By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
By affliction Christ shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
I fear it is sometimes forgotten that God has married together justification and sanctification. They are distinct and different things, beyond question,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
True faith will always show itself by its fruits . . . I suspect that, with rare exceptions, men die just as they have lived. — 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
Infidelity and skepticism abound everywhere. In one form or another they are to be found in every rank and class of society.… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
True repentance begins with KNOWLEDGE of sin. It goes on to work SORROW for sin. It leads to CONFESSION of sin before… — 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
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
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
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
