All those that are justified, God vouchsafeth, in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption: by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the children of God; to have His name put upon them, receive the Spirit of adoption; to [...]
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A Definition and Analysis of Adoption
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Adoption, Day of Redemption, Heirs, Justified, Westminster Confession of Faith on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Taught by the Doctrine of Adoption
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Adoption, Glory of Christ, Heaven; Inheritance; Romans 8; Galatians 4; I John 3; John 17; Matthew 5; Revelation 22; I Corinthians 13; I Thessalonians 4 on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The doctrine of adoption teaches us to think of our hope not as a possibility nor yet as a likelihood, but as a guaranteed certainty, because it is a promised inheritance. (Romans 8:16-17; Galatians 4:7)
Next the doctrine of adoption tells us that the sum and substance of our promised inheritance is a share of the glory [...]
Bad Habits and Wrong Thinking
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Discernment, God's Word, Religion, Sin on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…People have gotten into the practice of following private religious hunches rather than learning of God from His Word; we have to try to help them unlearn the pride and, in some cases, the misconceptions about Scripture which gave rise to this attitude and to base there convictions henceforth not on what they feel but [...]
Christianity and Adoption
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Adoption, Children of God on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our understanding of Christianity cannot be better than our grasp of adoption.
- J.I. Packer, Knowing God, copyright 1973, page 201
The Christian’s Primary Motive for Holy Living
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Adoption, Motive for Christian Living on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Only the person who has grasped this [doctrine of adoption] can make sense of Romans 8:28, equally, only can he maintain his assurance of sonship against satanic assault as things go wrong. Be he who has mastered the truth of adoption both retains assurance and receives blessing in the day of trouble: this one aspect [...]
A Flood of Love
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Acts 10, Acts 2, God's Love, Ministry of the Holy Spirit, Titus 3 on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Three points in Paul’s words in Romans 5:5 deserve a comment. First notice the verb “shed abroad” (in KJV). It means literally poured (or dumped) out. It is the word used of the “outpouring” of the Spirit Himself in Acts 2:17-18; 33; 10:45; Titus 3:6. It suggests a free flow and a large quantity – in [...]
God’s Goodness and Severity
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Attributes of God, God's Character, God's Goodness, God's Wrath on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Christians at Rome are not tow dwell on God’s goodness alone, nor on His severity alone, but to contemplate both together. Both are attributes of God – aspects, that is, of His revealed character. Both appear alongside each other in the economy of grace. Both must be acknowledged together if God is to be [...]
The Gift of Justification
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Book of Life, I Corinthians 3, Justification, Revelation 20 on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First the gift of justification certainly shields believers from being condemned and banished from God’s presence as sinners. This appears from the vision of judgment in Revelation 20:11-15, where alongside “the books” recording each person’s works “the book of life” is opened, and those whose names are written there are not “thrown into the lake [...]
What Is Wisdom, Anyway?
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiastes 11, Ecclesiastes 12, Ecclesiastes 2, Ecclesiastes 3, Ecclesiastes 5, Ecclesiastes 7, Ecclesiastes 9, Wisdom on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What what, in this case is wisdom?…”Fear God and Keep His commandments (Ecclesiastes 12:13); trust and obey Him, worship Him, be humble before Him, and never say more than you mean and will stand to when you pray to Him (Ecclesiastes 5:1-7); do good (Ecclesiastes 3:12); remember that God will some day take account of [...]
Jesus the Father’s Agent
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Day of Judgment, John 5, Judgment, Luke 13, Matthew 10, Matthew 12, Matthew 13, Matthew 22, Matthew 24, Matthew 25, Matthew 7 on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is not always realized that in the main New Testament authority on final judgment, just as on heaven and hell, is the Lord Jesus Christ himself…For Jesus constantly affirmed that in the day when all appear before God’s throne to receive the abiding and eternal consequences of the life they have lived, He Himself [...]
