What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
J. C. RYLEYour trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.
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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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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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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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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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We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
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Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
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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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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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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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