No one ever said at the end of his days; ‘I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my 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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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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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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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance.
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Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.
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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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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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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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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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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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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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