Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
J. C. RYLETake away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
J. C. RYLETrials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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.
J. C. RYLELet us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
J. C. RYLENever be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
J. C. RYLEFear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
J. C. RYLELet us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
J. C. RYLEHow is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
J. C. RYLEBacksliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
J. C. RYLEIf 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.
J. C. RYLEThe blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
J. C. RYLEIt must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
J. C. RYLENo 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’
J. C. RYLELet us beware of repentance without evidence.
J. C. RYLEIt 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”.
J. C. RYLELet 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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