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 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]