The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
J. C. RYLELet 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.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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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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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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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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The Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
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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.
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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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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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Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.
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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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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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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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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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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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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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