Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
J. C. RYLELet us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
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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 read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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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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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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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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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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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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O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of His hands.
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Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
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