There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
J. C. RYLEOur 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.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
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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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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
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Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
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To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance.
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Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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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 is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word is really precious to a man ‘s soul.
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The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in every room, in every company, alone or in a crowd, the eye of God is always upon you.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Let us resolve by God’s grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
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