J. I. Packer Quotes - Page 6

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• God's love is an exercise of his goodness toward sinners who merit only condemnation.

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  Exercise, Love Is, Merit

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• This one word 'grace' contains within itself the whole of New Testament theology.

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  Grace, New Testament, Theology

  J. I. Packer (1997). “Great Grace: A 31-day Devotional”, Servant Publications

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• Arminianism is 'natural' in one sense, in that it represents a characteristic perversion of Biblical teaching by the fallen mind of man.

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  Teaching, Biblical, Men

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• If one preaches the Bible biblically, one cannot help preaching the gospel all the time.

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  Preaching The Gospel, Helping, Preaching

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• What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance, and this the Christian has in a way that no other person has. For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?

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  Christian, Imagination, Goal

  J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2009). “Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide”, p.46, InterVarsity Press

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• The Church, therefore, has two constant needs; instruction in the truths by which it must live, and correction of the shortcomings by which its life is marred.

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  Two, Church, Needs

  J. I. Packer (1958). “"Fundamentalism" and the Word of God”, p.69, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• We meet God through entering into a relationship both of dependance on Jesus as our Saviour and Friend and of discipleship to Him as our Lord and Master.

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  Jesus, Entering, Lord

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• The gift of sonship to God becomes ours not through being born, but through being born again.

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  Born Again, Born

  J. I. Packer (2000). “In God's Presence: Daily Devotions with J.I. Packer”, Shaw

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• The way to be truly happy is to be truly human, and the way to be truly human is to be truly godly.

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  Godly, Way, Truly Happy

  Dr J I Packer (1987). “Hot Tub Religion”, Tyndale House Pub

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• The God of Israel is King of kings and Lord of lords... He know, and foreknows, all things, and his foreknowledge is foreordination; he, therefore, will have the last word, both in world history and in the destiny of every man; his kingdom and righteousness will triumph in the end, for neither men nor angels shall be able to thwart him.

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  Kings, Angel, Destiny

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• Sanctification has a double aspect. Its positive side is vivification, the growing and maturing of the new man; its negative side is mortification, the weakening and killing of the old man.

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  Men, Negative, Growing

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• The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity.

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  Church, Newton, Canon

  J. I. Packer (2000). “In God's Presence: Daily Devotions with J.I. Packer”, Shaw

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• All true theology has an evangelistic thrust, and all true evangelism is theology in action.

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  Christian, Action, Evangelism

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• The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit.

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  Grace, Merit, Guilty

  J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2004). “Knowing God Through the Year”, p.196, InterVarsity Press

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• Optimism is a wish without warrant; Christian hope is a certainty, guaranteed by God himself. Optimism reflects ignorance as to whether good things will ever actually come. Christian hope expresses knowledge that every day of his life, and every moment beyond it, the believer can say with truth, on the basis of God's own commitment, that the best is yet to come.

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  Christian, Life Changing, Ignorance

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• Certainly true worship invigorates, but to plan invigoration is not necessarily to order worship.

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  Order, Worship, True Worship

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• Any theology that does not lead to song is, at a fundamental level, a flawed theology.

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  Song, Doe, Fundamentals

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• The incarnation is in itself an unfathomable mystery, but it makes sense of everything else that the New Testament contains.

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  Mystery, New Testament, Incarnation

  J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2009). “Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide”, p.21, InterVarsity Press

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• The whole story of the Father's Christ-exalting plan of redeeming love, from eternity to eternity, must be told, or the radical reorientation of life for which the gospel calls will not be understood, and the required total shift from man-centeredness to God-centeredness, and more specifically from self-centeredness to Christ-centeredness, will not take place.

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  Father, Men, Self

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• The Christian's instinct of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God.

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  Christian, Greatness, Worship

  J. I. Packer (1973). “Knowing God”, Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press

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• When we reach the outer limit of what Scripture says, it is time to stop arguing and start worshipping.

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  Limits, Scripture, Arguing

  J. I. Packer (2000). “In God's Presence: Daily Devotions with J.I. Packer”, Shaw

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• Read two old books for every new one.

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  Book, Two, Old Books

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• Our best works are shot through with sin and contain something for which we need to be forgiven.

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  Needs, Sin, Shots

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• There is nothing more irreligious than self-absorbed religion.

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  Self, Self Absorbed

  J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2009). “Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide”, p.56, InterVarsity Press

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• Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle however do.

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  Struggle, Maturity, Luxury

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