The Pursuit of God · Character

Jesus Christ

The living Person at the center of the soul's pursuit, whose love burned in Tozer's preaching like a sweet and holy madness.

major

Also known as Christ, Jesus, One Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord Jesus Christ, The Lord Jesus Christ Himself

First appearance: the pursuit of god

As a major figure in The Pursuit of God, Jesus Christ is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Christ is presented as the One who waits to be wanted, the object of the soul's gaze, and the One through whom the veil is rent, enabling believers to enter God's presence.

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He stands as the beginning, middle, and end of everything for the seeking soul, the joy of heaven who enters sorrowful hearts and cannot be exhausted by eternity's praise. The tension he exposes is that Christ may be 'received' without kindling any love in the receiver, leaving a man saved but not thirsty, content with little. He matters to the early arc because the whole pursuit only makes sense if God is a knowable Person rather than an inference, an ideal, or a mere principle.

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Character Web

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Psychological
Professional
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Character groups

Protagonist
Divine and Mystical Voices
Patriarchal Faith and Self
Biblical and Historical Examples

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

The Godhead
family · positive
Jesus Christ is in constant communion with the Godhead, representing the core theological… How this plays out →
Unknown Narrator
psychological · positive
Self
psychological · positive
Moses
professional · positive
Nicholas of Cusa
psychological · positive
The Godhead
family · positive
Jesus Christ is in constant communion with the Godhead, representing the core theological… How this plays out →
The Godhead
family · positive
Jesus Christ is in constant communion with the Godhead, representing the core theological… How this plays out →
Self
psychological · positive
Moses
professional · positive
Self
psychological · positive

The Godhead
Jesus Christ is in constant communion with the Godhead, representing the core theological relationship of divine unity and submission.
Unknown Narrator
Jesus Christ serves as the central mediator and focus of the narrator's devotional pursuit and personal transformation.
Self
Jesus Christ is the model and goal for the self's transformation, calling the self to die and be reborn in Him.
Moses
Jesus Christ is presented as the fulfillment of the law given through Moses, with Moses often appearing in typological contrast.
Nicholas of Cusa
Nicholas of Cusa is a mystic theologian whose ideas about learned ignorance are applied by the narrator to the contemplation of Christ.
The Godhead
Jesus Christ is in constant communion with the Godhead, representing the core theological relationship of divine unity and submission.
The Godhead
Jesus Christ is in constant communion with the Godhead, representing the core theological relationship of divine unity and submission.
Self
Jesus Christ is the model and goal for the self's transformation, calling the self to die and be reborn in Him.
Moses
Jesus Christ is presented as the fulfillment of the law given through Moses, with Moses often appearing in typological contrast.
Self
Jesus Christ is the model and goal for the self's transformation, calling the self to die and be reborn in Him.

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In the story

Jesus Christ appears across 9 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

I: Following Hard After God
Christ is presented as the One who waits to be wanted, the object of the soul's gaze, and the One through whom the veil is rent, enabling believers to enter God's presence.
II: The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing
Christ is referenced as the one who taught the principle of losing one's life to find it, and whose own sacrifice parallels Abraham's ordeal.
III: Removing the Veil
Jesus is referenced as the one through whose blood believers have boldness to enter the holiest, and as the Light of the World and Bread of Life symbolized in the tabernacle.
IV: Apprehending God
Quoted as saying 'Ye believe in God, believe also in me,' and referenced as the one through whom the atoning work on the cross enables spiritual faculties to be quickened.
VI: The Speaking Voice
Referred to as the Word, the second Person of the Trinity, through whom God speaks and reconciles all things.
VII: The Gaze of the Soul
The object of faith's gaze; referred to as the author and finisher of faith, the perfect One upon whom the soul looks.
Restoring the Creator-Creature Relation
Referenced as the one through whose blood the atonement makes restoration judicially possible, and whose yoke is easy and burden light.
IX: Meekness and Rest
Quoted as the source of the Beatitudes and the one who offers rest to the weary. His meekness is the model for believers.
X: The Sacrament of Living
Presented as the perfect example of a unified life, living without strain and always pleasing the Father.

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