J.I. Packer, A Passion For Holiness, Leicester, England: Crossway Books, 1992

 

J.I. Packer, A Passion For Holiness, Leicester, England: Crossway Books, 1992

 

Holiness has to do with my heart. Holiness has to do with my temperament. Holiness has to do with my humanness. Holiness has to do with my relationship. (22-31)

 

Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find his mind described in Scripture. (19)

 

We have seen that holiness is basically a relationship to God, which God himself graciously imparts to us. It is a relationship established by our justification. (91)

 

We have seen also that holiness of life is not precisely a human achievement, however much it demands of human effort. It is a work of the Holy Spirit, who prompts and energizes the human effort as part of it. (91)

 

Two extremes, the legalistic hypocrisy of Pharisaism and the antinomian idiocy. (95)

 

Growing downward to grow up: the life of repentance (119)