Christ is never fully valued, until sin is J. C. Ryle More Quotes by J. C. Ryle More Quotes From J. C. Ryle Election is always to sanctification. Where there is no visible fruit of sanctification, we may be sure there is no election. J. C. Ryle fruit election may Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new nature and a new principle and always lives a new life. J. C. Ryle outcomes new-life principles The cross is the foundation of the Bible: If you have not yet found out that Christ crucified is the foundation of the whole volume, you have hitherto read your Bible to very little profit. Your religion is a heaven without a sun, an arch without a keystone, a compass without a needle, a clock without a spring or weights, a lamp without oil. It will not comfort you; it will not deliver your soul from hell. J. C. Ryle oil spring heaven The rulers of the earth plan, and scheme, and make laws, and change laws, and war, and pull down one, and raise up another. But they little think that they rule only by the will of Jesus, and that nothing happens without the permission of the Lamb of God. J. C. Ryle war jesus thinking We must be holy, because this is the only sound evidence that we have a saving faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. J. C. Ryle saving sound jesus Solid scriptural theology should be valued in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith and practice-- books in which Christ and the Holy Ghost have their rightful office-- books in which justification, and sanctification, and regeneration, and faith, and grace, and holiness are clearly, distinctly, and accurately delineated and exhibited, these are the only books which do real good. Few things need reviving more than a taste for such books as these among readers. J. C. Ryle real practice book Two-thirds of all the strifes, quarrels, and lawsuits in the world arise from one simple cause-money. J. C. Ryle simple christian two We want more men and women who walk with God and before God, like Enoch and Abraham. J. C. Ryle abraham want men The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord's Supper. J. C. Ryle reading prayer mean If anyone feels his sins, let him come at once, straight, direct, not merely to church, or to the sacrament, or to repentance, or to prayer, but to Christ Himself. J. C. Ryle sin church prayer Young men, I beseech you earnestly, beware of pride. Two things are said to be very rare sights in the world- one is a young man that is humble, and the other is an old man that is content. I fear that this is only too true. J. C. Ryle pride humble men A zealous man feels that like a lamp he is made to burn; and if consumed in burning, he has but done the work for which God appointed him. Such a one will always find a sphere for his zeal. If he cannot preach and work and give money, he will cry and sigh and pray. J. C. Ryle lamps giving men The brightest saint is the man who has the most heart-searching sense of his own sinfulness, and the liveliest sense of his own complete acceptance in Christ. J. C. Ryle acceptance heart men Churches may decay and perish; riches may make themselves wings and fly away-but he who builds their happiness on Christ crucified and union with Him by faith, that person is standing on a foundation which shall never be moved, and will know something of true peace. J. C. Ryle foundation church wings Doubting does not prove that a man has no faith, but only that his faith is small. And even when our faith is small, the Lord is ready to help us. J. C. Ryle doubt doe men Sin always seems 'good, and pleasant, and desirable,' at the time of commission. J. C. Ryle pleasant sin seems Let us never measure our religion by that of others, and think we are doing enough if we have gone beyond our neighbors. J. C. Ryle neighbor gone thinking If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is not from God, how can infidels explain Jesus Christ? His existence in history they cannot deny. How is it that without force or bribery, without arms or money, He has made such an immensely deep mark on the world as He certainly has? J. C. Ryle men world jesus We live in an age when there is a false glare on the things of time and a great mist over the things of eternity. J. C. Ryle mist eternity age Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God? J. C. Ryle honest desire firsts
