Damnable False Prophet, Pastor A.W. Tozer

Galatians 1:6-9, “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897–1963) was a long-time pastor on Chicago's southside at the Southside Alliance Church from 1928 to 1959. Tragically, Pastor Tozer was a damnable FALSE PROPHET who emphasized that spiritual regeneration requires moral reformation, meaning that true change in one's life and intentions must occur before one can experience the new birth. Tozer foolishly argued against the inspired Scripture that the idea of being pardoned without a commitment to change contradicts biblical teachings. In reality, it was Aiden Tozer who contradicted the Word of God. Right doctrine matters!!!

Here are the accursed words of a darn fool, an unlearned man who interpreted the Holy Scriptures from his own flawed human reasoning, mixing works with grace...

No Regeneration Without Reformation
In the Bible the offer of pardon on the part of God is conditioned upon intention to reform on the part of man. There can be no spiritual regeneration till there has been a moral Reformation. That this statement requires defense only proves how far from the truth we have strayed.

In our current popular theology pardon depends upon faith alone. The very word reform has been banished from among the sons of the Reformation! We often hear the declaration, ” I do not preach Reformation; I preach regeneration.” Now we recognize this as being the expression of a commendable revolt against the insipid and unscriptural doctrine of salvation by human effort. But the declaration as it stands contains real error, for it opposes Reformation to regeneration. 

Actually the two are never opposed to each other in sound Bible theology. The not – Reformation – but – regeneration doctrine incorrectly presents us with an either – or; either you take Reformation or you take regeneration. This is inaccurate. The fact is that on this subject we are presented not with an either - or, but with a both - and. The converted man is both reformed and regenerated. And unless the sinner is willing to reform his way of living he will never know the inward experience of regeneration. This is the vital truth which has gotten lost under the leaves in popular evangelical theology.

The idea that God will pardon a rebel who has not given up his rebellion is contrary to the Scriptures and to common sense. How horrible to contemplate a church full of persons who have been pardoned but who still love sin and hate the ways of righteousness. And how much more horrible to think of heaven as filled with sinners who had not repented nor changed their way of living. [emphasis added] —Pastor Aiden Tozer, “The Root Of The Righteous” (1955)

BLASPHEMY! The old adage is very true: To the man with a hammer in his hand, everything starts looking like a nail sticking up. And to Pastor Aiden Tozer who hated sin so much that it corrupted his theology, somewhere along the way he lost his way concerning the Gospel of free grace, which is without works. Galatians 2:21, “I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” By wickedly requiring reformation (behavior modification) as a prerequisite for regeneration (being born again), Aiden Tozer frustrates the grace of God.

The Greek word for “frustrate” in Galatians 2:21 is atheteo, which means: “to set aside, that is, (by implication) to disesteem, neutralize or violate.” When any corrupt preacher confuses service with salvation, he neutralizes the Gospel. He has unintentionally set aside the truth of the Gospel, so that lost sinners cannot be saved. The Devil is not fighting religion. He is too smart for that. Satan has produced a counterfeit Christianity today, so much like the real one, that true Christians are either too inept or too afraid to speak out against it.

Satan's greatest weapon is to con people into living the Christian life without ever being born again, a term that is rarely heard from church pulpits anymore. The last thing in the world that the Devil wants is for anyone to be born again. He wants you to spend eternity with him burning in the Lake of Fire forever, which is where all Christ-rejecters will spend eternity. No one ever went to Hell except those who chose to go there by rejecting God's free offer of salvation through faith alone in His only begotten Son, apart from all human effort.

Tragically, Pastor Aiden Tozer undoubtedly is in Hell this moment, regretting his misunderstanding of the Scripture. I do not see how anyone could go to Heaven who is so wrong on God's simple plan of salvation, that they think your must first be willing to forsake a lifestyle of sinning and reform your behavior to please a holy God. Folks, that is pure works, not grace! Jesus died for your sins on Calvary's cross 2,000 years ago, paying a debt so massive that neither you nor I could pay for it. If God were to require us to pay for our own sins, we'd have to burn in hell forever and ever and ever without hope, without rest day or night, suffering in misery and pain and loneliness, gnashing our teeth with regrets in knowing that FOR FREE we could have enjoyed the blessings and splendor of Heaven for all eternity with joy. The choice is yours alone to make.

I was thinking recently about the sad final fate of AC/DC's original band members, all of whom have rejected Jesus as the Christ. Some fans literally consider AC/DC their religion. The band openly mocks the reality of Hell with such wicked songs as, “Highway To Hell,” spitting in God's face. Woe unto Angus Young, Phil Rudd, Cliff Williams and Brian Johnson when they join Bon Scott and Malcolm Young in the everlasting fires of Hell, the horrifying place that they've made billions of dollars mocking for filthy lucre and entertainment. Woe unto the wicked! Their time is running out quickly on earth (Hebrews 4:13, 9:27; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).

Pastor Aiden Tozer was sincere, no doubt (Proverbs 16:25); but so was Judas Iscariot who reformed his life after throwing Jesus under the bus. Judas repented of his sins (Matthew 27:3). Judas was truly sorry for betraying an innocent man to death, Jesus. Judas frantically returned the 30 pieces of silver, but the wicked Pharisees rejected the money (Matthew 27:3-5). It was highly hypocritical of the same ungodly Pharisees who wickedly paid Judas the 30 pieces of silver in the first place to betray Jesus, to now after the fact (in their self righteousness) refuse to take back their own money, hypocritically calling it “blood money.” It sure was blood money, and the Pharisee's hands were covered with it!

Please dear reader, “search the Scriptures” as Jesus commanded in John 5:29, and please do not listen to some idiot unlearned preacher who has no idea what he is talking about. Aiden Tozer has it all backwards. He says there can be no regeneration without reformation, but the exact opposite is biblical and true. There can be no reformation (a change of behavior) without regeneration (the new birth). What Pastor Tozer and so many neo-evangelical fools like him fail to understand is that it is God's Holy Spirit who changes a man, that is, the “fruit” of the indwelling Holy Spirit; and not we ourselves (Galatians 5:22-25).

Mr. Tozer errantly requires that a lost sinner reform them self of sinful behavior first (in their own weak human strength), before God will be willing to pardon their iniquities to save them. Tozer has it all backwards. God saves a man, and then the Holy Spirit begins to change him. That being said, the world is full of carnal Christians who live open lives of sin and debauchery. The Gospel of free grace (aka, “easy believism”) is not the problem. The problem is today's lazy, ungodly and incompetent pastors who refuse to preach the truth, refuse to contend for the faith, refuse to cry aloud against sin, refuse to unconditionally love people, and refuse to obey God in other matters as well. Today's churches and Bible colleges are pathetic!

Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”