If I were the devil I should broadcast doubts about the truths and relevance and good sense and … - J. I. Packer

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J. I. Packer

If I were the devil I should broadcast doubts about the truths and relevance and good sense and straightforwardness of the Bible. . . At all costs I should want to keep them from using their minds in a disciplined way to get the measure of its message.

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There's a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have energy to serve Him, boldness to share Him, and contentment in Him.

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There is tremendous relief in knowing that His love to me is based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me.

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Living becomes an awesome business when you realize that you spend every moment of your life in the sight and company of an omniscient, omnipresent Creator.

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I am graven on the palms of His hands. I am never out of His mind. All my knowledge of Him depends on His sustained initiative in knowing me. I know Him, because He first knew me, and continues to know me. He knows me as a friend, One who loves me; and there is no moment when His eye is off me, or His attention distracted for me, and no moment, therefore, when His care falters.

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