We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
J. C. RYLEHowever corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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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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Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.
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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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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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Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.
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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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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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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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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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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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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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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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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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Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.
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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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