![]() This way you can waste your life and lose your soul. Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded, as it were, with no sense of direction and no understanding of what surrounds you. ![]() The world becomes a strange, mad, painful place, and life in it a disappointing and unpleasant business, for those who do not know about God. We are cruel to ourselves if we try to live in this world without knowing about the God whose world it is and who runs it. ![]() Whatever emotional “heat” may be generated in the heart must be the fruit of biblical “light” imparted to the mind. ![]() Thus a cognitive grasp of the truths about God as revealed in Scripture is the sine qua non of all genuine Christian living. One cannot authentically love and enjoy or even obey a God of whom one knows little or nothing, or a God about whom one entertains false and distorted beliefs. This is simply one expression of the emphasis Packer places on the intellectual grasp of doctrinal truth. Knowing God is of central importance in living a life that is both productive for oneself and pleasing to God. “What is the best thing in life,” asks Packer, “bringing more joy, delight and contentment than anything else? Knowledge of God.” 1 This should come as no surprise to those familiar with Packer. ![]()
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