I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another. J. C. Ryle More Quotes by J. C. Ryle More Quotes From J. C. Ryle There is but one fountain of comfort for a man drawing near to his end, and that is the Bible. ...All comfort from any other source is a house built upon sand. J. C. Ryle drawing house men We must wrestle earnestly in prayer, like men contending with a deadly enemy for life. J. C. Ryle prayer men enemy Let us learn to be patient in the days of darkness, if we know anything of vital union with Christ. J. C. Ryle unions patient darkness If the Bible is not the Word of God and inspired, the whole of Christendom for 1800 years has been under an immense delusion; half the human race has been cheated and deceived, and churches are monuments of folly. If the Bible is the Word of God and inspired, all who refuse to believe it are in fearful danger; they are living on the brink of eternal misery. No man, in his sober senses, can fail to see that the whole subject demands most serious attention. J. C. Ryle race men believe I am one of those old-fashioned ministers who believe the whole Bible and everything that it contains. J. C. Ryle ministers old-fashioned believe Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches, except to those who 'overcome.' Where there is grace, there will be conflict. The believer is a soldier. There is no holiness without a warfare. Saved souls will always be found to have fought a fight. J. C. Ryle fighting grace jesus Make it a part of every day's business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Private means of grace are just as needful every day for our souls as food and clothing are for our bodies. J. C. Ryle grace inspirational mean He that would be conformed to Christ's image, and become a Christ-like man, must be constantly studying Christ Himself. J. C. Ryle study would-be men Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear... Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told. J. C. Ryle mother memories children People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground. J. C. Ryle long people fall Hell itself is truth known too late J. C. Ryle hell late too-late No doubt a man may be saved, like the penitent thief, without having received the Lord's Supper. It is not a matter of absolute and indispensable necessity, like repentance, faith, and conversion. But it is impossible to say that any professing Christian is in a safe, healthy, or satisfactory condition of soul, who habitually refuses to obey Christ and attend the Lord's Table. J. C. Ryle healthy christian men 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. J. C. Ryle kings mind war But if there is one thing clearly and plainly laid down about election, it is this: that elect men and women may be known and distinguished by holy lives. J. C. Ryle election may men Never be satisfied with the world's standard of Christianity! J. C. Ryle standards christianity world Troublous times, departures from the faith, evil men waxing worse and worse, love waxing cold, are things distinctly predicted. J. C. Ryle waxing evil men He that has trained his children for heaven, J. C. Ryle wise men children Christ is never fully valued, until sin is clearly seen. We must know the depth and malignity of our disease, in order to appreciate the great Physician. J. C. Ryle physicians appreciate order No salvation without regeneration - no spiritual life without a new birth - no heaven without a new heart. J. C. Ryle spiritual heart heaven 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. J. C. Ryle prayer heart children
