The Counselor: Straight Talk about the Holy Spirit

by A. W. Tozer

Publisher:

WingSpread

, 1993

Overview

The Counselor explains how to develop a relationship with the third Person of the Trinity. Tozer speaks to the current conflict and confusion about the Holy Spirit from a perspective that is balanced and biblical, yet devotional and practical.

Contents

Top Highlights

“‘To understand a Bible text takes an act of the Holy Spirit equal to the act that inspired the text in the first place.’” (Page 24)

“It is plain that the glorification of Jesus brought the Holy Spirit, and we ought to be able to get hold of that thought instantly. So, we repeat: Where Jesus is glorified, the Holy Spirit comes. He does not have to be begged—the Holy Spirit comes when the Savior is glorified. When Christ is truly honored, the Spirit comes.” (Page 3)

“People want the benefits of the cross but yet they do not want to bow to the control of the cross. They want to take all the cross can offer but they don’t want to be under the lordship of Jesus.” (Page 12)

“there is a difference between the intellectual knowledge of God and the Spirit-revealed knowledge.” (Page 19)

“‘Never think for a minute that there will be a time when you will not be tempted. He is tempted the most effectively who thinks that he isn’t being tempted at all.’” (Page 6)

Product Details

• Title: The Counselor: Straight Talk about the Holy Spirit from a 20th Century Prophet
• Author: A. W. Tozer
• Publisher: WingSpread
• Print Publication Date: 1993
• Logos Release Date: 2008
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Holy Spirit › Sermons; Christian living › Holy Spirit
• ISBNs: 9780875095363, 0875095364
• Resource ID: LLS:COUNSELOR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:58:50Z

About A. W. Tozer

A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) was a dynamic preacher, prolific writer, and a no-nonsense man of God. Aiden Wilson Tozer responded to the call of Christ at the age of 17. After becoming an active witness of Jesus as a lay preacher, he joined The Christian and Missionary Alliance and was soon serving as the pastor of West Virginia’s Alliance Church.

In 1928, he transferred to the Southside Alliance Church in Chicago where he served for 31 years. During that time he preached on the Moody Bible Institute’s radio station and was often invited to speak at Wheaton College in Pierce Chapel. Tozer spent the final years of his life as the pastor of Avenue Road Church in Toronto and the editor of The Alliance Life magazine.

Tozer authored over 40 books, including The Attributes of God, Volume One, Tozer on Christian Leadership, We Travel an Appointed Way, The Pursuit of God, and God’s Pursuit of Man.