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Thank you, Mr.Lewis, for being you. I wouldn't have missed you for the world.

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J. I. Packer
Age: 93 †
Born: 1926
Born: July 22
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
Anglican Priest
Christian Theologian
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Twyning
Gloucestershire
James I. Packer
James Innell Packer
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The meaning of He will give us all things can be put thus: one day we will see that nothing - literally nothing - which could have increased our eternal happiness has been denied us, and that nothing - literally nothing - that could have reduced that happiness has been left with us.
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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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The unceasing activity of the Creator whereby, in overflowing bounty and goodwill, He upholds His creatures in ordered existence, guides and governs all events, circumstances, and free acts of angels and men, and directs everything to its appointed goal, for His own glory.
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I need not torment myself with the fear that my faith may fail as grace led me to faith in the first place, so grace will keep me believing to the end. Faith, both in its origin and continuance, is a gift of grace (Phil 1:29).
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God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives.
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God's love is an exercise of his goodness toward sinners who merit only condemnation.
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God is good to all in some ways and to some in all ways.
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Think against your feelings argue yourself out of the gloom they have spread look up from your problems to the God of the gospel.
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Real spiritual growth is always growth downward, so to speak, into profounder humility, which in healthy souls will become more and more apparent as they age.
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God made life, and God alone can tell us its meaning.
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Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.
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If you are walking backward, away from something you think is a mistake, you may be right in supposing it is a mistake, but for you to be walking backward is never right. You know what happens to people who walk backward.... We are meant to walk forward, not backward, and reaction is always a matter of walking backward.
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To know that nothing happens in God's world apart from God's will may frighten the godless, but it stabilizes the saints.
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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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Even when we cannot see the why and wherefore of God's dealings, we know that there is love in and behind them, and so we can rejoice always.
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The gospel tells that our Judge has become our Savior.
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Living becomes an awesome business when you realize that you spend every moment of your life in the sight and company of an omniscient, omnipresent Creator.
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One of the many divine qualities of the Bible is that it does not yield its secrets to the irreverent and the censorious.
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