Divine Wisdom Can Be Yours!

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Matt Jury under J. I. Packer

Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God’s holiness and sovereignty… acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours.

J. I. Packer (1926 – )

HT: @CSLCHSnMore

The Thrill of the Holy Spirit

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Matt Jury under J. I. Packer

This weekend, please attend a gospel preaching church that does not play to the emotions and sensationalism.

The Holy Spirit’s main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.

J. I. Packer (1926 – )

HT: @paulworcester

God Knows Me!

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Matt Jury under J. I. Packer

What matters supremely is not the fact that I know God, but the fact that He knows me.

J. I. Packer (1926 – )

HT: challies.com

God Loves You, but I’m His favorite!

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Matt Jury under J. I. Packer

There are no distinctions of affection in the divine family. We are all loved just as fully as Jesus is loved. It is like a fairy story — the reigning monarch adopts waifs and strays and makes princes of them. But, praise God, it is not a fairy story: it is hard and solid fact, founded on the bedrock of free and sovereign grace. . . . No wonder John cries, “Behold, what manner of love!”

J. I. Packer, Knowing God (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993), 216.

Trust God, and Get Going!

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Matt Jury under J. I. Packer

The Christian’s motto should not be “Let go and let God” but “Trust God and get going!

J. I. Packer (1926 – )

HT: @leadershipbookz

Lord, Life Becomes More Simple When All I Seek Is You

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Matt Jury under J. I. Packer

One you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life’s problems fall into place of their own accord.

J. I. Packer (1926 – )

HT: @CSLCHSnMore

The Staggering Nature of Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Matt Jury under J. I. Packer

The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation.

J. I. Packer (1926 – )

HT: @bruceprice18

Hoping in Christ, Not Just Truth

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Matt Jury under J. I. Packer

Faith is not just believing Christian truth, but forsaking self-confidence and man-made hopes to trust wholly in Christ.

J. I. Packer (1926 – )

The Trinity Works in Preaching

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Matt Jury under J. I. Packer

The preaching of God’s Word in the power of the Spirit is the activity that brings the Father and the Son down to dwell with men.

J. I. Packer (1926 – )

HT: @cjmahaney

He Will Hold Me Fast

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Matt Jury under J. I. Packer

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 (1926 – )

HT: @danielsangi

Life Is Worship

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. (Psalm 29.2)

Category Archives: J. I. Packer

Divine Wisdom Can Be Yours!

Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God’s holiness and sovereignty… acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours.

The Thrill of the Holy Spirit

This weekend, please attend a gospel preaching church that does not play to the emotions and sensationalism.

The Holy Spirit’s main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.

God Knows Me!

What matters supremely is not the fact that I know God, but the fact that He knows me.

God Loves You, but I’m His favorite!

Trust God, and Get Going!

The Christian’s motto should not be “Let go and let God” but “Trust God and get going!

Lord, Life Becomes More Simple When All I Seek Is You

One you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life’s problems fall into place of their own accord.

The Staggering Nature of Christmas

The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation.

Hoping in Christ, Not Just Truth

Faith is not just believing Christian truth, but forsaking self-confidence and man-made hopes to trust wholly in Christ.

The Trinity Works in Preaching

The preaching of God’s Word in the power of the Spirit is the activity that brings the Father and the Son down to dwell with men.

He Will Hold Me Fast

Your faith will not fail while God sustains it; you are not strong enough to fall away while God is resolved to hold you.