The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
J. C. RYLETo say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.
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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.
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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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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
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HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
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