We are to order our lives by the light of His law, not our guesses about His Plan.
— J. I. Packer
Order
Divine Wisdom
Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God’s holiness and sovereignty… acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours.
— J. I. Packer
Knowing God
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
Incarnation of Jesus Christ
The divine Son became a Jew; the Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, unable to do more than lie and stare and wriggle and make noises, needed to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child… The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets.
— J. I. Packer
Atonement
It cannot be over-emphasized that we have not seen the full meaning of the cross till we have seen it… as the center of the gospel, flanked on the one hand by total inability and unconditional surrender and on the other by irresistible grace and final preservation.
— J. I. Packer
