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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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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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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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The battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living
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God made life, and God alone can tell us its meaning.
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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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God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives.
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If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both.
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Justification is the truly dramatic transition from the status of a condemned criminal awaiting a terrible sentence to that of an heir awaiting a fabulous inheritance.
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