J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Rylewas the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 May 1816
christian heaven titles
Christ's death is the Christian's life. Christ's cross is the Christian's title to heaven. Christ "lifted up" and put to shame on Calvary is the ladder by which Christians "enter into the holiest," and are at length landed in glory.
son bridges doors
There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven - the crucified Son of God.
jesus ends
There is no fickleness about Jesus: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
disappointment soul bereavement
A saved soul has many sorrows. They have their share of bereavements, deaths, disappointments , crosses. What shall enable a believer to bear all this? Nothing but the consolation there is in Christ.
men gone unjust
If Christ had not gone to the cross and suffered in our stead, the just for the unjust, there would not have been a spark of hope for us. There would have been a mighty gulf between ourselves and God, which no man ever could have passed.
pride shapes watches
Let us watch against pride in every shape-pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness.
christian father heaven
A trial is an instrument by which our Father in heaven makes Christians more holy.
humility pride thinking
Let us watch against pride in every shape - pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness. Nothing is so likely to keep a person out of heaven, and prevent them from seeing Christ, as pride. So long as we think we are something we shall never be saved. Let us pray for and cultivate humility; let us seek to know ourselves correctly, and to find out our place in the sight of a holy God.
giving-up ideas trying
We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ's steps, and let the world say what it likes.
reading important next
Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading.
thinking knees trials
Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
years scripture strive
Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
debt christ reason
If you do not love Christ, let me plainly tell you what is the reason: You have no sense of debt to Him.
jesus remember sin
How can we love sin, when we remember that because of our sins Jesus died?