J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Rylewas the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 May 1816
morning reading giving
Read the Bible daily. Make it part of your everyday business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Gather your manna fresh every morning. Choose your own seasons and hours. Do not scramble over and hurry your reading. Give your Bible the best, and not the worst, part of your time. But whatever plan you pursue, let it be a rule of your life to visit the throne of grace and the Bible every day.
christian greatness ideas
The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
letting-go jesus live-life
Abide in Me says Jesus. Cling to Me. Stick fast to Me. Live the life of close and intimate communion with Me. Get nearer to Me. Roll every burden on Me. Cast your whole weight on Me. Never let go your hold on Me for a moment. Be, as it were, rooted and planted in Me. Do this and I will never fail you. I will ever abide in you.
mercy duty gods-will
We never know who they are that God will draw, and have nothing to do with it. Our duty is to invite all, and leave it to God to choose the vessels of mercy.
preacher word-of-god seeds
The work of the preacher resembles that of the sower. Like the sower, the preacher must sow good seed, the Word of God.
practice self heaven
True worship leads to a more full knowledge of self, God, heaven, duty, doctrine, practice and experience.
christian soul too-much
No one ever said at the end of his days; 'I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul'
might christ ifs
Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
people sin judgment
Be very sure of this,-people never reject the Bible because they cannot understand it. They understand it only too well; they understand that it condemns their own behavior; they understand that it witnesses against their own sins, and summons them to judgment.
character heart tests
Conduct is the grand test of character. Words are one great evidence of the condition of the heart.
laughter followers world
Laughter, ridicule, opposition and persecution are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
imagination littles action
Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
men creation said
It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, "Let us make man". It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, "Let us save man".
giving honor too-much
We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.