No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
J. C. RYLEJust 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.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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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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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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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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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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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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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.
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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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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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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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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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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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O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of His hands.
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