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. RYLENever let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of His hands.
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The Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
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Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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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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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.
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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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The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
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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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God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.
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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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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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Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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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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Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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