“An inward principle of self lies at the source of human conduct, turning everything men do into evil. To save us completely Christ must reverse the bent of our nature; He must plant a new principle within us so that our subsequent conduct will spring out of a desire to promote the honor of God and the good of our fellow men. The old self-sins must die, and the only instrument by which they can be slain is the cross.”
–A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy (New York: HarperCollins, 1961), p. 31.
this is a glaring look at mankind and it’s inability to motivate through life without the cross. Even though Mr. Tozer wrote this several decades ago, the essence of truth is timeless.