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. RYLENever does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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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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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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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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The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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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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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 beware of repentance without evidence.
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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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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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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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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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