Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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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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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.
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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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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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Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.
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God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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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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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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