Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
J. C. RYLEIf 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.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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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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Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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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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The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
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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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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word is really precious to a man ‘s soul.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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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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We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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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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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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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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Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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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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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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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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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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