While reading Pagan Christianity? by Frank Viola and George Barna, I stumbled upon this very cool quote by AW Tozer (quoted from another book on page 206):
"Divine truth is of the nature of spirit and for that reason can be received only by spiritual revelation. ... God's thoughts belong to the world of spirit, man's to the world of intellect, and while spirit can embrace intellect, the human intellect can never comprehend spirit. ... Man by reason cannot know God; he can only know about God. ... Man's reason is a fine instrument and useful within its field. It was not given as an organ by which to know God." Gems from Tozer (Camp Hill, PA: Christian Publications, 1969), 36-37.
What does this quote confirm for me? I must stop fussing to understand everything - I never will be able to fully comprehend God with a human brain. I must be careful of taking in too much information and then trying to reason things over - sometimes a revelation from God is the only thing that will give you understanding.
My passion for Christian media is good for wider understanding and most probably necessary to promote quality media, but I must remember to daily stop and seek God's face. Spiritual revelation is more important than any form of media.
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