J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Rylewas the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 May 1816
christian people apostle-paul
Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all.
humble proud students
"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
sacrifice thinking cost
There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
spiritual devil doe
Tomorrow is the devil's day, but today is God's. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
christ copies
Let us cleave to Christ more closely, love Him more heartily, live to Him more thoroughly, copy Him more exactly, confess Him more boldly, and follow Him more fully.
willing saved sinner
God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
eye thinking house
The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in every room, in every company, alone or in a crowd, the eye of God is always upon you.
jesus heart medicine
Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
action believer shows
The love of the Bible will show itself in a believer's actions.
long heaven grace
By affliction Christ shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, and makes us long for heaven.
relatives-and-friends impossible deceiving
It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
prayer sin choke
Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
repentance evidence
Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
forget danger one-thing
I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.