In the deep spirit of a man the fire must glow or his love is not the true love of God.
 A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God (1948). copy citation

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Author A. W. Tozer
Source The Pursuit of God
Topic love God
Date 1948
Language English
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“Spinoza wrote of the intellectual love of God, and he had a measure of truth there; but the highest love of God is not intellectual, it is spiritual. God is spirit and only the spirit of man can know Him really. In the deep spirit of a man the fire must glow or his love is not the true love of God. The great of the Kingdom have been those who loved God more than others did. We all know who they have been and gladly pay tribute to the depths and sincerity of their devotion. We have but to pause for a moment and their names come trooping past us smelling of myrrh and aloes and cassia out of the ivory palaces.” source