God has not abandoned us any more than he abandoned Job. He never abandons anyone on whom he has set his love; nor does Christ, the good shepherd, ever lose track of his sheep. J. I. Packer More Quotes by J. I. Packer More Quotes From J. I. Packer Doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrites; but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ's sheep. J. I. Packer hypocrite sheep christ What God does in time, He planned from eternity. And all that He planned in eternity He carries out in time. J. I. Packer carrie eternity doe Adoption is the highest privilege that the gospel offers: higher even than justification.. . To be right with God the Judge is a great thing, but to be loved and cared for by God the Father is greater. J. I. Packer adoption judging father The Trinity is the basis of the gospel, and the gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action. J. I. Packer trinity bases action Have you been holding back from a risky, costly course to which you know in your heart God has called you? Hold back no longer. Your God is faithful to you, and adequate for you. You will never need more than He can supply, and what He supplies, both materially and spiritually, will always be enough for the present. J. I. Packer faithful heart needs Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...a cknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours. J. I. Packer divine-wisdom humble mind The gospel tells that our Judge has become our Savior. J. I. Packer savior judging The simple statement, 'God is for us', is in truth one of the richest and weightiest utterances that the Bible contains. J. I. Packer utterance simple religion A half-truth masquerading as the whole truth becomes a complete untruth. J. I. Packer truth-is half whole Revelation does not mean man finding God, but God finding man, God sharing His secrets with us, God showing us Himself. In revelation, God is the agent as well as the object. J. I. Packer secret men mean Martin Luther described the doctrine of justification by faith as the article of faith that decides whether the church is standing or falling. By this he meant that when this doctrine is understood, believed, and preached, as it was in New-Testament times, the church stands in the grace of God and is alive; but where it is neglected, overlaid, or denied, ... the church falls from grace and its life drains away, leaving it in a state of darkness and death. J. I. Packer leaving darkness fall The measure of all love is its giving. The measure of the love of God is the cross of Christ. J. I. Packer god-love love-is giving Our business is to present the Christian faith clothed in modern terms, not to propagate modern thought clothed in Christian terms... Confusion here is fatal. J. I. Packer confusion missionary christian Were it not for the work of the Holy Spirit there would be no gospel, no faith, no church, no Christianity in the world at all. J. I. Packer church would-be world If one preaches the Bible biblically, one cannot help preaching the gospel all the time. J. I. Packer preaching-the-gospel preaching helping 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 ethics looks firsts 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 biblical favors grace God's wisdom is not, and never was, pledged to keep a fallen world happy, or to make ungodliness comfortable. J. I. Packer fallen-world fallen world Sinners cannot obey the gospel, any more than the law, without renewal of heart. J. I. Packer renewal law heart The saving power of the cross does not depend on faith being addded to it; its saving power is such that faith flows from it J. I. Packer saving flow doe
