J. I. Packer Quotes About Saints

Quotes about: Saints

• 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

  Christian, Saint, World

  J. I. Packer (2000). “In God's Presence: Daily Devotions with J.I. Packer”, Shaw

• God'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

  Teaching, Moving, Effort

• It is often the case, as all the saints know, that fellowship with the Father and the Son is most vivid and sweet, and Christian joy is greatest, when the cross is heaviest.

  J. I. Packer

  Christian, Sweet, Father

  J. I. Packer (1973). “Knowing God”, Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press

• Holy people glory, not in their holiness, but in Christ's cross; for the holiest saint is never more than a justified sinner and never sees himself in any other way.

  J. I. Packer

  People, Saint, Holiness

  J. I. Packer (2005). “Keep in Step with the Spirit: Finding Fullness in Our Walk with God”, p.88, Baker Books

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