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A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace.
J. C. Ryle
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J. C. Ryle
Age: 84 †
Born: 1816
Born: May 10
Died: 1900
Died: June 10
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Bishop Of Liverpool
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Macclesfield
Cheshire
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Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God's judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word.
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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.
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Miserable indeed is that religious teaching which calls itself Christian, and yet contains nothing of the cross.
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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.
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A deep sense of sin, a humble willingness to be saved in God's way, a teachable readiness to give up our own prejudices when a more excellent way is shown, these are the principal things. These things the two disciples possessed, and therefore our Lord went with them and guided them into all truth.
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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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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven - the crucified Son of God.
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We should no more tolerate false doctrine that we would tolerate sin.
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Assurance of hope is more than life, it is health, strength, power, vigor, activity, energy, manliness, beauty.
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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.
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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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