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J.I. Packer Quote: “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.”

51. “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.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the psalms, and that the habit of celebrating the greatness and graciousness of God yields an endless flow of thankfulness, joy, and zeal.”

52. “We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the psalms, and that the habit of celebrating the greatness and graciousness of God yields an endless flow of thankfulness, joy, and zeal.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “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.”

53. “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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J.I. Packer Quote: “There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with full assurance that they have known God, and God has known them, and that this relationship guarantees God’s favor to them in life, through death and on for ever.”

54. “There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with full assurance that they have known God, and God has known them, and that this relationship guarantees God’s favor to them in life, through death and on for ever.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “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?”

55. “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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J.I. Packer Quote: “C. H. Spurgeon was once asked if he could reconcile these two truths to each other. “I wouldn’t try,” he replied; “I never reconcile friends.” Friends? – yes, friends. This is the point that we have to grasp. In the Bible, divine sovereignty and human responsibility are not enemies. They are not uneasy neighbors; they are not in an endless state of cold war with each other. They are friends, and they work together.”

56. “C. H. Spurgeon was once asked if he could reconcile these two truths to each other. “I wouldn’t try,” he replied; “I never reconcile friends.” Friends? – yes, friends. This is the point that we have to grasp. In the Bible, divine sovereignty and human responsibility are not enemies. They are not uneasy neighbors; they are not in an endless state of cold war with each other. They are friends, and they work together.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “The preachers commission is to declare the whole counsel of God; but the cross is the center of that counsel.”

57. “The preachers commission is to declare the whole counsel of God; but the cross is the center of that counsel.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit.”

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

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives.”

59. “God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation.”

60. “The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “There are no small sins against a great God.”

61. “There are no small sins against a great God.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded.”

62. “Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “Christian minds have been conformed to the modern spirit: the spirit, that is, that spawns great thoughts of man and leaves room for only small thoughts of God.”

63. “Christian minds have been conformed to the modern spirit: the spirit, that is, that spawns great thoughts of man and leaves room for only small thoughts of God.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?”

64. “For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “The Holy Spirit is God the evangelist.”

65. “The Holy Spirit is God the evangelist.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “The Puritan ethic of marriage was first to look not for a partner whom you do love passionately at this moment but rather for one whom you can love steadily as your best friend for life, then to proceed with God’s help to do just that.”

66. “The Puritan ethic of marriage was first to look not for a partner whom you do love passionately at this moment but rather for one whom you can love steadily as your best friend for life, then to proceed with God’s help to do just that.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “It is staggering that God should love sinners, yet it is true.”

67. “It is staggering that God should love sinners, yet it is true.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “Our Lord Jesus Christ is both God for man and man for God;.”

68. “Our Lord Jesus Christ is both God for man and man for God;.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “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.”

69. “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.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “All true theology has an evangelistic thrust, and all true evangelism is theology in action.”

70. “All true theology has an evangelistic thrust, and all true evangelism is theology in action.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “How can we turn our knowledge about God into knowledge of God? The rule for doing this is simple but demanding. It is that we turn each Truth that we learn about God into matter for meditation before God, leading to prayer and praise to God.”

71. “How can we turn our knowledge about God into knowledge of God? The rule for doing this is simple but demanding. It is that we turn each Truth that we learn about God into matter for meditation before God, leading to prayer and praise to God.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “God’s wisdom is not, and never was, pledged to keep a fallen world happy, or to make ungodliness comfortable.”

72. “God’s wisdom is not, and never was, pledged to keep a fallen world happy, or to make ungodliness comfortable.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “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.”

73. “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.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “The Trinity is the basis of the gospel, and the gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action.”

74. “The Trinity is the basis of the gospel, and the gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it – the fact that He knows me.”

75. “What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it – the fact that He knows me.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as is this truth of the Incarnation.”

76. “Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as is this truth of the Incarnation.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “Live each day as if thy last” is a wise word from a hymn written in 1674 by Thomas Ken. The older we get, the more needful its wisdom becomes, and if we have not already taken it to heart, we should do so now.”

77. “Live each day as if thy last” is a wise word from a hymn written in 1674 by Thomas Ken. The older we get, the more needful its wisdom becomes, and if we have not already taken it to heart, we should do so now.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “My advice to a new husband is nothing more than ‘husbands, love your wives.’ And ‘love your wife as Christ has loved the church.’ Never forget that you are Christ’s representative in serving your wife.”

78. “My advice to a new husband is nothing more than ‘husbands, love your wives.’ And ‘love your wife as Christ has loved the church.’ Never forget that you are Christ’s representative in serving your wife.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “Our aim in studying the Godhead must be to know God himself better. Our concern must be to enlarge our acquaintance, not simply with the doctrine of God’s attributes, but with the living God whose attributes they are.”

79. “Our aim in studying the Godhead must be to know God himself better. Our concern must be to enlarge our acquaintance, not simply with the doctrine of God’s attributes, but with the living God whose attributes they are.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “The idea that all are children of God is not found in the Bible anywhere.”

80. “The idea that all are children of God is not found in the Bible anywhere.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “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.”

81. “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.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “God answers the prayer we ought to have made rather than the prayer we did make.”

82. “God answers the prayer we ought to have made rather than the prayer we did make.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “To be right with God the judge is a great thing, but to be loved and cared for by God the Father is a greater.”

83. “To be right with God the judge is a great thing, but to be loved and cared for by God the Father is a greater.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “Doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrites; but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ’s sheep.”

84. “Doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrites; but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ’s sheep.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “Repentance, as we know, is basically not moaning and remorse, but turning and change.”

85. “Repentance, as we know, is basically not moaning and remorse, but turning and change.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “The character of God is today, and always will be, exactly what it was in Bible times.”

86. “The character of God is today, and always will be, exactly what it was in Bible times.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Pelagianism is the natural heresy of zealous Christians who are not interested in theology.”

87. “Pelagianism is the natural heresy of zealous Christians who are not interested in theology.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Only when you know how to die can you know how to live.”

88. “Only when you know how to die can you know how to live.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “It is often the case, as all the saints know, that fellowship with the Father and the Son is most vivid and sweet, and Christian joy is greatest, when the cross is heaviest.”

89. “It is often the case, as all the saints know, that fellowship with the Father and the Son is most vivid and sweet, and Christian joy is greatest, when the cross is heaviest.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Grace means God sending his only Son to the cross to descend into hell so that we guilty ones might be reconciled to God and received into heaven.”

90. “Grace means God sending his only Son to the cross to descend into hell so that we guilty ones might be reconciled to God and received into heaven.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “Godliness means responding to God’s revelation in trust and obedience, faith and worship, prayer and praise, submission and service. Life must be seen and lived in the light of God’s Word. This, and nothing else, is true religion.”

91. “Godliness means responding to God’s revelation in trust and obedience, faith and worship, prayer and praise, submission and service. Life must be seen and lived in the light of God’s Word. This, and nothing else, is true religion.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Think against your feelings; argue yourself out of the gloom they have spread; look up from your problems to the God of the gospel.”

92. “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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J.I. Packer Quote: “There are ministers who never speak of repentance or self-denial. Naturally they are popular, but they are false prophets.”

93. “There are ministers who never speak of repentance or self-denial. Naturally they are popular, but they are false prophets.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “This one word ‘grace’ contains within itself the whole of New Testament theology.”

94. “This one word ‘grace’ contains within itself the whole of New Testament theology.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “God say through Jeremiah, “Let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me” – for knowing God is a relationship calculated to thrill a person’s heart.”

95. “God say through Jeremiah, “Let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me” – for knowing God is a relationship calculated to thrill a person’s heart.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “Getting God in focus means thinking correctly about his character, his sovereignty, his salvation, his love, his Son, his Spirit, and all the realities of his work and ways; it also means thinking rightly about our own relationship to him as creatures either under sin or under grace, either living this responsive life of faith, hope, and love or living unresponsively, in barrenness and gloom of heart.”

96. “Getting God in focus means thinking correctly about his character, his sovereignty, his salvation, his love, his Son, his Spirit, and all the realities of his work and ways; it also means thinking rightly about our own relationship to him as creatures either under sin or under grace, either living this responsive life of faith, hope, and love or living unresponsively, in barrenness and gloom of heart.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “The measure of all love is its giving. The measure of the love of God is the cross of Christ.”

97. “The measure of all love is its giving. The measure of the love of God is the cross of Christ.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “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.”

98. “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.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “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.”

99. “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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J.I. Packer Quote: “Any theology that does not lead to song is, at a fundamental level, a flawed theology.”

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

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