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J.C. Ryle Quotes
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“Christ died, not because God the Father hated—but because He loved the world.”
“The good things of the world are sometimes to be attained by wearing a cloak of religion.”
“We may go to the Lord's table every Sunday of our lives, and yet never eat Christ's body and drink Christ's blood by faith.”
“And may repentance and faith, faith and repentance—be ever uppermost, foremost, the chief and principal articles, in the creed of our souls!”
“It is of mercy that we still live and have opportunities of glorifying God for that free grace by which we live, and for that loving-kindness which endures forever.”
“Is there no spiritual dwelling-place to which we may continually repair in this desolate world, and, repairing to it, find rest and peace?”
“No one, however wise, wealthy, noble, or beautiful, will ever get to heaven without conversion .”
“It is the very A B C's of Christianity, that a man should know his right place in the sight of God, and understand his deserts.”
“Beware lest you go on saying all your life, “Men do very well without all this Bible-reading,” and find at length, to your cost, that men do very ill, and end up in Hell!”
“They feel something which tells them that old things are passed away, and all things become new; that guilt is gone, that peace is restored; that Heaven’s door is open, and hell’s door is shut.”
“You cannot save that soul of yours, my brother—remember that!”
“But all this time you may be walking in the broad way which leads to destruction.”
“Pardon of sin and love of sin are like oil and water—they will never go together.”
“Strive to bring a few more with you to heaven, and by all means to save some.”
“I am firmly persuaded that there are thousands of men and women in the world who are inwardly uncomfortable, and yet will not confess it.”
“As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.” He never afflicts them willingly.”
“There is but one answer, Grace, grace, free grace, has done it all.”
“Our minds must be in harmony with those of the inhabitants of heaven, or else the society of heaven would soon be intolerable to us.”
“Our great Redeemer and Liberator has gone before us to prepare a place for His people, and when He comes again — our redemption will be complete.”
“There are only two ways to walk in, the narrow way and the broad way.”
“May we, while we repent, believe; and while we believe, repent!”
“Establish it as a settled principle in your mind, that if the Holy Spirit really is in a person, it will be seen in the effects He produces on his heart and life.”
“That day shall be a happy day indeed, when the High Priest comes forth to do the third, last, and completing part of His work—to bless His believing people.”
“No devil, or bad companion, ever leads us into such wickedness as our own hearts.”
“But all this time you may be slowly drifting downward into hell.”
“Then all who have served Christ with the heart shall hear Him say, “Come, you who are blessed of My Father — receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!”
“Has He forgiven them pounds, and shall they not forgive a few pence?”
“No man ever failed to find Christ all that the Bible says He is, and a thousand times better than he had been told before!”
“God is in Heaven — holy, pure, spiritual, undefiled, light without any darkness at all — a Being who cannot bear that which is evil, or look upon iniquity.”
“Too many seem to think of everything except religion in choosing a partner for life, or to suppose that it will come somehow as a matter of course.”