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The devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.
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
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Macclesfield
Cheshire
J. C. Ryle
John Ryle
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The man who has nothing more than a kind of Sunday religion -- whose Christianity is like his Sunday clothes put on once a week, and then laid aside -- such a man cannot, of course, be expected to care about growth in grace.
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Wrong views about holiness are generally traceable to wrong views about human corruption.
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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.
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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.
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However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
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The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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To be Christian it will cost a man his love of ease.
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A tree may always be known by its fruit, and a true Christian may always be discovered by their habits, tastes & affections.
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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.
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Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared, as if it mattered not in what way such work was done. Let us carry with us faith, reverence, and prayer. If these three are our companions, we will hear with profit, and return with praise.
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No doubt men may easily think too little of God the Father, and God the Spirit, but no man ever thought too much of Christ.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Christmas is a season which almost all Christians observe in one way or another. Some keep it as a religious season. Some keep it as a holiday. But all over the world, wherever there are Christians, in one way or another Christmas is kept.
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The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must 'plead guilty' before God can declare us innocent.
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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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