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That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.

That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.

J. C. Ryle
Mercy Of God, Joy, Heaven
J.C RYLE, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS”, Lulu.com

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.

J. C. Ryle
Disappointment, Soul, Bereavement

Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.

J. C. Ryle
Sin, Evidence, Forsaken
J.C. Ryle (2015). “The Upper Room: Biblical Truths For Modern Times”, p.28, Whitaker House

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
Believe, Men, Race
J.C. Ryle (2015). “Old Paths: Being Plain Statements on Some of the Weightier Matters of Christianity”, p.6, Ravenio Books

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.

J. C. Ryle
People, Sin, Judgment
J.C. Ryle (2015). “The Upper Room: Biblical Truths For Modern Times”, p.261, Whitaker House

Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.

J. C. Ryle
Prayer, Believe, Past
J.C Ryle, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “PRACTICAL RELIGION”, Lulu.com

The Lord Jesus is "a friend who never changes." There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.

J. C. Ryle
Jesus, Ends
"Practical Religion".

Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.

J. C. Ryle
Unity, Hell, Worthless

However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.

J. C. Ryle
Heart, Past, Wicked
J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.83, Editora Dracaena

Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.

J. C. Ryle
Sacrifice, Guilty, Portions

And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit's presence when the Word is really precious to a man 's soul.

J. C. Ryle
Believe, Soul, Spirit
"Why Read the Bible Through & How Readest Thou?".

The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.

J. C. Ryle
Christian, Delight, Scripture
"Holiness (Abridged): Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots".

One single soul saved shall outlive and outweigh all the kingdoms of the world.

J. C. Ryle
Soul, World, Kingdoms
J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of John”, p.69, Editora Dracaena

When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right.

J. C. Ryle
Heart, Tongue, Absurd

Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.

J. C. Ryle
Jesus, Fall, Men
J.C RYLE, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS”, Lulu.com

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
Fall, Long, People

Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.

J. C. Ryle
Winning, Men, Heaven
J.C RYLE, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS”, Lulu.com

Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.

J. C. Ryle
Jesus, Naked, Looks

Nothing perhaps affects man's character more than the company he keeps

J. C. Ryle
Character, Men, Company
J.C RYLE, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS”, Lulu.com

How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?

J. C. Ryle
Christian, Names, Littles
J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of John”, p.343, Editora Dracaena

O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of His hands.

J. C. Ryle
Christian, Jesus, Hands

Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.

J. C. Ryle
Prayer, Grace, May
"Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke".

Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.

J. C. Ryle
Running, Silver, Forbearance
J.C. Ryle (2015). “The Duties of Parents”, p.5, Booklassic

Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.

J. C. Ryle
Offensive, Christ
J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.228, Editora Dracaena

We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.

J. C. Ryle
Giving, Honor, Too Much