Inspirational Quotes by J.I. Packer
“Now, majesty is a word which the Bible uses to express the thought of the greatness of God, our Maker and our Lord. “The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty. . . . Your throne was established long ago” (Ps 93:1-2). “They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty, and I will meditate on your wonderful works” (Ps 145:5). Peter, recalling his vision of Christ’s royal glory at the transfiguration, says, “We were eyewitnesses of his majesty” (2 Pet 1:16).”
― J.I. Packer ,
from Knowing God
“One of two things causes a man to change his mind and reverse his plans: want of foresight to anticipate everything, or lack of foresight to execute them. But as God is both omniscient and omnipotent there is never any need for him to revise his decrees” (A. W. Pink). “The plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations” (Ps 33:11).”
― J.I. Packer ,
from Knowing God
“Wisdom without power would be pathetic, a broken reed; power without wisdom would be merely frightening; but in God boundless wisdom and endless power are united, and this makes him utterly worthy of our fullest trust.”
― J.I. Packer ,
from Knowing God
“The Christian’s instincts of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God.”
― J.I. Packer ,
from Knowing God
“J.I. Packer writes, “It [knowing God] is the most practical project anyone can engage in. Knowing about God is crucially important for living our lives.” Packer continues, “Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through this life blindfolded, as it were, with no sense of direction and no understanding of what surrounds you.”
“God as a helpless baby, he could only lie, stare, wriggle, make noises. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets!”
“The law never came to save men. It never was its intention at all. It came on purpose to make the evidence complete that salvation by works is impossible. —Charles Spurgeon, “Law and Grace”
“The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom, and khumility comes before honor.”
“Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, z bless, for a to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.”
“as to zeal, y a persecutor of the church; z as to righteousness under the law, [3] blameless. 7[†]But a whatever gain I had, b I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8Indeed, I count everything as loss because of c the surpassing worth of d knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.”
“You show steadfast love to thousands, jbut you repay the guilt of fathers kto their children after them, O great and lmighty God, whose name is the mLORD of hosts, 19 ngreat in counsel and omighty in deed, pwhose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, qrewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.”
“But o the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in p abundant peace.”
“to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And xhe was teaching them yon the Sabbath, 32[†]and zthey were astonished at his teaching, zfor his word possessed authority. 33And xin the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a”
“had rather see the real impressions of a God-like nature upon my own soul, than have a vision from heaven, or an angel sent to tell me that my name was enrolled in the book of life.”
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Dr. Packer, the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College, was hailed by TIME as “a doctrinal Solomon” among Protestants. “Mediating debates on everything from a particular Bible translation to the acceptability of free-flowing Pentecostal spirituality, Packer helps unify a community [evange licalism] that could easily fall victim to its internal tensions.”
Knowing God, Dr. Packer’s seminal 1973 work, was lauded as a book which articulated shared beliefs for members of diverse denominations; the TIME profile quotes Michael Cromartie of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington as saying, “conservative Methodists and Presbyterians and Baptists could all look to [Knowing God] and say, ‘This sums it all up for us.’”
In a similar tribute to Dr. Packer almost ten years ago, American theologian Mark Noll wrote in Christianity Today that, “Packer’s ability to address immensely important subjects in crisp, succinct sentences is one of the reasons why, both as an author and speaker, he has played such an important role among American evangelicals for four decades.”
For over 25 years Regent College students have been privileged to study under Dr. Packer’s clear and lucid teaching, and our faculty, staff and students celebrate the international recognition he rightly receives as a leading Christian thinker and teacher.
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