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.
J. C. RYLEWhy is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
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I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.
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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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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
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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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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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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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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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