Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
J. C. RYLEWhat is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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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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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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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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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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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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True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
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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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If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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