However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
J. C. RYLENo one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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It 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”.
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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
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Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.
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There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
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Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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Tomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
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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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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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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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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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