If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
J. C. RYLEIf you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
J. C. RYLEImagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
J. C. RYLEGod does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
J. C. RYLEGod is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
J. C. RYLELet us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
J. C. RYLEJesus 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.
J. C. RYLEGod 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.
J. C. RYLEHappiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
J. C. RYLEA Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
J. C. RYLEConversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
J. C. RYLEOur prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
J. C. RYLELet it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
J. C. RYLELet us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
J. C. RYLEThe nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
J. C. RYLETrue Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
J. C. RYLELet 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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