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I need not torment myself with the fear that my faith may fail; as grace led me to faith in the first place, so grace will keep me believing to the end. Faith, both in its origin and continuance, is a gift of grace

I need not torment myself with the fear that my faith may fail; as grace led me to faith in the first place, so grace will keep me believing to the end. Faith, both in its origin and continuance, is a gift of grace (Phil 1:29).

J. I. Packer

Believe, Grace, Needs

J. I. Packer (2011). “Knowing God”, p.136, InterVarsity Press

We do not make friends with God; God makes friends with us, bringing us to know him by making his love known to us... The word know, when used of God in this way, is a sovereign-grace word, pointing to God's initiative in loving, choosing, redeeming, calling and preserving.

J. I. Packer

Grace, Calling, His Love

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

This one word 'grace' contains within itself the whole of New Testament theology.

J. I. Packer

Grace, New Testament, Theology

J. I. Packer (1997). “Great Grace: A 31-day Devotional”, Servant Publications

The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit.

J. I. Packer

Grace, Merit, Guilty

J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2004). “Knowing God Through the Year”, p.196, InterVarsity Press

To mend our own relationship with God, regaining God's favor after having once lost it, is beyond the power of any one of us. And one must see and bow to this before one can share the biblical faith in God's grace.

J. I. Packer

Biblical, Grace, Favors

J. I. Packer (2011). “Knowing God”, p.131, InterVarsity Press