God answers the prayer we ought to have made rather than the prayer we did make. J. I. Packer More Quotes by J. I. Packer More Quotes From J. I. Packer For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God? J. I. Packer knowing-god higher goal Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle however do. J. I. Packer luxury maturity struggle 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. J. I. Packer sin desire heart I'm not against technology, but all tools should be used to their best advantage. We should be spending our time on things that have staying power, instead of on the latest thought of the latest blogger - and then moving on quickly to the next blogger. J. I. Packer next technology moving It is not his business to argue men into faith, for that cannot be done; but it is his business to demonstrate the intellectual adequacy of the biblical faith and the comparative inadequacy of its rivals, and to show the invalidity of the criticisms that are brought against it. This he seeks to do, not from any motive of intellectual self-justification, but for the glory of God and His gospel. J. I. Packer biblical self men His purpose is simply to draw us closer to Himself in conscious communion with Him. J. I. Packer communion conscious purpose Certainly true worship invigorates, but to plan invigoration is not necessarily to order worship. J. I. Packer true-worship worship order 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. J. I. Packer unique prayer reality We do not make friends with God; God makes friends with us, bringing us to know him by making his love known to us... The word know, when used of God in this way, is a sovereign-grace word, pointing to God's initiative in loving, choosing, redeeming, calling and preserving. J. I. Packer his-love grace calling The point here is not just that an image represents God as having body and parts, whereas in reality he has neither. But the point really goes much deeper. The heart of the objection to pictures and images is that they inevitably conceal most, if not all, of the truth about the personal nature and character of the divine Being whom they represent. J. I. Packer heart character reality You thank God [for your salvation] because "you do not attribute your repenting and believing to your own wisdom, or prudence, or sound judgment, or good sense. J. I. Packer thank-god sound believe Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as is this truth of the Incarnation. J. I. Packer religious-christmas christian-christmas fiction God's love is an exercise of his goodness toward sinners who merit only condemnation. J. I. Packer merit exercise love-is Creatures are not entitled to register complaints about their Creator. J. I. Packer creator register complaints All true theology has an evangelistic thrust, and all true evangelism is theology in action. J. I. Packer evangelism christian action Every time we mention God we become theologians, and the only question is whether we are going to be good ones or bad ones. J. I. Packer theologian be-good God was happy without humans before they were made; he would have continued happy had he simply destroyed them after they had sinned; but as it is he has set his love upon particular sinners, and this means that, by his own free voluntary choice, he will not know perfect and unmixed happiness again till he has brought every one of them to heaven. He has in effect resolved that henceforth for all eternity his happiness shall be conditional upon ours. J. I. Packer choices perfect mean 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 christian mind men There is unspeakable comfort in knowing that God is constantly taking knowledge of me in love and watching over me for my good. J. I. Packer unspeakable knowing comfort Holy is the Bible word for all that makes God different from us, in particular his awesome power and purity. J. I. Packer holy different purity
