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Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.

J. C. Ryle

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J. C. Ryle
Age: 84 †
Born: 1816
Born: May 10
Died: 1900
Died: June 10
Anglican Priest
Bishop Of Liverpool
Cricketer
Writer
Macclesfield
Cheshire
J. C. Ryle
John Ryle
John C. Ryle
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Wish
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Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
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Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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Any well-read man knows that the moral difference between the condition of the world before Christianity was planted and since Christianity took root is the difference between night and day, the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of the devil.
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True repentance begins with KNOWLEDGE of sin. It goes on to work SORROW for sin. It leads to CONFESSION of sin before God. It shows itself before a person by a thorough BREAKING OFF from sin. It results in producing a DEEP HATRED for all sin.
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We want more men and women who walk with God and before God, like Enoch and Abraham.
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Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
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One single soul saved shall outlive and outweigh all the kingdoms of the world.
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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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