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.
J. C. RYLEAnd I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word is really precious to a man ‘s soul.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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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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Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
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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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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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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 Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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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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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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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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My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.
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HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
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