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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.

J. C. Ryle

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.
J. C. RYLE

Defective Heaven Hell Joy Misery Sad Sadness
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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Day Determination Devil God Resolution Yourself
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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Act Born Life Man Prayer Woman World
Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
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Beginning Easy Heaven Himself Man Victory Win
What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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Best Fake Reading Regular Safety
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
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’
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Care Day End God Myself Reading Soul Thinking
True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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Believe Communication God Live Person Proposition True
The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
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Build Goodness Oneself Parents Training
Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
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Conscience Evil Fear Heart Ourselves
The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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Argument Fear Holy People Punishment Reward
We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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God Himself Respect Worth
The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
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Admire Possession Practice Professional Scripture
Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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Book Darkness God Religious
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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Day Ourselves Time
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.
J. C. RYLE

Desire Earth Eyes Glory God Myself People Writing

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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