One of the many divine qualities of the Bible is that it does not yield its secrets to the irreverent and the censorious.
J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)
Monthly Archives: November 2025
J.I. Packer (Meaning)
God made life, and God alone can tell us its meaning.
J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)
J.I. Packer (Character)
The Holy Spirit’s main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.
J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)
J.I. Packer (Aware)
Once 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 (Theologian, 1926 – Current)
J.I. Packer (Healthy)
The healthy Christian is not necessarily the extrovert, ebullient Christian, but the Christian who has a sense of God’s presence stamped deep on his soul, who trembles at God’s word, who lets it dwell in him richly by constant meditation upon it, and who tests and reforms his life daily in response to it.
J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)
J.I. Packer (Relief)
There is tremendous relief in knowing that His love to me is based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me.
J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)
J.I. Packer (Knowledge)
What were we made for? To know God. What aim should we have in life? To know God. What is the eternal life that Jesus gives? To know God. What is the best thing in life? To know God. What in humans gives God most pleasure? Knowledge of himself.
J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)
J.I. Packer (Uses)
God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. Felt weakness deepens dependence on Christ for strength each day. The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away. To live with your ‘thorn’ uncomplainingly — that is, sweet, patient, and free in heart to love and help others, even though every day you feel weak — is true sanctification. It is true healing for the spirit. It is a supreme victory of grace.
J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)
J.I. Packer (To Know)
To know that nothing happens in God’s world apart from God’s will may frighten the godless, but it stabilizes the saints.
J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)
J.I. Packer (Calling)
Our high and privileged calling is to do the will of God in the power of God for the glory of God.
J.I. Packer (Theologian, 1926 – Current)