John Charles Ryle (10 May 1816 – 10 June 1900) was an English Evangelical Anglican bishop. He was the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool.
God has linked holiness and happiness; and what God has joined together we must not think to put asunder.
I believe it to be clear evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word of God is really precious to a person’s soul.
We corrupt the Word of God most dangerously, when we throw any doubt on the plenary inspiration of any part of Holy Scripture.
Any well-read man knows that the moral difference between the condition of the world before Christianity was planted and since Christianity took root is the difference between night and day, the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of the devil.
True Christians delight to read the Scriptures, because they tell them about their beloved Savior.
Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God?
Churches may decay and perish; riches may make themselves wings and fly away-but he who builds their happiness on Christ crucified and union with Him by faith, that person is standing on a foundation which shall never be moved, and will know something of true peace.
We are all so sunk in sin, and so wedded to the world, that we would never turn to God and seek salvation, unless He first called us by His grace. Without a divine call, no one can be saved.
Nothing perhaps affects man's character more than the company he keeps
We know nothing of humility by nature, for we are all born proud.
Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
What would you expect? Sin will not come to you saying, 'I am sin. ' It would do little harm if it did. Sin always seems 'good, pleasant and desirable' at the time of arrival.
The resurrection of Christ is one of the foundation stones of Christianity. It was the seal of the great work that He came on earth to do. It was the crowning proof that the ransom He paid for sinners was accepted, the atonement for sin accomplished, the head of him who had the power of death bruised, and the victory won.
Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer.
Those who confine God's love exclusively to the elect appear to me to take a narrow and contracted view of God's character and attributes. . . . I have long come to the conclusion that men may be more systematic in their statements than the Bible, and may be led into grave error by idolatrous veneration of a system
I want people to fill their minds with passages of Scripture while they are well and strong, that they may have sure help in the day of need. I want them to be diligent in studying their Bibles, and becoming familiar with its contents, in order that the grand old Book may stand by them and talk with them when all earthly friends fail.