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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.

J. C. Ryle

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.
J. C. RYLE

Evil God Talk Tempt Yourself
The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
J. C. RYLE

God Religious Scripture World
We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
J. C. RYLE

Feeling People Religion Soul True
Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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Bad Beware Book Reading Yourself
Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
J. C. RYLE

God Offend Religion
A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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Cheap Cost End Evidence Religious Worth
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.
J. C. RYLE

God Idol Manufacture Mercy Yourself
Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
J. C. RYLE

God Happiness Poverty Wealth
It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
J. C. RYLE

Body Heart Home Religion Satisfaction
Just 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.
J. C. RYLE

Act Born Life Man Prayer Woman World
Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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Addiction Destroy Devil Scripture Substitution
The Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
J. C. RYLE

Change End Friendship Himself Love
To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
J. C. RYLE

God Grace Heaven Hope Prayer
There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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Bridge Earth God Heaven Son
Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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Beware Evidence Repent
Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.
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God Reason Return Season Sin World

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