Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
J. C. RYLELook to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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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.
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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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Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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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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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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Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.
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Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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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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Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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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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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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