J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Rylewas the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 May 1816
calls christ godly heart holy inward jesus life lord love man natural principle puts separates sins spiritual true work works
Sanctification is that inward spiritual work which the Lord Jesus Christ works in a man by the Holy Spirit when He calls him to be a true believer. He not only washes him from his sins in His own blood, but He also separates him from his natural love of sin and the world, puts a new principle in his heart and makes him practically godly in life.
prayer church sin
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.
heart evil sin
Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
firsts sin seems
Sin rarely seems sin at first beginnings.
sin pleasant desirable
Sin always seems 'good, and pleasant, and desirable,' at the time of commission.
heart devil sin
Sin and the devil will always find helpers in our hearts.
sin evidence forgiven
Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
believe important sin
There is something sadly wrong when it is more important to us whether others are a part of our denomination, rather than whether they repent of sin, believe on Christ and live holy lives.
sin christ
Christ is never fully valued, until sin is clearly seen.
prayer devil sin
Prayer is the surest remedy against the devil and besetting sins.
doctrine sin should
We should no more tolerate false doctrine that we would tolerate sin.
sin ifs
If you and sin are friends, you and God are not yet reconciled.
sin born dangerous
I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
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.