The Knowledge of the Holy

I had seen and heard A. W. Tozer quotes quite often before reading this book. When the leader of the book study I'm in announced we were reading this book next, I was excited to learn what else this king of quotes had to say. We read Knowledge of the Holy as an effort to take a look at the character of God so that we may better know him and then better know his will for our lives and be better able to low forward on obedience.

There is so much we reduce and truncate about who God is, all of which I am sure I am guilty of at some time or another. Tozer lays it out on short chapters addressing the different characteristics of God, although it is important to note that God cannot be one of these more than another - self-existing, self-sufficient, infinite, immutable, wise, omnipotent, divinely transcending, omnipresent, faithful, just, merciful, full of grace, loving, holy and sovereign. The Eternity of God (chapter 7), The Wisdom of God (chapter 11) and The Love of God (chapter 20) were a few of my favorite chapters.

Although it is a short book, it was not a quick read for me. I found myself rereading sentences, paragraphs and even pages because of the depth of what is discussed in these 117 pages.

A great book to read and discuss with others.