I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
J. C. RYLEWhatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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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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Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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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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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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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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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
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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 only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
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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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Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.
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