A. W. Tozer - The Fire of Gods Presence: Drawing Near to a Holy God
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It was in that burning bush experience that Moses began to understand and appreciate the sacredness of worship. Through this book, Tozer teaches how proper worship has to be equal to the one we are worshiping, so if we are worshiping God, we must do it on his terms. This means having a spirit of reverence and holiness--like Moses taking off his shoes and kneeling before him.
The bushs fire did not frighten Moses, but rather it poured the essence of sacredness into his life, giving him an experience he had never had before. Let this book teach you how, like Moses, to kneel and worship before Gods holy fire.
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2020 by James L. Snyder
Published by Bethany House Publishers
11400 Hampshire Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55438
www.bethanyhouse .com
Bethany House Publishers is a division of
Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan
www.bakerpublishinggroup.com
Ebook edition created 2020
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meansfor example, electronic, photocopy, recordingwithout the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4934-2285-2
Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Cover design by Rob Williams, InsideOutCreativeArts
James L. Snyder is represented by The Steve Laube Agency.
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Introduction
1. Moses at the Burning Bush
2. The Foundation for Experiencing the Presence of God
3. Made for His Presence
4. The School of Silence Prepares for the Burning Bush
5. The Fire in the Burning Bush
6. Lessons from the Fire in the Bush
7. The Fire Transfigured the Bush
8. The Fire Protected the Bush
9. That Bush Became Beautiful in the Fire
10. The Walls Concealing Gods Presence
12. Dwelling in the Secret Place of the Most High
13. The Need for a Definitive Experience
14. The Bush before Which We Kneel
15. The Man Who Saw God on the Throne
16. Creatures Out of the Fire
17. The God Who Manifests Himself
18. Elijah and the Fire
19. Fire in the Furnace
20. The Blessings of Gods Manifest Presence
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N o theme was more important to Dr. A.W. Tozer than the presence of God, especially the manifest, tangible presence of God. It dominated Dr. Tozers ministry and his life. Indeed, a friend of his shared with me a story that emphasizes this.
Tozer was the speaker at a summer camp meeting. He often preached at camp meetings all over the country. In his day he was quite a popular speaker at camps, colleges, and churches.
During this particular camp, Dr. Tozer was scheduled to preach at the seven oclock evening service. When the time arrived, he was nowhere to be found. They started the service, thinking perhaps he was running late and would come in the middle, in time for his speaking.
Time went by, but Tozer never showed up, and somebody else stepped in at the last minute to preach.
The next morning my friend ran into Dr. Tozer and asked, Where were you last night? We were waiting for you to speak.
Looking at him, Tozer quietly said, I had a more important appointment last night.
Later on, my friend found out what had really happened. After lunch, Dr. Tozer had gone to his knees to pray and to worship God. He got lost in the presence of God and lost all sense of time.
A big concern of Tozers was that although most churches he was familiar with believed in the presence of God, few experienced the presence of God. That makes a big difference. To experience the manifest presence of God is something that cannot be matched by anybody or anything.
One of Dr. Tozers favorite biblical events was Moses coming before the burning bush. Tozer had a tremendous fascination with what Moses experienced there. He also believed what Moses experienced there on that mountain is possible for us today. Of course, not in the same manner. But we can experience the same God Moses experienced.
To Tozer, one of the great effects of experiencing the presence of God is the drastic separation of the believer from the world. Tozer fervently warned against allowing the culture to come into the church. Consider the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego and the fiery furnace. King Nebuchadnezzar was okay with them worshiping Jehovah as long as they worshiped the king and his idol. What harm could that be?
This is what were hearing today, that we need to bring the world into the church so that we can win the world to Christ. Yet Tozer would argue thats not what Scripture says. The church is to go out into the world and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Experiencing the manifest presence of God equips us to go into the world and evangelize. It also equips us to separate ourselves from the world and worship God the way He desires to be worshiped.
One thing Tozer emphasizes is the fact that we cannot determine how we worship God. There are no options for us in this regard. We should worship God on His terms or not worship God at all.
Once we have discovered God and experienced Him, nothing else really satisfies us. Thats a good thing.
Let this book lead you up to the mount where the burning bush is to experience God in His fullness.
Dr. James L. Snyder
Moses at the Burning Bush
Then Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.
Exodus 3:3
O gracious, heavenly Father, coming into Your presence is the great joy of my life. It is in Your presence, O Father, that I really discover who I am in Your eyes and what You think of me. Amen.
A Sunday school teacher was teaching a lesson on Moses at the burning bush. She explained to the class, You know, Moses was a great scientist. He was a very observant man. When he saw the fire burning in the bush, his scientific spirit came out and he said, Ill go and examine this.
Nothing could be more wrong than the teachers retelling of the story. Moses did initially wonder why the fire wasnt consuming the bush, but in this book, I am not going to refer to philosophy or psychology in trying to understand what happened to Moses at the burning bush. It cannot be understood, let alone explained, from any human point of view.
Everything in this book will center on theology. What I mean by theology is simply theo meaning God and ology meaning the study of. Thus, I am referring to the study of God. I want to study God in the environment He wants me to study Him. I will not seek to convey my understanding, which is only human. I want you to experience the fire of Gods presence. It will not be in the same way Moses did, but you and I can experience the manifest presence of God.
Apart from the Lord Jesus Christ, I would say that Moses is the best-known person in the Bible and in church history. Nobody carries the credentials that Moses had.
What we will explore in this book is how Moses discovered his identity at the burning bush and how it affected his life.
I am sure fires were not a rare sight in the mountains. What was it about this bush that brought Moses to his knees and let him discover not only God but his own identity?
When Moses approached the burning bush, he was eighty years old (Acts 7). If you remember his story, his first forty years were spent in Egypt, where he eventually rose to the top ruling level. He had quite a future in Egypt. Perhaps he would have replaced Pharaoh. But when Moses was forty, he fled to the mountains after killing an Egyptian who had attacked a Hebrew slave.
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