Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
J. C. RYLEBeware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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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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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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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
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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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Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.
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God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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