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Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.

J. C. Ryle

Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
J. C. RYLE

Believe Himself Patience Quiet Wait
Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
J. C. RYLE

Beautiful Grace Humility Pride Rare Sin
God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
J. C. RYLE

God Save Sin Willing
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. RYLE

Act Born Life Man Prayer Woman World
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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God Grace Ourselves Poor Prayer
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
Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
J. C. RYLE

Attention Intuition Knowledge Reading
We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
J. C. RYLE

Feeling People Religion Soul True
We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
J. C. RYLE

Hide Man Reading Treasure
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.
J. C. RYLE

Desire Earth Eyes Glory God Myself People Writing
Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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Fall Man Privacy
Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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Beginning Neglect Prayer Privacy
God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
J. C. RYLE

Beautiful Education God Rich Soul
Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
J. C. RYLE

Believe Evidence Ourselves Religious
Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
J. C. RYLE

Faith God Heart Medicine Religious Trouble
No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
J. C. RYLE

Faith God Heaven Reach Repent

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