The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
J. C. RYLELet it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.
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And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word is really precious to a man ‘s soul.
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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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My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.
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Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
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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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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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Let us cleave to Christ more closely, love Him more heartily, live to Him more thoroughly, copy Him more exactly, confess Him more boldly, and follow Him more fully.
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Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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No one ever said at the end of his days; ‘I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul’
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Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.
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The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
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Let us resolve by God’s grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
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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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The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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