliekistanministry191
    @lesliekistanministry191 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you, bless your work.

  • @DavidJReidOFFICIAL
    @DavidJReidOFFICIAL 3 роки тому +6

    Love how he saysn 10:10 "most christians NOW dont smoke"

  • @nicolapicola4502
    @nicolapicola4502 3 роки тому

    This message is exceedingly confronting and challenging 😳

  • @ChristisLord
    @ChristisLord  11 років тому +10

    Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit

  • @a.krishna3924
    @a.krishna3924 6 років тому +26

    Does that explain...why I have lost so much appetite on worldy success...like, my parents just offered me a "very good" opportunity for my career, and I couldn't care less, actually was annoyed, because that means..less time with God

  • @summersky2458
    @summersky2458 8 років тому +14

    Thankyou for posting this truth.

  • @rumenigpires
    @rumenigpires 8 років тому +29

    The Spirit never gets gradually on someone. The Spirit falls in an act! The false preachers tells us that the filling come little by little. That's a way to justify the lack of filling in their congregations. The oil in poured out at once! Didn't happen gradually. It happens instantaneouslly. We don't get this blessing because we do not want pay the cost. I agree with Tozer.

  • @YouNeedToLearnTheTruth
    @YouNeedToLearnTheTruth 3 роки тому +4

    Love this 🙏🙏🙏

  • @mikefinley4367
    @mikefinley4367 3 роки тому

    Excellent, absolutely excellent.

  • @johnbergeron3486
    @johnbergeron3486 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you

  • @jonsfunkytube
    @jonsfunkytube 9 років тому +9

    Praise Jesus Yeshua! very wonderful ! :D

  • @HeavenliManna
    @HeavenliManna 2 роки тому

    No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

  • @DavidJReidOFFICIAL
    @DavidJReidOFFICIAL 3 роки тому +2

    incredible

  • @ariah5093
    @ariah5093 3 місяці тому +2

    Tozer just called me out 😂 “you call yourself a worm but if your wife calls you a worm thered be trouble at home! You’re lying” 😂😂 SO TRUEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH US WERE SO DUMB 😂

  • @guywilson7518
    @guywilson7518 6 років тому +7

    Powerful very powerful

  • @deanhanzalamushe9768
    @deanhanzalamushe9768 3 роки тому +1

    Powerful

  • @prabhakararaorajarapu
    @prabhakararaorajarapu 3 роки тому +5

    AMEN 🙏🙏🙏