Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
J. C. RYLEIf you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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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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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
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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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Tomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
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The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
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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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