The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
J. C. RYLEUnity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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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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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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However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
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Tomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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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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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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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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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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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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We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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The Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
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Beware 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.
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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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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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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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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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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
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We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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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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