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J.I. Packer Quote: “There is, however, equally great incentive to worship and love God in the thought that, for some unfathomable reason, He wants me as His friend, and desires to be my friend, and has given His Son to die for me in order to realize this purpose. not merely that we know God, but that He knows us.”

101. “There is, however, equally great incentive to worship and love God in the thought that, for some unfathomable reason, He wants me as His friend, and desires to be my friend, and has given His Son to die for me in order to realize this purpose. not merely that we know God, but that He knows us.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “If we pursue theological knowledge for its own sake, it’s bound to go bad on us. It will make us proud and conceited.”

102. “If we pursue theological knowledge for its own sake, it’s bound to go bad on us. It will make us proud and conceited.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “God is good to all in some ways and to some in all ways.”

103. “God is good to all in some ways and to some in all ways.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “The gospel does in truth proclaim the redemption of reason. Obscurantism is always evil, and wilful error is always sin., All truth is God’s truth; facts, as such, are sacred, and nothing is more un-Christian than to run away from them.”

104. “The gospel does in truth proclaim the redemption of reason. Obscurantism is always evil, and wilful error is always sin., All truth is God’s truth; facts, as such, are sacred, and nothing is more un-Christian than to run away from them.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “The Christian’s instinct of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God.”

105. “The Christian’s instinct of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “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.”

106. “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.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “If one preaches the Bible biblically, one cannot help preaching the gospel all the time...”

107. “If one preaches the Bible biblically, one cannot help preaching the gospel all the time...”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “We dishonor God if we proclaim a Savior who satisfies and then go around discontent.”

108. “We dishonor God if we proclaim a Savior who satisfies and then go around discontent.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God.”

109. “The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle however do.”

110. “Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle however do.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “The battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living.”

111. “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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J.I. Packer Quote: “I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.”

112. “I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “In common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything.”

113. “In common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “The gospel tells that our Judge has become our Savior.”

114. “The gospel tells that our Judge has become our Savior.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Think against your feelings; unmask the unbelief they have nourished; let evangelical thinking correct emotional thinking.”

115. “Think against your feelings; unmask the unbelief they have nourished; let evangelical thinking correct emotional thinking.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Sinners cannot obey the gospel, any more than the law, without renewal of heart.”

116. “Sinners cannot obey the gospel, any more than the law, without renewal of heart.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “We are to order our lives by the light of His Law, not by our guesses about His plan.”

117. “We are to order our lives by the light of His Law, not by our guesses about His plan.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Joy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling; it is, primarily, a state of mind.”

118. “Joy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling; it is, primarily, a state of mind.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “Scripture is the most up-to-date and relevant reading that ever comes my way.”

119. “Scripture is the most up-to-date and relevant reading that ever comes my way.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “This is what all the work of grace aims at – an ever deeper knowledge of God, and an ever closer fellowship with him. Grace is God drawing us sinners closer and closer to himself.”

120. “This is what all the work of grace aims at – an ever deeper knowledge of God, and an ever closer fellowship with him. Grace is God drawing us sinners closer and closer to himself.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “Repentance means turning from as much as you know of your sin to give as much as you know of yourself to as much as you know of your God, and as our knowledge grows at these three points so our practice of repentance has to be enlarged.”

121. “Repentance means turning from as much as you know of your sin to give as much as you know of yourself to as much as you know of your God, and as our knowledge grows at these three points so our practice of repentance has to be enlarged.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “There are two sorts of sick consciences, those that are not aware enough of sin and those that are not aware enough of pardon.”

122. “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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J.I. Packer Quote: “I never get to the end of mortifying sin because sin in my heart, where it’s still marauding even though it’s no longer dominant, sin in my heart is constantly expressing itself in new disorderly desires.”

123. “I never get to the end of mortifying sin because sin in my heart, where it’s still marauding even though it’s no longer dominant, sin in my heart is constantly expressing itself in new disorderly desires.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Today, on our own turf, we face pagan ignorance about God every bit as deep as that which the early church faced in the Roman Empire.”

124. “Today, on our own turf, we face pagan ignorance about God every bit as deep as that which the early church faced in the Roman Empire.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Im amazed at the amount of time people spend on the Internet.”

125. “Im amazed at the amount of time people spend on the Internet.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “When we reach the outer limit of what Scripture says, it is time to stop arguing and start worshipping.”

126. “When we reach the outer limit of what Scripture says, it is time to stop arguing and start worshipping.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Creatures are not entitled to register complaints about their Creator.”

127. “Creatures are not entitled to register complaints about their Creator.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “He that has learned to feel his sins, and to trust Christ as a Saviour, has learned the two hardest and greatest lessons in Christianity.”

128. “He that has learned to feel his sins, and to trust Christ as a Saviour, has learned the two hardest and greatest lessons in Christianity.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “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.”

129. “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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J.I. Packer Quote: “It is extraordinary how little the New Testament says about God’s interest in our success, by comparison with the enormous amount that it says about God’s interest in our holiness, our maturity in Christ, and our growth into the fullness of His image.”

130. “It is extraordinary how little the New Testament says about God’s interest in our success, by comparison with the enormous amount that it says about God’s interest in our holiness, our maturity in Christ, and our growth into the fullness of His image.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “The Spirit is not given to make Bible study needless, but to make it effective.”

131. “The Spirit is not given to make Bible study needless, but to make it effective.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Christ had the good of souls in his eye... When you preach, let this be your design, to seek to recover lost sheep... to get some converted, and brought in to your Master.”

132. “Christ had the good of souls in his eye... When you preach, let this be your design, to seek to recover lost sheep... to get some converted, and brought in to your Master.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “A British professor of theology once described to me the world to which believers will go as “an unknown country with a well-known inhabitant.” When Jesus Christ the courier has already become well known to us through the Gospels and Pastoral Letters of the New Testament, the prospect of transitioning with him into a world in which we shall see him as he is and be constantly in his company will be something we find alluring rather than alarming.”

133. “A British professor of theology once described to me the world to which believers will go as “an unknown country with a well-known inhabitant.” When Jesus Christ the courier has already become well known to us through the Gospels and Pastoral Letters of the New Testament, the prospect of transitioning with him into a world in which we shall see him as he is and be constantly in his company will be something we find alluring rather than alarming.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “But the way to tell whether in fact you are evangelizing is not to ask whether conversions are known to have resulted from your witness. It is to ask whether you are faithfully making known the gospel message.”

134. “But the way to tell whether in fact you are evangelizing is not to ask whether conversions are known to have resulted from your witness. It is to ask whether you are faithfully making known the gospel message.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “The Church, therefore, has two constant needs; instruction in the truths by which it must live, and correction of the shortcomings by which its life is marred.”

135. “The Church, therefore, has two constant needs; instruction in the truths by which it must live, and correction of the shortcomings by which its life is marred.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “New Testament writers do not tell me why God chose to save me. They only tell me to be thankful that He did.”

136. “New Testament writers do not tell me why God chose to save me. They only tell me to be thankful that He did.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Genuine holiness is genuine Christlikeness, and genuine Christlikeness is genuine humanness – the only genuine humanness there is.”

137. “Genuine holiness is genuine Christlikeness, and genuine Christlikeness is genuine humanness – the only genuine humanness there is.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “Holiness is always the saved sinner’s response of gratitude for grace received.”

138. “Holiness is always the saved sinner’s response of gratitude for grace received.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “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.”

139. “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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J.I. Packer Quote: “We must learn to measure ourselves, not by our knowledge about God, not by our gifts and responsibilities in the church, but by how we pray and what goes on in our hearts. Many of us, I suspect, have no idea how impoverished we are at this level. Let us ask the Lord to show us.”

140. “We must learn to measure ourselves, not by our knowledge about God, not by our gifts and responsibilities in the church, but by how we pray and what goes on in our hearts. Many of us, I suspect, have no idea how impoverished we are at this level. Let us ask the Lord to show us.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “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.”

141. “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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J.I. Packer Quote: “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.”

142. “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.”

— J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer Quote: “The essence of God’s action in wrath is to give people what they choose, in all its implications.”

143. “The essence of God’s action in wrath is to give people what they choose, in all its implications.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “We are not fit for a place in God’s family; the idea of his loving and exalting us sinners as he loves and has exalted the Lord Jesus sounds ludicrous and wild – yet that, and nothing less than that, is what our adoption means.”

144. “We are not fit for a place in God’s family; the idea of his loving and exalting us sinners as he loves and has exalted the Lord Jesus sounds ludicrous and wild – yet that, and nothing less than that, is what our adoption means.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.”

145. “Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “God in his wisdom, to make and keep us humble and to teach us to walk by faith, has hidden from us almost everything that we should like to know about the providential purposes which he is working out in the churches and in our own lives.”

146. “God in his wisdom, to make and keep us humble and to teach us to walk by faith, has hidden from us almost everything that we should like to know about the providential purposes which he is working out in the churches and in our own lives.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both.”

147. “If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “Arminianism is ‘natural’ in one sense, in that it represents a characteristic perversion of Biblical teaching by the fallen mind of man.”

148. “Arminianism is ‘natural’ in one sense, in that it represents a characteristic perversion of Biblical teaching by the fallen mind of man.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “We think of God as too much like what we are. Learn to acknowledge the full majesty of your incomparable God and Savior.”

149. “We think of God as too much like what we are. Learn to acknowledge the full majesty of your incomparable God and Savior.”

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J.I. Packer Quote: “To mend our own relationship with God, regaining God’s favor after having once lost it, is beyond the power of any one of us. And one must see and bow to this before one can share the biblical faith in God’s grace.”

150. “To mend our own relationship with God, regaining God’s favor after having once lost it, is beyond the power of any one of us. And one must see and bow to this before one can share the biblical faith in God’s grace.”

— J.I. Packer

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