J. I. Packer Quotes about Character

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The Holy Spirit's main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.

The Holy Spirit's main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.

J. I. Packer

Character, Giving, Ministry

Nothing can alter the character of God. In the course of a human life, tastes and outlook and temper may change radically: a kind, equable man may turn bitter and crotchety: a man of good-will may grow cynical and callous. But nothing of this sort happens to the Creator. He never becomes less truthful, or merciful, or just, or good, than He used to be.

J. I. Packer

God, Character, Men

The character of God is today, and always will be, exactly what it was in Bible times.

J. I. Packer

Character, Today, Character Of God

J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2009). “Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide”, p.76, InterVarsity Press

God's Word is not presented in Scripture in the form of a theological system, but it admits of being stated in that form, and, indeed, requires to be so stated before we can properly grasp it - grasp it, that is, as a whole. Every text has its immediate context in the passage from which it comes, its broader context in the book to which it belongs, and its ultimate context in the Bible as a whole; and it needs to be rightly related to each of these contexts if its character, scope and significance is to be adequately understood.

J. I. Packer

Book, Character, Scripture

The point here is not just that an image represents God as having body and parts, whereas in reality he has neither. But the point really goes much deeper. The heart of the objection to pictures and images is that they inevitably conceal most, if not all, of the truth about the personal nature and character of the divine Being whom they represent.

J. I. Packer

Character, Heart, Reality