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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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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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Pelagianism is the natural heresy of zealous Christians who are not interested in theology.
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God's wisdom is not, and never was, pledged to keep a fallen world happy, or to make ungodliness comfortable.
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The Trinity is the basis of the gospel, and the gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action.
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The Evangelical is not afraid of facts, for he knows that all facts are God's facts nor is he afraid of thinking, for he knows that all truth is God's truth, and right reason cannot endanger sound faith.
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There is nothing more irreligious than self-absorbed religion.
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Revelation does not mean man finding God, but God finding man, God sharing His secrets with us, God showing us Himself. In revelation, God is the agent as well as the object.
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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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Joy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling it is, primarily, a state of mind.
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The more you praise, the more vigor you will have for prayer and the more you pray, the more matter you will have for praise.
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A God whom we could understand exhaustively, and whose revelation of Himself confronted us with no mysteries whatsoever, would be a God in man's image, and therefore an imaginary God, not the God of the Bible at all.
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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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God’s wrath is his righteousness reacting against unrighteousness.
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There are two sorts of sick consciences, those that are not aware enough of sin and those that are not aware enough of pardon.
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You can know a lot about God and godliness and still not know God.
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Certainly true worship invigorates, but to plan invigoration is not necessarily to order worship.
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The truth is that, though we were justified by faith alone, the faith that justifies is never alone (it always produces fruit, 'good works,'...a transformed life).
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God then does not profess to answer in Scripture all the questions that we, in our boundless curiosity, would like to ask about Scripture. He tells us merely as much as He sees we need to know as a basis for our life of faith.
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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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A little knowledge OF God is worth more than a great deal of knowledge ABOUT him.
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