No one ever said at the end of his days; ‘I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul’
J. C. RYLEFaith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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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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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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If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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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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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.
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Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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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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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.
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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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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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Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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