Packer: hope for ruined humanity

Friday, December 12, 2014
Meditation:
    Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
    —1 Peter 1:3-5 (NIV)
Quotation:
    The Christmas message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity—hope of pardon, hope of peace with God, hope of glory—because at the Father’s will Jesus Christ became poor, and was born in a stable so that thirty years later He might hang on a cross.
    ... James I. Packer (b. 1926), Knowing God, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1973, p. 63 (see the book)
    See also 1 Pet. 1:3-5; Isa. 42:1-4; Matt. 8:20; 27:54; Luke 1:76-79; 2:6-7,14; 19:42; John 14:27; 16:33; Rom. 15:12-13; Eph. 1:11-12; Col. 1:27
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, let the hope of glory spread throughout Your people. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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