The fruit of wisdom is Christlikeness, peace, humility and love. And, the root of it is faith in Christ as the manifested wisdom of God.

J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)

You can know a lot about God and godliness and still not know God.

J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)

Repentance, as we know, is basically not moaning and remorse, but turning and change.

J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)

The simple statement, ‘God is for us’, is in truth one of the richest and weightiest utterances that the Bible contains.

J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)

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.

J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)

Do I as a Christian understand myself? Do I know my own real identity? My own real destiny? I am a child of God, God is my Father; heaven is my home; every day is one day nearer. My Saviour is my brother; every Christian is my brother too. Say it over and over again to yourself first thing in the morning, last thing at night, as you wait for the bus, any time when your mind is free, and ask God that you may be enabled to live as one who knows it is all utterly and completely true. For this is the Christians secret of the Christian life, of a God-honouring life.

J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)

To an age which has unashamedly sold itself to the gods of greed, pride, sex, and self-will, the church mumbles on about God’s kindness but says virtually nothing about his judgment… The fact is that the subject of divine wrath has become taboo in modern society, and Christians by and large have accepted the taboo and conditioned themselves never to raise the matter.

J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)

The battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living.

J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)

In the New Testament grace means God’s love in action towards men who merited the opposite of love. Grace means God moving heaven and earth to save sinners who could not lift a finger to save themselves.

J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)

Christ had no interest in gathering vast crowds of professed adherents who would melt away as soon as they found out what following Him actually demanded of them. In our own presentation of Christ’s gospel, therefore, we need to lay a similar stress on the cost of following Christ and make sinners face it soberly before we urge them to respond to the message of free forgiveness. In common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything.

J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)