How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
J. C. RYLEThere is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.
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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of His hands.
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Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.
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However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
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God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.
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Tomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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