is what captures us.
Whoever has our love
has the whole of us;
love causes us
to give ourselves away,
as nothing else can.
Our love is like the rudder of a ship -
where it is turned,
there the ship goes.' -John Owen
Infants do not induce, or cooperate in, their own procreation and birth; no more can those who are 'dead in trespasses and sins' prompt the quickening operation of God's Spirit within them . J I Packer
The New Testament word for repentance means changing one's mind so that one's views, values, goals, and ways are changed and one's whole life is lived differently. The change is radical, both inwardly and outwardly; mind and judgement, will and affections, behaviour and lifestyle, motives and purposes, are all involved. Repenting means starting a new life.
J. I. Packer, Concise Theology, PG. 162.
The natural response to denials of Satan's existence is to ask, Who then runs his business.-- J.I. PACKER
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