I insist that the effective preaching of Jesus Christ, rightly understood, will produce Christian experience in Christian believers. Moreover, if preaching does not produce spiritual experience and maturing in the believer, that preaching is not being faithful to the Christ revealed in the Scriptures. Let me say it again another way: the Christ of the Bible is not rightly known until there is an experience of Him within the believer, for our Savior and Lord offers Himself to human experience. When Jesus says, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden," it is an invitation to a spiritual experience. He is saying, "Will you consent to come" Have you added determination to your consent" Then come; come now!" Yes, our Lord gives Himself to us in experience. David says in Psalms 34: "0 taste and see that the Lord is good." I think David said exactly what he meant. Surely the Holy Spirit was saying through David: "You have taste buds in your soul for tasting, for experiencing spiritual things. Taste and experience that God is good!"

A.W. Tozer's materials are a mainstay in Evangelical churches in our day and he is one of the most quoted authors. He was a prophet in his day and his writings are even more influential in our day. One of his books: The Pursuit of God, has had over 1 million copies sold world-wide.

Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer

FAITH AND EXPERIENCE

Who was this poor man? Let us see if we can find out; if we can ascertain the characteristics of those poor people whom God so honorably mentions in his word. Mere penury of worldly goods is not a sufficient title. He must be poor in spirit - poor contentedly. His must be a spirit cheerfully acquiescent in the allotments of God - with all that he is reputed to have, placed unreservedly at his disposal; sensible that he is not even his own, but bought with a price; his abilities and opportunities, his time and influence, his soul and body, his tongue and pen, solemnly deeded to God. This poor man has no strength of his own. He is poor even in virtue, very poor; poor in wisdom. And so if you listen at his window, you will find him in the still hours, earnestly laboring in prayer that he may have given him strength, virtue and wisdom. This poor man cried and the Lord heard him. So the cry of this poor man is in reality a key by which he can unlock treasury after treasury of things beyond all price.

A daily devotional written by a Baptist Missionary to India, Reverend George Bowen (1816-1888) over 150 years ago.

Bowen's Daily Meditations

"This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him." - Psalms 34:6. 

6 <poetry>This poor man called, and the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> heard him; <indent>he saved him out of all his troubles. </indent> </poetry>

This poor man called, and the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> heard him; <indent>he saved him out of all his troubles.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Psalm 34:6

 6 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.   

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<poetry>This poor man called, and the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> heard him; <indent>he saved him out of all his troubles. </indent> </poetry>

 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.   

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