J. C. Ryle Quotes
-
Election is always to sanctification. Where there is no visible fruit of sanctification, we may be sure there is no election.
-
Let it be a settled principle in our minds, in reading the Bible, that Christ is the central sun of the whole book. So long as we keep Him in view, we shall never greatly err in our search for spiritual knowledge. Once losing sight of Christ, we shall find the whole Bible dark and full of difficulty.
-
Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
-
Let us watch against PRIDE in every shapepride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride in our own goodness.
-
Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
-
A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace.
-
Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
-
A crucified Savior will never be content to have a self-pleasing, self-indulging, worldly-minded people.
-
Let us awake to a sense of the perilous state of many professing Christians. 'Without holiness no man shall see the Lord'; without sanctification there is no salvation (Hebrews 12:14). Then what an enormous amount of so-called religion there is which is perfectly useless!
-
In justification the word to be addressed to man is believe - only believe; in sanctification the word must be 'watch, pray, and fight.'
-
Troublous times, departures from the faith, evil men waxing worse and worse, love waxing cold, are things distinctly predicted.
-
We are evidently no friends of Satan. Like the kings of this world, he wars not against his own subjects. The very fact that he assaults us should fill our minds with hope.
-
HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
-
Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer... He may sometimes keep us long waiting...but He will never send us empty away.
-
Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in every part of the globe.
-
What will it cost [a person] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away all pride and high thoughts, and conceit of his own goodness. He must be content to go to heaven as a poor sinner, saved only by free grace, and owing all to the merit and righteousness of another.
-
Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of 'the image of Christ' must be seen and observed by others in our private life, and habits, and character, and doings.
-
Death is a solemn event for everyone. It is the winding up of all earthly plans and expectations. It is a separation from all we have loved and lived with. It is often accompanied by much bodily pain and distress. It opens the door to judgement and eternity - to heaven or to hell. It is an event after which there is no change, or space for repentance.
-
A deep sense of sin, a humble willingness to be saved in God's way, a teachable readiness to give up our own prejudices when a more excellent way is shown, these are the principal things. These things the two disciples possessed, and therefore our Lord "went with them" and guided them into all truth.
-
"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
-
A man may commit sin and yet be ignorant of it, and fancy himself innocent when he is guilty... We shall do well to remember that when we make our own miserably imperfect knowledge and consciousness the measure of our sinfulness, we are on very dangerous ground.
-
True faith will always show itself by its fruits . . . I suspect that, with rare exceptions, men die just as they have lived.
-
If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
-
A tree may always be known by its fruit, and a true Christian may always be discovered by their habits, tastes & affections.