To Be Christlike: Walk in the Spirit

    By A. W. Tozer

    Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come. . .
    He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine,
    and shall shew it unto you.      /John 16:13, 14./

        If we are going to reproduce Christ on earth and be
    Christlike and show forth Christ, what is our greatest
    need?

       /We must have the Spirit of Christ!/

        If we are going to be the children of God, we must
    have the Spirit of the Father to breathe in our hearts and
    breathe through us. That is why we must have the Spirit
    of God! That is why the church must have the Spirit of
    Christ!

        The Christian church is called to live above her own
    ability. She is called to live on a plane so high that no
    human being can live like that of his own ability and
    power. The humblest Christian is called to live a miracle,
    a life that is a moral and spiritual life with such intensity
    and such purity that no human being can do it---only
    Jesus Christ can do it. He wants the Spirit of Christ to
    come to His people---an invasion from above affecting
    us mentally, morally and spiritually!

        The Holy Spirit brings the wonderful mystery that is
    God to us, and presents Him to the human spirit. The
    Spirit is our Teacher, and if He does not teach us, we
    never can know. He is our Illuminator, and if He does
    not turn on the light, we never can see. He is the Healer
    of our deaf ears, and if He does not touch our ears, we
    never can hear!

       /The Holy Ghost bestows upon us a beatitude beyond/
    /compare. He asks nothing except that we be willing to/
    /listen, willing to obey!/

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    Yours in Christ,
    Paul N. F.