A trial is an instrument by which our Father in heaven makes Christians more holy. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
True Christians delight to read the Scriptures, because they tell them about their beloved Savior. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The Christian who keeps their heart diligently in little things shall be kept from great falls. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian delights to hear something about his Master. He likes those sermons best which are full of Christ. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A tree may always be known by its fruit, and a true Christian may always be discovered by their habits, tastes & affections. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian does not need to be reminded that they have a crucified Master. They OFTEN think of Him. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A Christian is nothing more than a sinner who has found out their sinfulness, and has learned the blessed secret of living… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Such true worship will stand the test of Christ's great principle, “By their fruits you shall know them”. It sanctifies the Christian's… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
We ought to regard the sacrament of baptism with reverence. An ordinance of which the Lord Jesus Himself partook, is not to… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
There are few professing Christians, it may be feared, who strive to imitate Christ in the matter of private devotion. There is… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us awake to a sense of the perilous state of many professing Christians. 'Without holiness no man shall see the Lord';… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
What will it cost [a person] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Christmas is a season which almost all Christians observe in one way or another. Some keep it as a religious season. Some… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian regards all Christ's friends as his friends, members of the same body, children of the same family, soldiers in… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The saddest symptom about many so-called Christians is the utter absence of anything like conflict and fight against spiritual apathy in their… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Just as the telescope and microscope show us that there is order and design in all the works of God’s hand, from… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
It costs something to be a real Christian, according to the standard of the Bible. There are enemies to be overcome, battles… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us resolve to talk more to believers about the Bible when we meet them. Alas, the conversation of Christians, when they… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The Christian who keeps his heart diligently in little things shall be kept from great falls. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Before Christ comes, it is useless to expect to see the perfect church. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul.… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
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… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Let it be a settled principle ...that men's salvation, if saved, is wholly of God; and that man's ruin, if lost, is wholly of… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
If we would know whether our faith is genuine, we do well to ask ourselves how we are living. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
To be born again is, as it were, to enter upon a new existence, to have a new mind, a new heart, new views,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
![“What will it cost [a person] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away all pride and high thoughts, and conceit of his own goodness. He must be content to go to heaven as a poor sinner, saved only by free grace, and owing all to the merit and righteousness…” quote by J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3df/j-c-ryle-789_cast-away_what-will-it-cost-a-person-to-be-a-true_1137557.png)
