The Knowledge of the Holy (DF Christian Bestsellers Book 1)

I read this book about once a year. It centers me and keeps me focused on what really matters.

This is a great book if you want to immerse yourself in learning about many of the attributes of God. Each chapter is only a few pages long which makes Tozer’s writing succinct and to the point. highly recommend.

Love it so far

The book is truly a Christian classic, yet truly timeless. A book every Christian should own and every person should have the blessing to read. Towzers book of worship!

This little book has changed me for the better, because I received a clearer picture of the majesty of God. I read it as a daily devotion book, taking one aspect of God at a time. There were sentences that stopped me in my tracks. I had to think on them for a while. I have finished, but I’m going to read it again beginning tomorrow. It’s too rich to begin to think I comprehended it all!

One of the areas that Christians tend to not think enough about is the absolute glory and greatness of Our God. I specifically said Christians with no such adjectives as "today" or "modern" because I think this has been a problem throughout history. In other words, unlike A. W. Tozer, in his book The Knowledge of the Holy, I don't think that the ancients had it so perfect and we only recently flubbed this up.Despite this and a few other minor quibbles, I was greatly edified by the above-titled book, and do recommend it. In his book, Tozer states from the outset that, since not everyone is able, due to education, time, etc., to read and understand the deeper studies in theology and Scriptural exegesis, he is going to pare down the concepts into a short, and easy to understand, volume.The format he uses is to begin each chapter by describing an attribute of God. He then uses that chapter to do two things. First off, he deals with explaining said attribute, and second, Tozer ties the concepts and chapters together by making clear that each of these attributes are constantly present in the Godhead. God is perfectly every single one of His attributes for eternity.Another theme of Tozer's is that not only does God deserve our praise, it is to our own good to praise Him. He doesn't need us or our praise. At least, He doesn't need us or our praise in the sense of the word need we normally understand. He only "needs" us because He chose to do so for our own good, so we could have the joy of serving and praising Him. In reality, He doesn't need us, and His infinite love would be perfectly satisfied without us, if He chose. His love directed towards us (and any need that goes with us) is his choice and His gift to us. If you think of this, you can see the, as CS Lewis puts it in one of his works, "intolerable compliment" of His choosing to love and desire our best.Yet we repay the God of the Universe Who does this for us in what way? With disdain, a careless disregard, so forth. We do not give him the great glory He calls us to give Him, that He DESERVES, and that would be our greatest joy to give Him. We must remedy this, both to avoid sin and to experience the joy of God and growing in the knowledge of Him and His holiness.On a few issues Tozer is wrong, in my opinion. I think that he views the past too rosily, in terms of devotion to God. I think that this problem with seeing God in the wondrous, awed way we ought so to do is a long-standing one. That is why, just my opinion here, the Scriptures so frequently speak of the necessity of doing so. I also think that some of his criticisms of every day life are due to the concern over greater technology and the fear of "losing ourselves" to it, just as such concerns exist today. They were much greater back then, and other writers of the time dealt with these concerns. Tozer's personal pet peeves leaked into this topic, methinks.As well, Tozer seemed to view the idea of understanding God in language as somehow wrong. I can see his point that no words can adequately describe His Majesty, but to use the words is not wrong. God Himself told us to use certain language and terms to describe Him in His Word. He would not have done so had He considered such descriptions so beneath Him as to be a bad or potentially sinful thing.In a similar vein, Tozer had a strange habit of viewing arguments for God's existence as so beneath Him that they were almost sinful against God. Then he turned around himself and used logic to argue for God's attributes. How does that work?Lest these few criticisms make one think that I got nothing from the work, or thought it a bad effort, I reiterate my earlier praise for this brief book, and how much it has edified me. While I would disagree with Tozer on a few things, and think that this issue is a perennial problem with Christians instead of a recent one, I agree with his overall thesis. The Church (and thus individual Christians) are in a dark place of not trusting and loving God as we should. We must take God and the things of God more seriously, experience an increased awe of God, and begin to truly worship and praise Him. The only way for the Church to do this is to have the individual Christians that comprise the Church make a conscious choice to do this. Let us take up this necessary, worthy, right, and joyful challenge.

This is a book that ALL CHRISTIANS should read!

Great read!

Leitura fundamental para a compreensão da soberania de Deus

I was unable to read anything else because I was so drawn by the spirit to continue to learn more from The knowledge of the Holy.I had difficulty grasping some statements or paragraphs & reread them to get a better understanding of the concepts. I am extremely blessed for the input Tozer has given me through the power of the Holy SpiritI experienced

If you enjoy intellectual discourses full of simple truth of God as I do, you will love this book!Everything He writes it great foundational knowledge, upon which we can build the rest of our faith.

This book has come close to my heart, since it helped me be closer to God. Thank you for this wonderful book

I got this ages ago and I don't remember much buts it's tozer so it would have been excellent