For dishonest thinking, however well-intentioned, can only discredit the cause it serves, and must in the long run boomerang disastrously on those who indulge in it. J. I. Packer More Quotes by J. I. Packer More Quotes From J. I. Packer The Christian's instinct of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God. J. I. Packer greatness worship christian 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). J. I. Packer grace believe needs The Spirit is not given to make Bible study needless, but to make it effective. J. I. Packer given study spirit The gift of sonship to God becomes ours not through being born, but through being born again. J. I. Packer born born-again God is good to all in some ways and to some in all ways. J. I. Packer way The Christmas spirit does not shine out in the Christian snob. For the Christmas spirit is the spirit of those who, like their Master, live their whole lives on the principle of making themselves poor -- spending and being spent -- to enrich their fellow humans, giving time, trouble, care and concern, to do good to others -- and not just their own friends -- in whatever way there seems need. J. I. Packer shining christian giving Your faith will not fail while God sustains it; you are not strong enough to fall away while God is resolved to hold you. J. I. Packer failing strong fall If I were the devil, one of my first aims would be to stop folk from digging into the Bible. J. I. Packer digging devil would-be The modern way with God is to set him at a distance, if not to deny him altogether; and the irony is that modern Christians, preoccupied with maintaining religious practices in an irreligous world, have themselves allowed God to become remote...for churchmen who look at God through the wrong end of the telescope, so reducing him to pigmy proportions, cannot hope to end up as more than pigmy Christians. J. I. Packer distance religious christian 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 mystery would-be men Arminianism is 'natural' in one sense, in that it represents a characteristic perversion of Biblical teaching by the fallen mind of man. J. I. Packer biblical teaching men We must seek, in studying God, to be led to God. J. I. Packer study 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 meditation simple prayer 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 eternal-happiness one-day giving God the Father is the giver of Holy Scripture; God the Son is the theme of Holy Scripture; and God the Spirit is the author, authenticator, and interpreter of Holy Scripture. J. I. Packer scripture father son 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. J. I. Packer empires church ignorance Scripture is the most up-to-date and relevant reading that ever comes my way. J. I. Packer reading spiritual way If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both. J. I. Packer theology doe heart To know God's love is indeed heaven on earth. J. I. Packer earth love-is heaven The way to be truly happy is to be truly human, and the way to be truly human is to be truly godly. J. I. Packer truly-happy godly way
