Acquaint thyself with God

A great end to The Knowledge of the Holy entitled "The Open Secret" which brings to a head all of the things discussed in the book and what to do with them. Everything that is in here is useless unless it is put into practice. I hope you enjoy the end to this wonderful work and consider reading it.

"When viewed from the perspective of eternity, the most critical need of this hour may well be that the Church should be brought back from her long Babylonian captivity and the name of God be glorified in her again as of old. Yet we must not think of the Church as an anonymous body, a mystical religious abstraction. We Christians are the Church and whatever we do is what the Church is doing. The matter, therefore, is for each of us a personal one. Any forward step in the Church must begin with the individual."

"The secret is an open one which the wayfaring man may read. It is simply the old and ever-new counsel: Acquaint thyself with God. To regain her lost power the Church must see heaven opened and have a transforming vision of God"

-Tozer busts into a list of six things that one may do to make this "return" happen-

"First, we must forsake our sins."

"Second, there must be an utter committal of the whole life to Christ in faith."

"Third, there must be a reckoning of ourselves to have died unto sin and to be alive unto God in Christ Jesus, followed by a throwing open of the entire personality to the inflow of the Holy Spirit."

"Fourth, we must boldly repudiate the cheap values of the fallen world and become completely detached in spirit from everything that unbelieving men set their hearts upon, allowing ourselves only the simplest enjoyments of nature which God has bestowed alike upon the just and unjust."

"Fifth, we must practice the art of long and loving meditation upon the majesty of God. This will take some effort, for the concept of majesty has all but disappeared from the human race. The focal point of man's interest is now himself."

"Sixth, as the knowledge of God becomes more wonderful, greater service to our fellow men will become for us imperative."

"There is a glorified Man on the right hand of the Majesty in heaven faithfully representing us there. We are left for a season among men; let us faithfully represent Him here."

A.W. Tozer The Knowledge of the Holy p.114-117