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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.

J. C. Ryle

Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
J. C. RYLE

God Offend Religion
Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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Guilty Peace Portion Sacrifice Truth
Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
J. C. RYLE

Addiction Destroy Devil Scripture Substitution
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’
J. C. RYLE

Care Day End God Myself Reading Soul Thinking
It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
J. C. RYLE

Ourselves Religious Sin True World
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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Education Family God Himself Learning Student Weakness
Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Identity Religious Shame Thinking
Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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Bad Beware Book Reading Yourself
It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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Friendship Hard Impossible Relative
Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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Beginning Book Heart Learning Need Prayer Willing Wisdom
Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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Fear Language Poor Prayer Understand Word Yourself
The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
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Death God Live Presence Ready
Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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Fall Man Privacy
True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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Believe Communication God Live Person Proposition True
There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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Account Action Consequence Forever
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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Believe Evidence Ourselves Religious

Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.

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