Popular wisdom says we don’t take anything from life to death, but what do we leave for life in death?What’s left when we leave?
Is James Innell Packer one of those servants of God who, even after death, still speaks?And he’ll keep talking for many more years.
- A life dedicated to biblical teaching and evangelical theology has made Packer a great contributor to the spiritual path of many people.
- Each of us can have a work written by him that has marked us deeply.
I remember how important his views on the baptism of the Holy Ghost were to me when I left the Assembly of God and went to the Presbyterian Church. This year, I saw how important his concise theology was to Invisible College students.
Packer’s mercy saturated the pages of his books. Although I was writing a very technical work, I did it as if I were before God!There was fear in his words. He taught as someone who served Christ’s flock.
He certainly had his mistakes and temptations, suffered like you and me, but this has left us with a theological paradigm: writing, teaching, teaching, and preaching so that God would become great for us?And the little ones after their glory!
The Church of the Lord Jesus in Brazil needs many men and women who have this same willingness to serve the Word, who put their best years and talents in the hands of the Lord so that she may bear the fruit she pleases in her Church. delivered and willing to exhaust himself in the ministry.
These are the words of the Apostle Paul: “I fought the good battle, I finished my career, I kept the faith. Now the crown of righteousness is reserved for me, that the Lord, only a judge, will give me that day, and not only to me, but to all who love his coming?(2 Tim 4. 7-8).