I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
J. C. RYLENothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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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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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
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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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If men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness, of ruin, redemption, and regeneration, and do NOT preach of these things in a Scriptural way, you ought to cease to hear them.
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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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It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
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