The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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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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’
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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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Let us cleave to Christ more closely, love Him more heartily, live to Him more thoroughly, copy Him more exactly, confess Him more boldly, and follow Him more fully.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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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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If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
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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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Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.
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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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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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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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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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