I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
J. C. RYLEDo not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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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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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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There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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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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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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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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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.
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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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