How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
J. C. RYLEIt was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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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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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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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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Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
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If men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness, of ruin, redemption, and regeneration, and do NOT preach of these things in a Scriptural way, you ought to cease to hear them.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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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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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
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It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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