J. C. Ryle - 10th June 1900

(Heb.
11:4)
John Charles Ryle

Died
10th June 1900
 The misuse of a thing is no argument against the right use of it.
 Be very sure of this, people never reject the Bible because they
cannot understand it. They understand it only too well; they
understand that it condemns their own behavior; they understand
that it witnesses against their own sins, and summons them to
judgment.
 Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the

state of the heart.
 Aim to be the same man in all positions, all places and at all
times.
 But after all it is not important what man thinks, and what man
praises. He that judges us is the Lord. Man will not judge us at
the last day.
 You cannot live forever. You must one day die. You cannot avoid
the judgment after death. You must stand before the bar of Christ.
The summons of the Archangel cannot be disobeyed. The last
great assembly must be attended. The state of your own soul must
one day undergo a thorough investigation. It will be found out one
day what you are in God's sight. Your spiritual condition will at
length be brought to light before the whole world. Oh, find out
what it is now! While you have time, while you have health, find
out the state of your soul.
 True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry

abstract propositions, it is to live in daily personal communication
with an actual living person – Jesus the Son of God.
 No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon

our knees.
 Your understanding of some part of Scripture is wrong if it goes

against another portion of it.
 Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what
breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is
past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not
pray is past my comprehension too.
 Wrong views of a disease will always bring with them wrong views
of the remedy.
 Do nothing that you would not like God to see. Say nothing you
would not like God to hear. Write nothing you would not like God
to read. Go to no place where you would not like God to find you.
Read no book of which you would not like God to say, "Show it to
Me."
 Prayer is the most important subject in practical religion. All
other subjects are second to it. Reading the Bible, listening to
sermons, attending public worship, going to the Lord's Table--all
these are very important matters. But none of them are as
important as private prayer.
 Some people get as much harm from their virtues as others do

from their sins.
 How can we expect to be saved by an "unknown" God? And how

can we know God without prayer? We know nothing of men and
women in this world, unless we speak with them. We cannot
know God in Christ, unless we speak to Him in prayer. If we wish
to be with Him in heaven, we must be His friends on earth. If we
wish to be His friends on earth, "we must pray."
 When we have done all, we should remember that though duties

are ours, events are God’s.
 Do we wish to grow in grace and be very holy Christians? Then let

us never forget the value of prayer.
 Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
 On things needed in practical religion many either: Neglect them

completely, misunderstand them, or exalt the to a position which
they were never meant to occupy
 Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart.
Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
 Let no one be surprised if he hears us dwelling a lot on the

importance of prayer. This is the point we want to bring you to.
We want to know that you pray. Your views of doctrine may be
correct. Your love of evangelical religion may be warm and
unmistakable. But still this may be nothing more than head
knowledge and party spirit. The great point is this - whether you
can speak "to" God as well as speak "about" God.
 Beware of making selections from your Bible to suit your taste.

Dare not to say, “I believe this verse, for I like it. I refuse that, for I
cannot reconcile it with my views.”
 Doubt anything else if you will, but never doubt Christ's power.
 Christ rightly known, Christ truly believed, Christ heartily loved is

the true preservative against every form of idolatry.
 The whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible, must be our rule of
faith; nothing added and nothing taken away.
 Let the entire world know that the Lord Jesus will not cast away
any believer because of short-comings and infirmities. The
husband does not put away his wife because he finds failings in
her. The mother does not forsake her infant because it is weak,
feeble, and ignorant. And the Lord Christ does not cast off poor
sinners who have committed their souls into his hands because he
sees in them blemishes and imperfections.
 You will sometimes see sincere and well-meaning Christians doing

things which God never intended them to do, in the matter of
separation from the world, and honestly believing that they are in
the very will of God. Their mistakes often do them great harm.
They give opportunity to the wicked to ridicule all Christianity,
and supply them with an excuse for having none.
 The friend I want you to know is Jesus Christ. Happy is that
family in which Christ has the foremost place! Happy is that
person whose chief friend is Christ!
 A zealous person in Christianity is preeminently a person of one

thing. It is not enough to say that they are earnest, strong,
uncompromising, meticulous, wholehearted, and fervent in spirit.
They only see one thing, they care for one thing, they live for one
thing, they are swallowed up in one thing; and that one thing is to
please God.
 To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without

grace. Without hope, and without heaven. It is to be on the road
to hell.
 Vague, indefinite, and indistinct religion may seem to work fine in

a time of health. It will never do in the day of sickness. A mere
formal, mechanical Christianity may carry a man through the
sunshine of youth and prosperity. It will break down entirely
when death is in sight.
‘Friend, remember that it is better to read 1 quote 10 times

(meditatively) than to read 10 quotes 1 time (superficially).’
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(Heb.

John Charles Ryle

 The misuse of a thing is no argument against the right use of it.

 Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the

 True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry

 No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon

 Your understanding of some part of Scripture is wrong if it goes

 Some people get as much harm from their virtues as others do

 How can we expect to be saved by an "unknown" God? And how

 When we have done all, we should remember that though duties

 Do we wish to grow in grace and be very holy Christians? Then let

 Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.

 On things needed in practical religion many either: Neglect them

 Let no one be surprised if he hears us dwelling a lot on the

 Beware of making selections from your Bible to suit your taste.

 Christ rightly known, Christ truly believed, Christ heartily loved is

 You will sometimes see sincere and well-meaning Christians doing

 A zealous person in Christianity is preeminently a person of one

 To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without

 Vague, indefinite, and indistinct religion may seem to work fine in

‘Friend, remember that it is better to read 1 quote 10 times

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