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You can know a lot about God and godliness and still not know God.
J. I. Packer
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J. I. Packer
Age: 93 †
Born: 1926
Born: July 22
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
Anglican Priest
Christian Theologian
Theologian
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Gloucestershire
James I. Packer
James Innell Packer
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A simple Bible reader and sermon hearer who is full of the Holy Spirit will develop a far deeper acquaintance with his God and Savior than a more learned scholar who is content with being theologically correct.
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[N]obody can produce new evidence of your depravity that will make God change his mind. For God justified you with (so to speak) his eyes open. He knew the worst about you at the time when he accepted you for Jesus' sake and the verdict which he passed then was, and is, final.
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Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain, 2. The life of the preacher must radiate the reality of what he preaches, 3. Prayer and solid Bible study are basic to effective preaching.
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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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Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God's near presence and holiness. Thence springs a vivid sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an evangelistic outflow.
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There is nothing more irreligious than self-absorbed religion.
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Holy people glory, not in their holiness, but in Christ's cross for the holiest saint is never more than a justified sinner and never sees himself in any other way.
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The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God it is the state of affairs in which God, instead of being against us, is for us. No account of God's peace which does not start here can do other than mislead.
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We are to order our lives by the light of His Law, not by our guesses about His plan.
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If I were the devil I should broadcast doubts about the truths and relevance and good sense and straightforwardness of the Bible ... At all costs I should want to keep them from using their minds in a disciplined way to get the measure of its message.
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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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God’s wrath is his righteousness reacting against unrighteousness.
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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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Our are speculations are not the measure of our God.
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We complain today that ministers do not know how to preach but is it not equally true that our congregations do not know how to hear?
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There is tremendous relief in knowing that His love to me is based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me.
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The stars may fall, but God's promises will stand and be fulfilled.
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Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded.
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Im amazed at the amount of time people spend on the Internet.
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Sinners cannot obey the gospel, any more than the law, without renewal of heart.
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