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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.

J. C. Ryle

Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
J. C. RYLE

Believe Evidence Ourselves Religious
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.
J. C. RYLE

Desire Earth Eyes Glory God Myself People Writing
Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
J. C. RYLE

Bad Beware Book Reading Yourself
That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
J. C. RYLE

Defective Heaven Hell Joy Misery Sad Sadness
Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
J. C. RYLE

Born Day Himself Man
To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
J. C. RYLE

God Grace Heaven Hope Prayer
The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
J. C. RYLE

Care God Happiness World
Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
J. C. RYLE

Conflict Temporary Trial Yourself
Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
J. C. RYLE

Beginning Book Heart Learning Need Prayer Willing Wisdom
Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
J. C. RYLE

Determination Diligent Honesty Ourselves Practice Reading
Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
J. C. RYLE

Follow Laughter Religious Reward World
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
J. C. RYLE

Day Ourselves Time
The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
J. C. RYLE

Admire Possession Practice Professional Scripture
Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.
J. C. RYLE

Care Circumstance God Himself Reach See
I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
J. C. RYLE

Dangerous Fear Forget Quite Religious
Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
J. C. RYLE

Blind God Misery Naked Nature Sight Simplicity

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