I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
J. C. RYLEJesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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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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Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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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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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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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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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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There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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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 seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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