Believe Quotes by J. C. Ryle

17 Believe quotes by J. C. Ryle

J. C. Ryle’s thoughts on belief are steeped in earnest faith. Across seventeen concise statements, his pastoral wisdom and clear‑sighted theology provide a steady compass for anyone seeking spiritual grounding.

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I believe it to be clear evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word of God is really precious to a person’s…

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What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private…

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There is something sadly wrong when it is more important to us whether others are a part of our denomination, rather than…

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True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with…

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In justification the word to be addressed to man is believe - only believe; in sanctification the word must be 'watch, pray,…

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And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit's presence when the Word is really precious to a man…

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Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.

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Let us read the Bible reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in it.

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There are few professing Christians, it may be feared, who strive to imitate Christ in the matter of private devotion. There is…

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What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases…

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Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How…

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All the simplicity in the world can do no good, unless you preach the simple gospel of Jesus Christ so fully and…

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Instruction, and advice, and commands will profit little, unless they are backed up by the pattern of your own life. Your children…

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For my own part, I believe that in dealing with skeptics, and unbelievers, and enemies of the Bible, Christians are too apt…

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If the Bible is not the Word of God and inspired, the whole of Christendom for 1800 years has been under an…

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If you show me a man deliberately living an unholy and licentious life, and yet boasting that his sins are forgiven, I…

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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.

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When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right.

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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.

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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.…

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Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man.

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The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.

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We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam.

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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…

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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.

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That Bible is read best, which is practised most.

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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…

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Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may…

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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…

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That Bible is read best - which is practiced most!

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If we would know whether our faith is genuine, we do well to ask ourselves how we are living.

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To be born again is, as it were, to enter upon a new existence, to have a new mind, a new heart, new views,…

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