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.
J. C. RYLEMy 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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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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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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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 costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
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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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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
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HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
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God 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.
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Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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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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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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