J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Rylewas the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 May 1816
kindness son doubt
If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
humility pride thinking
Let us watch against pride in every shape - pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness. Nothing is so likely to keep a person out of heaven, and prevent them from seeing Christ, as pride. So long as we think we are something we shall never be saved. Let us pray for and cultivate humility; let us seek to know ourselves correctly, and to find out our place in the sight of a holy God.
satan subtraction substitution
Since Satan can't destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
humble proud students
"A humble and prayerful person will find a thousand things in the Bible, which the proud student will utterly fail to discern." ~ J.C. Ryle
repentance evidence
Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
willing saved sinner
God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
relatives-and-friends impossible deceiving
It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
kings waiting looks
Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord...He waits quietly for the King.
mercy duty gods-will
We never know who they are that God will draw, and have nothing to do with it. Our duty is to invite all, and leave it to God to choose the vessels of mercy.
preacher word-of-god seeds
The work of the preacher resembles that of the sower. Like the sower, the preacher must sow good seed, the Word of God.
holiness firsts steps
The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin.
new-life outcomes principles
Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new nature and a new principle and always lives a new life.
sickness good-things ifs
Health is a good thing; but sickness is far better, if it leads us to God.
mercy-of-god joy heaven
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.