A genuine Gospel-faith has nothing selfish about it – it never makes a man think only of his own salvation. It stirs him up, on the contrary, to concern about the souls of others. I always suspect that those who care nothing whether their brethren are saved or not, must in reality be ignorant or thoughtless about their own state. J.C. Ryle[view]
Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own. J.C. Ryle[view]
God knew what we were before conversion - wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. J.C. Ryle[view]
Happy indeed is that church whose members not only desire to reach heaven themselves, but desire also to take others with them. J.C. Ryle[view]
It is the neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear. J.C. Ryle[view]
It would have been well for the church of Christ, if the warnings of the Gospel had been as much studied as its promises. J.C. Ryle[view]
No salvation without regeneration - no spiritual life without a new birth - no heaven without a new heart. J.C. Ryle[view]
One single soul saved shall outlive and outweigh all the kingdoms of the world. J.C. Ryle[view]
Since Satan cannot destroy the Gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction, or substitution. J.C. Ryle[view]
Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book. J.C. Ryle[view]
Tell the world! Tell the young. Tell the poor. Tell the aged. Tell the ignorant. Tell the sick. Telle the dying. Tell them all about Christ. J.C. Ryle[view]
The beginning of the way to heaven, is to feel that we are on the way to hell. J.C. Ryle[view]
The goal of the Gospel is not to affirm you, celebrate you, and accept you. The goal of the Gospel is to rescue you, transform you, and redirect you. J.C. Ryle[view]
The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues—but to be seen in our lives. J.C. Ryle[view]
The man who does not glory in the gospel can surely know little of the plague of sin that is within him. J.C. Ryle[view]
Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell. J.C. Ryle[view]
We have the truth, and we need not be ashamed to say so. J.C. Ryle[view]
Without a divine call, no one can be saved. J.C. Ryle[view]