Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
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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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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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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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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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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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.
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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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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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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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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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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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The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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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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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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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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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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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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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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No one ever said at the end of his days; ‘I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul’
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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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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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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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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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