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Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.

J. C. Ryle

Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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Guilty Peace Portion Sacrifice Truth
True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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Believe Communication God Live Person Proposition True
Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.
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Act Born Life Man Prayer Woman World
The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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Blood Declare God Innocence Sin
I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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Dangerous Fear Forget Quite Religious
Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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Evidence Forgiveness Sin
The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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God Himself Love People
The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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Deep Humility Secret Spiritual Strength True
The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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God Religious Scripture World
Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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Believe Himself Patience Quiet Wait
Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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God Idol Manufacture Mercy Yourself
The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in every room, in every company, alone or in a crowd, the eye of God is always upon you.
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Alone Company Eyes God Home Room Yourself
Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
J. C. RYLE

Book Care Friendship God Minister Word
There 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.
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Kind Offend Religious Sacrifice World Worth
That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
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Defective Heaven Hell Joy Misery Sad Sadness
No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Faith God Heaven Reach Repent

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