J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Let us never measure our religion by that of others, and think we are doing enough if we have gone beyond our neighbors.
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The incorruptible things are all within the narrow gate. The peace of God which passed all understanding - the bright hope of good things to come - the sense of the Spirit dwelling in us - the consciousness that we are forgiven, safe, insured, provided for in time and eternity, whatever may happen - these are true gold, and lasting riches.
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Parents, do you wish to see your children happy? Take care, then, that you train them to obey when they are spoken to, -to do as they are bid.... Teach them to obey while young, or else they will be fretting against God all their lives long, and wear themselves out with the vain idea of being independent of His control.
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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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Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.
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Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They are the graces about which there is no mystery, and they are within reach of all classes... The poorest Christian can every day find occasion for practicing love and humility.
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Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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What would you expect? Sin will not come to you saying, 'I am sin.' It would do little harm if it did. Sin always seems 'good, pleasant and desirable' at the time of arrival.
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The hand of the wicked can't stir one moment before God allows them to begin, and...one moment after God commands them to stop.
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There is something sadly wrong when it is more important to us whether others are a part of our denomination, rather than whether they repent of sin, believe on Christ and live holy lives.
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Without the blessing of the Lord, your best endeavors will do no good. He has the hearts of all men in His hands, and except He touch the hearts of your children by His Spirit, you will weary yourself to no purpose. Water, therefore, the seed you sow on their minds with unceasing prayer.
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Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
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The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
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"A humble and prayerful person will find a thousand things in the Bible, which the proud student will utterly fail to discern." ~ J.C. Ryle
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Inability to distinguish doctrine is spreading far and wide, and so long as the preacher is "clever" and "earnest," hundreds seem to think it must be all right, and call you dreadfully "narrow and uncharitable" if you hint that he is unsound!
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Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all.
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Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins.
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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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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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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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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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Two-thirds of all the strifes, quarrels, and lawsuits in the world arise from one simple cause-money.
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People may refuse to see the truth of our arguments, but they cannot evade the evidence of a holy life.
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We corrupt the Word of God most dangerously, when we throw any doubt on the plenary inspiration of any part of Holy Scripture.