Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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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Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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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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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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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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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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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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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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Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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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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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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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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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Let us cleave to Christ more closely, love Him more heartily, live to Him more thoroughly, copy Him more exactly, confess Him more boldly, and follow Him more fully.
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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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