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“Sinners cannot obey the gospel, any more than the law, without renewal of heart.”

Quote by J. I. Packer

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J. I. Packer is a prominent Christian theologian whose influential writings on Christian doctrine and spirituality have shaped theological discourse. Born on July 22, 1926, Packer has made significant contributions to the field of theology through his extensive scholarly work and theological education. more

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“Men who know their God are before anything else men who pray, and the first point where their zeal and energy for God's glory come to expression is in their prayers. If there is little energy for such prayer, and little consequent practice of it, this is a sure sign that as yet we scarcely know our God.”

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“God has spoken to man, and the Bible is his Word, given to us to make us wise unto salvation... Godliness means responding to God's revelation in trust and obedience, faith and worship, prayer and praise, submission and service. Life must be seen and lived in the light of God's Word. This, and nothing else, is true religion.”

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“God is triune; there are within the Godhead three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; and the work of salvation is one in which all three act together, the Father purposing redemption, the Son securing it and the Spirit applying it.”

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“A little knowledge OF God is worth more than a great deal of knowledge ABOUT him.”

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Book:Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide

Source: Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide

“The God of Israel is King of kings and Lord of lords... He know, and foreknows, all things, and his foreknowledge is foreordination; he, therefore, will have the last word, both in world history and in the destiny of every man; his kingdom and righteousness will triumph in the end, for neither men nor angels shall be able to thwart him.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“It is not for us to imagine that we can prove the truth of Christianity by our own arguments; nobody can prove the truth of Christianity except the Holy Spirit, by his own almighty work of renewing the blinded heart. It is the sovereign prerogative of Christ's Spirit to convince men's consciences of the truth of Christ's gospel; and Christ's human witnesses must learn to ground their hopes of success not on clever presentation of the truth by man, but on powerful demonstration of the truth by the Spirit.”

Source: Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide