If we insist upon trying to imagine Him, we end with an idol, made not…

Aiden Wilson Tozer
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If we insist upon trying to imagine Him, we end with an idol, made not with hands but with thoughts; and an idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand. ✨ Aiden Wilson Tozer (1965). The Knowledge of the Holy, p.11, Fig
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If we insist upon trying to imagine Him, we end with an idol, made not with hands but with thoughts; and an idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand. ✨ Aiden Wilson Tozer (1965). The Knowledge of the Holy, p.11, Fig

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