Before Christ comes, it is useless to expect to see the perfect church. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The cause of Christ does not need less working, but it does need among the workers, more praying. — 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
Christ is never fully valued, until sin is clearly seen. We must know the depth and malignity of our disease, in order… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If you do not love Christ, let me plainly tell you what is the reason: You have no sense of debt to… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
It is not always those who have the most eminent gifts who are the most successful laborers for God. It is generally… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us only take heed that this office of Christ is not set before us in vain. It will profit us nothing… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If we would be sanctified, our course is clear and plain-we must begin with Christ. We must go to Him as sinners,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The cross is the foundation of the Bible: If you have not yet found out that Christ crucified is the foundation of… — 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 must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
In Christ alone God’s rich provision of salvation for sinners is treasured up: by Christ alone God’s abundant mercies come down from… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If you show me a man deliberately living an unholy and licentious life, and yet boasting that his sins are forgiven, I… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
What you think now about the cross of Christ, I cannot tell; but I can wish you nothing better than this -… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
We must be holy, because this is the only sound evidence that we have a saving faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Prosperity is a great mercy, but adversity is a greater one, if it brings us to Christ. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The early Christians made it a part of their religion to look for His return. Backward they looked to the cross and… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
True repentance is no light matter. It is a thorough change of heart about sin, a change showing itself in godly sorrow… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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 Image
The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
