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.
J. C. RYLELet us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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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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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
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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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People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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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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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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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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I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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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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Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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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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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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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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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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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 does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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