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.
J. C. RYLEThe Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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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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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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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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To 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.
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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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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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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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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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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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