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J.I. Packer speaks (part 2)
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J.I. Packer speaks
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REGENERATION
Posted in Articles by J.I. Packer of Regent College, tagged born again experience, Christian Theology, new life in Christ, regeneration on January 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
THE CHRISTIAN IS BORN AGAIN by J.I. Packer In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” JOHN 3:3 Regeneration is a New Testament concept that grew, it seems, out of a parabolic picture-phrase that Jesus used to show Nicodemus the inwardness [...]
MORTALITY
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CHRISTIANS NEED NOT FEAR DEATH by J.I. Packer For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to [...]
THE FALL
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THE FIRST HUMAN COUPLE SINNED by J.I. Packer When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. GENESIS [...]
RESURRECTION
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Jesus Christ was raised from the dead by J.I. Packer On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of [...]
OBEDIENCE
Posted in Articles by J.I. Packer of Regent College, tagged Christ event, Christian Theology, obedience, redemption on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JESUS CHRIST FULFILLED HIS FATHER’S REDEMPTIVE WILL by J.I. Packer Jesus gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.” JOHN 5:19 Humility in Scripture means, not pretending to [...]
INCARNATION
Posted in Articles by J.I. Packer of Regent College, tagged Christian Theology, God-incarnate, Incarnation, Jesus, Logos on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GOD SENT HIS SON, TO SAVE US by J.I. Packer The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. JOHN 1:14 Trinity and Incarnation belong together. The doctrine of the Trinity declares [...]
AUTHORITY
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GOD GOVERNS HIS PEOPLE THROUGH SCRIPTURE by J.I. Packer All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. 2 TIMOTHY 3:16 The Christian principle of biblical authority means, on the one hand, that God purposes to direct the belief and behavior of his people through the revealed truth set [...]
REVELATION
Posted in Articles by J.I. Packer of Regent College, tagged Christian Theology, revelation, Scriptures, Word of God on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SCRIPTURE IS THE WORD OF GOD by J.I. Packer The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. EXODUS 32:16 Christianity is the true worship and service of the true God, humankind’s Creator and Redeemer. It is a religion that rests on revelation: nobody would know [...]
PREDESTINATION
Posted in Articles by J.I. Packer of Regent College, tagged Christian Theology, eternal purpose, predestination, sovereignty of God on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GOD HAS A PURPOSE by J.I. Packer “I have loved you,” says the LORD. “But you ask, `How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” the LORD says. “Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated….” MALACHI 1:2-3 The forty and more writers who produced the sixty-six books of Scripture over [...]
SELF-EXISTENCE
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GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN by J.I. Packer Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. PSALM 90:2 Children sometimes ask, “Who made God?” The clearest answer is that God never needed to be made, because he was always there. He exists in [...]
