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“If I am not calling sinners to repent I am a heretic.” J.I. Packer

“I do not see how Christian devotion can sustain itself if we lose sight of the cross.” J. I. Packer

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

I am so thankful for the penal substitutionary death of Christ. No hope without it.- J.I. Packer

“The prayer of a Christian isn’t an attempt to force God’s hand, but a humble acknowledgement of helplessness and dependence.” -J.I. Packer

The truth is that, though we were justified by faith alone, the faith that justifies is never alone.~J.I. Packer

“The extent to which the image fails to tell the truth about God, to that extent will you fail to worship God in truth.”- JI Packer

The Christian motto should not be ‘let go and let God’ but Trust God and get going. J. I. Packer

“Faith is self-abandoning trust in the person and work of Jesus.” J.I. Packer

“The preacher’s job is to proclaim the faith, not to entertain unbelievers - to feed the sheep rather than amuse the goats.” J.I.Packer

“Sinners choose Christ only because God chose them for this choice and moved them to it by renewing their hearts.” J.I Packer

To follow the imagination of one’s heart in the realm of theology is the way to remain ignorant of God - J.I. Packer

“Often He (God) gives us what we should have asked for, rather than what we actually requested.” J.I Packer

“To judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child.” - J.I. Packer

What is the best thing in life, bringing more joy, delight, and contentment, than anything else? Knowledge of God - J. I. Packer