It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
J. C. RYLEThe Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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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.
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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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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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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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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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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
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The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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