by A. W. Tozer (April 21, 1897 – May 12, 1963)
Millions of men and women refuse to face up to the fact that religion,
in and of itself, is not enough for the sinner's need. It is amazing how
many things religious people want to do
to you. They can start with infant baptism and end up with the last
rites when you are 108 years old-and all of that time they will
manipulate you, maul you and sweet-message your soul. When it is all
done you are just what you were. You are just a decorated and massaged
sinner-a sinner who did not eat meat, or on the other hand, a sinner who
did eat fish! When religion has done all it can, you are still a sinner
who either went to church or did not go to church. Religion can put us
on the roll and educate us and train us and instruct us. But after all
that, there is still something within our beings that cries, "Eternity
is in my heart and I have not found anything to satisfy it!" Only our
Lord Jesus Christ is enough to satisfy the eternal longing in our souls.
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