Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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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Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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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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The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
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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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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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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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Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.
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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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Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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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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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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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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