f9488a8cf8 He is not in such a hurry as we are, and it is not his way to give more light on the future than we need for action in the present, or to guide us more than one step at a time. I. And as the battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living at the disposal of God and othersan attitude that veteran Christians should increasingly display. His long writing and speaking career has led to numerous books, with his classic Knowing God (first published in 1973) selling over one million copies. The pursuit of holiness is thus no mere private hobby, nor merely a path for a select few, but a vital element in Christian mission strategy today. It requires no work, little discipline and almost no character development. What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it the fact that he knows me. It is that we turn each truth that we learn about God into matter for meditation before God, leading to prayer and praise to God. Packer Quotes on Pain, Suffering, and Weakness Fellowship with the Father and the Son is most vivid and sweet, and Christian joy is greatest, even when the cross is heaviest. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all.
The life of true holiness is rooted in the soil of awed adoration. The vitality of prayer lies largely in the vision of God that prompts it. You can have all the right notions in your head without ever tasting in your heart the realities to which they refer; and a simple Bible reader and sermon hearer who is full of the Holy Spirit will develop a far deeper acquaintance with his God and Saviour than a more learned scholar who is content with being theologically correct. Random J.I. Still he seeks the fellowship of his people, and sends them both sorrows and joys in order to detach their love from other things and attach it to himself. J.I. Packer Quotes on Holiness, Fighting Sin, Repentance, and Sanctification In reality, holiness is the goal of our redemption. Whether it comes forth verbalized, as in the prayers and praises recorded in Scripture, or unverbalized, as when the contemplative gazes Godward in love or the charismatic slips into glossolalia, is immaterial.
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