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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.

J. C. Ryle

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.
J. C. RYLE

Better Expectation God Representation World
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
Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.
J. C. RYLE

Evil God Talk Tempt Yourself
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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Believe Communication God Live Person Proposition True
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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Empty Goodness Himself Time Wait
Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
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Conscience Evil Fear Heart Ourselves
If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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Love Prayer Yourself
Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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Addiction Destroy Devil Scripture Substitution
Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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Circumstance Happiness Heart State
It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
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Ourselves Religious Sin True 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
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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Action Fear Guard Imagination Sin Yourself
It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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Body Heart Home Religion Satisfaction
No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Faith God Heaven Reach Repent
The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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Deep Humility Secret Spiritual Strength True
Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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Live Place Prayer Sin Togetherness

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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