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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.

J. C. Ryle

I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
J. C. RYLE

Dangerous Fear Forget Quite Religious
People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
J. C. RYLE

Accounts Discover Fall In Love People Private
The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
J. C. RYLE

Blood Declare God Innocence Sin
Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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Book Darkness God Religious
God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.
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Conversion God Guilty Himself Love Weakness
Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
J. C. RYLE

Identity Religious Shame Thinking
Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
J. C. RYLE

Blind God Misery Naked Nature Sight Simplicity
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
If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
J. C. RYLE

Himself Live Love Shame Talk
HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
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Death Hate Play Sin
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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God Reason Return Season Sin World
Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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God Offend Religion
It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
J. C. RYLE

Friendship Hard Impossible Relative
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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Act Disciple Faith Obedience People Reality Visible
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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Ourselves Religious Sin True World
Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
J. C. RYLE

Faith Feeling Glory God Knowledge

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