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• There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.

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  Sacrifice, Thinking, Cost

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• Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.

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  Heart, Eye, Doubt

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Old Paths: Being Plain Statements on Some of the Weightier Matters of Christianity”, p.104, Ravenio Books

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• Since Satan can't destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.

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  Satan, Subtraction, Substitution

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• True repentance begins with KNOWLEDGE of sin. It goes on to work SORROW for sin. It leads to CONFESSION of sin before God. It shows itself before a person by a thorough BREAKING OFF from sin. It results in producing a DEEP HATRED for all sin.

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  Hatred, Sorrow, Goes On

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• The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.

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  Men, Heaven, Selfishness

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.145, Editora Dracaena

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• Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the Spirit more closely and distinctly every year. Lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily threatens you. Press towards the mark more earnestly. Fight a better fight, and war a better warfare every year you live. Pray more. Read more. Subdue self more. Love the brethren more. Oh that you may endeavor to grow in grace every year, that the end of your Christian course may be better than the beginning!

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  Christian, War, Fighting

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• The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed - but to be practiced.

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  Given

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• A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.

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  Christian, Religion, Deep Thought

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Holiness: It's Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots”, p.106, Letcetera Publishing

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• Let us watch against pride in every shape - pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness. Nothing is so likely to keep a person out of heaven, and prevent them from seeing Christ, as pride. So long as we think we are something we shall never be saved. Let us pray for and cultivate humility; let us seek to know ourselves correctly, and to find out our place in the sight of a holy God.

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  Humility, Pride, Thinking

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• There is more Bible buying, Bible selling, Bible printing and Bible distributing than ever before in our nation. We see Bibles in every bookstore - Bibles of every size, price and style. There are Bibles in almost every house in the land. But all this time I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.

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  Land, House, Style

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• According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.

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  Men, Heaven, World

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Old Paths: Being Plain Statements on Some of the Weightier Matters of Christianity”, p.60, Ravenio Books

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• Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.

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  Christian, Children, School

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of John”, p.356, Editora Dracaena

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• We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.

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  Men, Digging, Treasure

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of John”, p.100, Editora Dracaena

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• No one ever said at the end of his days; 'I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul'

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  Christian, Soul, Too Much

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• Let us cleave to Christ more closely, love Him more heartily, live to Him more thoroughly, copy Him more exactly, confess Him more boldly, and follow Him more fully.

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  Christ, Copies

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• Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.

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  Feelings, Christ, Glory

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Holiness: It's Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots”, p.243, Letcetera Publishing

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• People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.

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  Fall, Long, People

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• By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, makes us long for heaven.

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  Long, Heaven, Grace

  "Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Mark".

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• The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.

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  Rocks, Sand, Word Of God

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• Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.

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  Jesus, Heart, Medicine

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of John”, p.248, Editora Dracaena

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• Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.

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  Doe, Worship, Christ

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• In Christ alone God’s rich provision of salvation for sinners is treasured up: by Christ alone God’s abundant mercies come down from heaven to earth. Christ’s blood alone can cleanse us; Christ’s righteousness alone can cleanse us; Christ’s merit alone can give us a title to heaven. Jews and Gentiles, learned and unlearned, kings and poor men--all alike must either be saved by the Lord Jesus, or lost forever.

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  Jesus, Kings, Men

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• Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.

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  Book, Firsts, Heed

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• Prayer is the mightiest weapon that God has placed in our hands.

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  Prayer, Hands, Weapons

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• Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.

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  Favors, Poverty, Wealth

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.317, Editora Dracaena

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