The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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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 true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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Conversion 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.
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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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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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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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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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No one ever said at the end of his days; ‘I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul’
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Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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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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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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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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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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