The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity.
J. I. PackerWe are only living truly human lives just so far as we are labouring to keep God's commandments; no further.
J. I. PackerThe essence of God's action in wrath is to give people what they choose, in all its implications.
J. I. PackerThe 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. PackerGod's ways do not change... Still he shows his freedom and lordship by discriminating between sinners, causing some to hear the gospel while others do not hear it, and moving some of those who hear it to repentance while leaving others in their unbelief, thus teaching his saints that hew owes mercy to none and that it is entirely of his grace, not at all through their own effort, that they themselves have found life.
J. I. Packer