J. C. Ryle on book
J. C. Ryle116 quotes“Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.”
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle 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.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle 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.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle 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.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle
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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Reading is thinking with someone else’s head instead of one’s own.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer I need a house, full of books, devoid of heartaches.
SargamSargam There is nothing to be learnt from a Professor, which is not to be met with in Books.
David HumeDavid Hume Books must follow sciences and not sciences books.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.
Louis PasteurLouis Pasteur God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Concerning the first, there is a saying much usurped of late, That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
Thomas HobbesThomas Hobbes