tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77350047132465605222024-02-20T16:50:42.330-08:00The J.C. Ryle Archive The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comBlogger1058125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-34074060414249784402024-02-03T07:17:00.000-08:002024-02-05T04:19:36.109-08:00Church History Study Bible Review! <p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a review of the<a href="https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-church-history-study-bible-hc/"> Crossway ESV Church History Study Bible</a> from the moderator of the J.C. Ryle Facebook and Twitter page. I was graciously provided a copy from Crossway to do a review. I reached out to Crossway about doing a review when I came across this Bible. This is the first Bible in years that I wanted to get my hands on and I will explain why in this review.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">First of all, here is a photo of how the Bible arrived, with a covering case. This Bible is trutone, brown/walnut color, which I really like. You can also get this Bible in black leather and hardcover (blue). At the end of this review, I have numerous links where you can purchase a copy. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5Hze0i7rIwNUhWOvX-glcuV5B0PfJSw7dZuIUiOaE4Ttz_FOZnv8YZehfJaRHR6z9TlMQDAowpbPwxsab02Sx73ns0sRLfYMrmWHpqtcoM1gjw5L1sUNNhc1RvI6ndy2zEjVYpkkxIlwxD7A4FLA785wSCeQ77N6y6pKLwj6OAdjaWSWGedkSiNeajzQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5Hze0i7rIwNUhWOvX-glcuV5B0PfJSw7dZuIUiOaE4Ttz_FOZnv8YZehfJaRHR6z9TlMQDAowpbPwxsab02Sx73ns0sRLfYMrmWHpqtcoM1gjw5L1sUNNhc1RvI6ndy2zEjVYpkkxIlwxD7A4FLA785wSCeQ77N6y6pKLwj6OAdjaWSWGedkSiNeajzQ=w447-h447" width="447" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />This is what the Bible looks like without the covering case. I really like the "feel" of the Bible in my hands. And by all accounts, it seems to be made of high quality materials. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXFQfk6SoSQ7gGEPynrLL1lVKQMREuHcUhdPrkn9Aemo6-lHcE43NmQapyxsGHq-8p-YJCtt3fJogWuu4oMsB4wuG9B5VOSkL_0asEBBpy3-okYz0HvBks1fa47YzJmJ1AtTHh3rnu5dLsg9ctBLCkJ-SWdKNgmYrC4Dr16vq11tCJ9pppshb4He-9ikY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="302" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXFQfk6SoSQ7gGEPynrLL1lVKQMREuHcUhdPrkn9Aemo6-lHcE43NmQapyxsGHq-8p-YJCtt3fJogWuu4oMsB4wuG9B5VOSkL_0asEBBpy3-okYz0HvBks1fa47YzJmJ1AtTHh3rnu5dLsg9ctBLCkJ-SWdKNgmYrC4Dr16vq11tCJ9pppshb4He-9ikY=w304-h405" width="304" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCNiyKE9czdGl_zMSrrKlkHNBaN1c3_GLcWxY2suKFW6RDj4vsJGmParvFDKALGvyha05hfng-bbsYWcBeH-r-pMoYXCAlWnQbeyd3gKChwL18EbkpB_BfswQMm1AfNuOAl54oP7LoFMeUhqdJnMWPXQouLiXsuf9JcaBkeZ_HUA0JaZ2SnTeatdNWxzM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCNiyKE9czdGl_zMSrrKlkHNBaN1c3_GLcWxY2suKFW6RDj4vsJGmParvFDKALGvyha05hfng-bbsYWcBeH-r-pMoYXCAlWnQbeyd3gKChwL18EbkpB_BfswQMm1AfNuOAl54oP7LoFMeUhqdJnMWPXQouLiXsuf9JcaBkeZ_HUA0JaZ2SnTeatdNWxzM=w385-h385" width="385" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRgj20wOZ8mM6rmBU0wZouREwi0Pl_en-P8s6BY9zD2O0meNF5Wh7vMfrJPolaLDPVCuPI1FBwN6dqgv-rrONLqYZOxcJfKPeLevV6Ntnc1xxyrjOI2ejdX9iYA3GmVp-PgGYxPCNLRiTVm9eN7NZFVVaYgCtqqnHsN7Z6TNZ7XmVVEI2xXCWPRk9492c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="941" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRgj20wOZ8mM6rmBU0wZouREwi0Pl_en-P8s6BY9zD2O0meNF5Wh7vMfrJPolaLDPVCuPI1FBwN6dqgv-rrONLqYZOxcJfKPeLevV6Ntnc1xxyrjOI2ejdX9iYA3GmVp-PgGYxPCNLRiTVm9eN7NZFVVaYgCtqqnHsN7Z6TNZ7XmVVEI2xXCWPRk9492c=w463-h234" width="463" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Why do I like this Bible so much? Here are the main reasons: </span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1. There's literally over 20,000 study notes from hundreds of historical figures in church history from the past 2,000 years! Some of these men include: John Knox (1514-1572), Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920), Martin Luther (1483-1546), DL Moody (1937-1899), Francis Schaffer (1912-1984), Augustine (354-430), Athanasius (296-373), Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) and of course J.C. Ryle (1816-1900). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's a sample of the study notes. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs_i2n4x3cJOqpyiP4HF2tjmUzk-0g1GTXLeDD_4i066VDwHUB6jxnQNOCWpsq5SbORM0QYKXaFzkMckP-OGemFk6n5KPhfoQamx-Xce24LTDPAsWrKRdG39Oq9sVIb4Rm0Nh6Ll3cnMTLUot0SRvgHF3VGXSaJly3shDU7yrqmeXUcnpggLsumghOz08" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="832" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs_i2n4x3cJOqpyiP4HF2tjmUzk-0g1GTXLeDD_4i066VDwHUB6jxnQNOCWpsq5SbORM0QYKXaFzkMckP-OGemFk6n5KPhfoQamx-Xce24LTDPAsWrKRdG39Oq9sVIb4Rm0Nh6Ll3cnMTLUot0SRvgHF3VGXSaJly3shDU7yrqmeXUcnpggLsumghOz08=w655-h405" width="655" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">2. The back cover of the Bible case explains why I like this Bible so much. As a Reformed Baptist, I appreciate the focus on Reformed voices from the past that this Bible highlights. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo7Kk27QtiFhb_tpuegoGOC8Rh-Ir-anmMDm16aB8Buf5vngySwsOYdlHMG2U-7PHOVLox_ovI-QvYuq6uB5wjN_k5Avg_WqmOiwRjLDEeAseCYIdWoiMeErh5gEEzPGUL-CQkpr-BbYJ2PmwjuFcagj-vMeCblUmG_vTKurBZa4JFNCj1HS7OXGvjqIc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo7Kk27QtiFhb_tpuegoGOC8Rh-Ir-anmMDm16aB8Buf5vngySwsOYdlHMG2U-7PHOVLox_ovI-QvYuq6uB5wjN_k5Avg_WqmOiwRjLDEeAseCYIdWoiMeErh5gEEzPGUL-CQkpr-BbYJ2PmwjuFcagj-vMeCblUmG_vTKurBZa4JFNCj1HS7OXGvjqIc=w411-h548" width="411" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Some minor issues I have the Bible include: </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1. The font is a little too small for my liking. The type size is 9 point for the scriptures and a little smaller for the commentary. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2. I'm not sure I would classify this as a "Study Bible" but rather a "Devotional Bible". When I think of systematic study Bibles, I think of the ESV Study Bible, the MacArthur Study Bible, etc...Those study Bibles are more through to give you to history of the text, the context, and flow better etc...This Bible reminds me more of the Matthew Henry Study Bible which came out in the past decade of so. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">OVERALL, I highly recommend <a href="https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-church-history-study-bible-hc/"> Crossway ESV Church History Study Bible</a>. I've been wanting something like this for YEARS and am thankful that Crossway published it. This would be the perfect gift for those Christians in your life who love the "old dead guys" and their writings. <b><u>I also believe this Bible and the commentary notes, can greatly edify and encourage you in your daily Christian walk, which is the most important element to me. </u></b></span></p><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are the different locations you can purchase this Bible. </span></b></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #010101; font-family: Adamina, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin: 0px 0px 37px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 17px 37px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3JX1JSS" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #db6cab; opacity: 0.7; outline: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">ESV Church History Study Bible, Black Leather- Amazon</span></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 17px 37px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.crossway.org/bibles/esv-church-history-study-bible-hc/">ESV Church History Study Bible, From Crossway the Publisher</a> </span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 17px 37px;"><a href="https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1186856&item_no=579707" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #303329;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">ESV Church History Study Bible, Black Leather- ChristianBook</span></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 17px 37px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3lTYNhH" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #303329;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">ESV Church History Study Bible, Hardcover- Amazon</span></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 17px 37px;"><a href="https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1186856&item_no=579681" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #303329;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">ESV Church History Study Bible, Hardcover- ChristianBook</span></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 17px 37px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3zgaVwG" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #303329;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">ESV Church History Study Bible, TruTone- Amazon</span></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 17px 37px;"><a href="https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1186856&item_no=579691" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #303329;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">ESV Church History Study Bible, TruTone-ChristianBook</span></a></li></ul>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-71410799720149535382023-06-14T03:53:00.003-07:002023-06-14T03:53:22.860-07:00Grasp the Truth of the Cross by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let us never forget the sacrificial character of Christ’s death. Let us reject with abhorrence the modern notion that it was nothing more than a mighty instance of self-sacrifice and self-denial.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8004832866681036822" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>It was this no doubt – but it was something far higher, deeper, and more important than this. It was a <a href="http://www.theopedia.com/Propitiation" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">propitiation</a> for the sins of the world. It was an atonement for man’s transgression. It was the killing of the true passover Lamb, through whose death destruction is warded off from sinners believing on Him. “Christ our passover Lamb,” says Paul, “is sacrificed for us.” (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=1+Corinthians+5%3A7" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">1 Cor. 5:7</a>) Let us grasp that truth firmly, and never let it go.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Expository-Thoughts-on-the-Gospels-7-Volume-Set-p-18608.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke volume 2</em></a> , [Carlisle, PA: <a href="http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/about/about.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Banner of Truth</a>, 1998], 392.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRsM9P0SqpY-FFxNhz9hXiCIqRK3A0--TejAyHWUYrVR1OebZD3FuzZtzf1fDs3TNfkT525NN0sQ_pK7vDj5658ZA-Y50J0IhyYg62kb6cgIsDon2GpmMrCFoewj2_-NQXHRU460NRkyekE4DLtFuYX3tuggaTLbjFfodIvpNINKbY30_dzKAX0lI/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRsM9P0SqpY-FFxNhz9hXiCIqRK3A0--TejAyHWUYrVR1OebZD3FuzZtzf1fDs3TNfkT525NN0sQ_pK7vDj5658ZA-Y50J0IhyYg62kb6cgIsDon2GpmMrCFoewj2_-NQXHRU460NRkyekE4DLtFuYX3tuggaTLbjFfodIvpNINKbY30_dzKAX0lI/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-53961271069396550152023-06-01T03:10:00.007-07:002023-06-01T03:10:46.318-07:006 Marks of the Believers' Growth in Grace by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial;">Let me take it for granted that we do not question the </span><em style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">reality </em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial;">of growth in grace, and its vast </span><em style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">importance</em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial;">. So far so good. But you now want to know </span><em style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">how </em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial;">anyone may find out whether he is growing in grace or not?</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5546552296431030871" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a><span style="color: #444444;">I answer that question, in the first place, by observing that we are very poor judges of our own condition — and that bystanders often know us better than we know ourselves. But I answer further that there are undoubtedly <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">certain great marks and signs of growth in grace — </em>and that wherever you see these marks — you see a growing soul. I will now proceed to place some of these marks before you in order.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. One mark of growth in grace, is increased HUMILITY. </strong>The man whose soul is growing, feels his own <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sinfulness </em>and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">unworthiness </em>more every year.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">He is ready to say with Job, "I am vile!"</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">And with <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Abraham</em>, "I am dust and ashes!"</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">And with <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jacob</em>, "I am not worthy of the least of all Your mercies!"</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">And with <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">David</em>, "I am a worm!"</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">And with <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Isaiah</em>, "I am a man of unclean lips!"</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">And with <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Peter</em>, "I am a sinful man, O Lord!"</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">(<a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Job 40.4" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Job%2040.4" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Job 40:4</a>; <a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Genesis 18.27" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Genesis%2018.27" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Genesis 18:27</a>; <a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Genesis 32.10" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Genesis%2032.10" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">32:10</a>; <a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Psalm 22.6" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Psalm%2022.6" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Psalm 22:6</a>; <a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Isaiah 6.5" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Isaiah%206.5" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Isaiah 6:5</a>; <a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Luke 5.8" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Luke%205.8" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Luke 5:8</a>). The nearer he draws to God, and the more he sees of God's holiness and perfections — the more thoroughly is he <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sensible </em>of his own countless sins and imperfections. The further he journeys in the way to Heaven — the more he understands what Paul meant when he says,</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">"I am not already perfect!"</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">"I am not fit to be called an apostle!"</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">"I am less than the least of all saints!"</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">"I am the chief of sinners!"</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">(<a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Philippians 3.12" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Philippians%203.12" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Philippians 3:12</a>; <a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="1 Corinthians 15.9" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/1%20Corinthians%2015.9" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">1 Corinthians 15:9</a>; <a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Ephesians 3.8" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ephesians%203.8" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Ephesians 3:8</a>; <a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="1 Timothy 1.15" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/1%20Timothy%201.15" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">1 Timothy 1:15</a>).</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">The riper he is for glory, the more, like the ripe corn — he hangs down his head. The brighter and clearer is his <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">gospel light</em> — the more he sees of the <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">shortcomings </em>and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">infirmities </em>of his own heart. When first converted, he would tell you he saw but little of them — compared to what he sees now. Would anyone know whether he is growing in grace? Be sure that you look within for increased humility.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Another mark of growth in grace, is increased FAITH and LOVE towards our Lord Jesus Christ. </strong>The man whose soul is growing, finds more in Christ to rest upon every year, and rejoices more that he has such a Savior. No doubt he saw much in Him, when first he believed. His faith laid hold on the atonement of Christ, and gave him hope. But as he grows in grace, he sees a thousand things in Christ of which at first he never dreamed!</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">His <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">love </em>and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">power</em>,</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">His heart and His intentions,</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">His offices as Substitute, Intercessor, Priest, Advocate, Physician, Shepherd and Friend</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"> — unfold themselves to a growing soul in an unspeakable manner. In short, he discovers a <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">suitableness </em>in Christ to the needs of his soul, of which the half was once not known to him! Would anyone know if he is growing in grace? Then let him look within for increased knowledge of, and love to Christ.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Another mark of growth in grace, is increased HOLINESS of life and conduct.</strong> The man whose soul is growing, gets more dominion over sin, the world and the devil every year. He becomes more careful about . . .</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">his temper,</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">his words and</span><br /><span style="color: #444444;">his actions. He is more watchful over his <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">conduct </em>in every relation of life. He strives more to be conformed to the image of Christ in all things, and to follow Him as his <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">example</em> — as well as to trust in Him as his <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Savior</em>. He is not content with old attainments and former grace. He forgets the things that are behind, and reaches forth unto those things which are before, making <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Higher!" "Upward!" "Forward!" "Onward!" </em>his continual motto (<a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Philippians 3.13" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Philippians%203.13" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Philippians 3:13</a>). On earth, he thirsts and longs to have a <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">will </em>more entirely in unison with God's will. In Heaven, the chief thing that he looks for, next to the presence of Christ — is complete separation from all sin. Would anyone know if he is growing in grace? Then let him look within for increased holiness.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Another mark of growth in grace, is increased SPIRITUALITY of taste and mind. </strong>The man whose soul is growing, takes more interest in spiritual things every year. He does not neglect his duty in the world. He discharges faithfully, diligently and conscientiously — every relation of life, whether at home or abroad. But the things he <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">loves best </em>are spiritual things. The <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">amusements </em>and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">recreations </em>of the world, have a continually decreasing place in his heart. He does not condemn them as downright sinful, nor say that those who have anything to do with them are going to Hell. He only feels that they have a <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">constantly diminishing hold on his own affections — </em>and gradually seem smaller and more trifling in his eyes. Spiritual companions, spiritual occupations, spiritual conversation — are of ever-increasing value to him. Would anyone know if he is growing in grace? Then let him look within for <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">increasing spirituality of taste</em>.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Another mark of growth in grace, is increase in LOVE to others.</strong> The man whose soul is growing, is more full of love every year — of love to all men — but especially of love towards the brethren.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">His love will show itself <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">actively — </em>in a growing disposition to do kindnesses, to take trouble for others, to be good-natured to everybody, to be generous, sympathizing, thoughtful, tender-hearted and considerate.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">His love will show itself <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">passively — </em>in a growing disposition to be meek and patient towards all men, to put up with provocation and not stand upon his rights, to bear and forbear much rather than quarrel. A growing soul will try to put the best construction on other people's conduct, and to believe all things and hope all things, even to the end. There is no surer mark of backsliding and falling off in grace — than an increasing disposition to <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">find fault</em>, pick holes, and see weak points in others. Would anyone know if he is growing in grace? Then let him look within for increasing love to others.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. One more mark of growth in grace, is increased ZEAL and diligence in trying to do good to souls.</strong> The man who is really growing, will take greater interest in the salvation of sinners every year. Missions at home and abroad, efforts of every kind to spread the gospel, attempts of any sort to increase gospel light and diminish gospel darkness — all these things will every year have a greater place in his attention.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">He will not become "weary in well-doing," just because he does not see every effort succeed. He will not care less for the progress of Christ's cause on earth, as he grows older, though he will learn to expect less. He will just work on, whatever the <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">result </em>may be — giving, praying, speaking, visiting, according to his position — and count his work its own reward. One of the surest marks of spiritual decline — is a decreased interest about the souls of others, and the growth of Christ's kingdom. Would anyone know whether he is growing in grace? Then let him look within for <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">increased concern </em>about the salvation of souls.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Those <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">high-flying religionists</em>, whose only notion of Christianity is that of a state of perpetual joy and ecstasy, who tell you that they have got far beyond the region of conflict and soul-humiliation — such people no doubt will regard the marks I have laid down as "legal," "carnal" and "tending to bondage." I cannot help that. I call no man master in these things. I only wish my statements to be <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">tried in the balance of Scripture. </em></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">And I firmly believe that what I have said is not only Scriptural — but agreeable to the experience of the most eminent saints in every age. Show me a man in whom the <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">six marks </em>I have mentioned can be found. He is the man who can give a satisfactory answer to the question: "Do we grow?" Such are the most trustworthy marks of growth in grace. Let us examine them carefully and consider what <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">we ourselves </em>know about them.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt from the free eBook <a href="https://www.monergism.com/holiness-ebook" style="border: 0px; color: #d52a33; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Holiness</a> by J. C. Ryle</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: "chaparral pro", arial; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahKQDNoIGwMGVvhDMr4kwyfaeP0p_IAPUlCnmInnQd_8MWEcYOW1cdl__yTR1yfBdTsClBxdmdrjntwfb8sDkIxbIl-7x-xrqkZiSttVIJWvVm7ofTSFZ7iMueT00vvwC9-oYgwEBUUacO67PGRZslKEbdy_zp4eF9KuAvooHEly4FCOJCUDZVf_p/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahKQDNoIGwMGVvhDMr4kwyfaeP0p_IAPUlCnmInnQd_8MWEcYOW1cdl__yTR1yfBdTsClBxdmdrjntwfb8sDkIxbIl-7x-xrqkZiSttVIJWvVm7ofTSFZ7iMueT00vvwC9-oYgwEBUUacO67PGRZslKEbdy_zp4eF9KuAvooHEly4FCOJCUDZVf_p/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-18633484654340005572023-05-24T03:19:00.003-07:002023-05-24T03:19:25.110-07:00Christ’s View of His Servants by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The least and lowest of believers will find that he is counted among Christ’s servants, and that his labor has not been in vain in the Lord.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5759846575364748636" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>He will discover to his amazement, that his Master’s eye saw more beauty in his efforts to please Him, than he ever saw himself. He will find that every hour spent in Christ’s service, and every word spoken on Christ’s behalf, has been written in a book of remembrance. Let believers remember these things and take courage. The cross may be heavy now, but the glorious reward shall make amends for all.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Expository-Thoughts-on-the-Gospels-7-Volume-Set-p-18608.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew</em></a>, [Carlisle, PA: <a href="http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/about/about.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Banner of Truth</a>, 1986], 338, 339.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7fXqnCho94CQmgMw-T8omvv9O11KywiP7UaYZNf_AszfUdfoecFicoK1EhpIoynKjX79qwOYGUR3Xi4ol2qPYguaJD50mDMaWhIBve9_-OuS-K3fnovt3gZFyueoSiIFg29a8gCoBBirursclxGRu3XSGMWyEMruxrU0CKnSGJJEAPDb6mbpd_Ya/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7fXqnCho94CQmgMw-T8omvv9O11KywiP7UaYZNf_AszfUdfoecFicoK1EhpIoynKjX79qwOYGUR3Xi4ol2qPYguaJD50mDMaWhIBve9_-OuS-K3fnovt3gZFyueoSiIFg29a8gCoBBirursclxGRu3XSGMWyEMruxrU0CKnSGJJEAPDb6mbpd_Ya/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-68575506850965549002023-05-22T04:07:00.001-07:002023-05-22T04:07:23.143-07:00Grasping Biblical Christianity by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hundreds of professed converts, under religious revivals, go back to the world after a time, and bring disgrace to religion. They begin with a sadly mistaken notion of what is true Christianity. They fancy it consists in nothing more than a so-called ‘coming to Christ’, and have strong inward feelings of joy and peace.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8789253409993118732" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a></span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">“And so, when they find, after a time, that there is a cross to be carried, that our hearts are deceitful, and that there is a busy devil always near us, they cool down in disgust, and return to their old sins. And why? Because they had really never known what Bible Christianity is. They had never learned that we must ‘count the cost’.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.wtsbooks.com/product-exec/product_id/929/nm/Faithfulness+and+Holiness%3A+The+Witness+of+J.C.+Ryle" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Faithfulness and Holiness: The Witness of J.C. Ryle</a></em>,</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">“The Cost”, 179.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sezyRTouXmyEv7ISbW7S967hB9A8-eP08efNeleRLMc248DOr854uP7HFD58GJce9a5eUskTgsWVCxTUoQ1PZl3olNbgLrknUgD1DyE9QuepS9zZnTnUvP5cBFJFNOeur59oQUnTw74nwWA-MTq4xFirRtCUf_3TYqxyQf7WIa3m5p3kptHyO0ys/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sezyRTouXmyEv7ISbW7S967hB9A8-eP08efNeleRLMc248DOr854uP7HFD58GJce9a5eUskTgsWVCxTUoQ1PZl3olNbgLrknUgD1DyE9QuepS9zZnTnUvP5cBFJFNOeur59oQUnTw74nwWA-MTq4xFirRtCUf_3TYqxyQf7WIa3m5p3kptHyO0ys/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-82165824564038244372023-05-17T03:33:00.006-07:002023-05-17T03:33:57.349-07:00Steadily Following Christ by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh that Christians, the very best of them, were not so slack in following! Some stop to trifle with the perishable things of earth. Some stop to pick up the gaudy, scentless flowers by the wayside.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2552343986627938449" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>Some stop to sleep, forgetting this is not our rest, it is enchanted ground. Some stop to pick holes and find fault with their fellow-travelers. Few of Christ’s sheep do hold on their way as steadily as they might. But still, compared with the world, they are following Christ Jesus.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh that they would only remember, those who follow Him most fully, shall follow Him most comfortably! They are following Christ Jesus, and they know where they are going; and even in the dark river, in the valley of the shadow of death, they feel a confidence that their Shepherd will be with them, and His rod and His staff will comfort them. They would all tell you they are poor wandering sheep, less than the least of all God’s mercies, ashamed of the little fruit they bear—but still, weak as they are, they are determined to follow on to the end, and to say, “None but Christ, in life and in death, in time and in eternity.”</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Race-Other-Sermons-Vol-3/dp/0967760380" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Christian Race & Other Sermons</em></a>, “The Character of the True Christian”, [Moscow, ID: <a href="http://www.charlesnolanpublishers.com/Welcome.htm" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Charles Nolan Publishing</a>, 2002], 100.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHwmSgPt0_KWVIzG4ISz7IpZUNF1HzTTU0aVjML-frNJm31FvN2sMdLXFlScUqr459fWIL084zVzjY0pco76N5PQfsXa-ohEtfbXbnpYAaJb5XwFxj1Jf4kdOBg-oYN1uFFYQFKSB8zTynvubNAWDcEWMXDCPLDgjHspGojzfxpWiNwuCUJ7-JbyM/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHwmSgPt0_KWVIzG4ISz7IpZUNF1HzTTU0aVjML-frNJm31FvN2sMdLXFlScUqr459fWIL084zVzjY0pco76N5PQfsXa-ohEtfbXbnpYAaJb5XwFxj1Jf4kdOBg-oYN1uFFYQFKSB8zTynvubNAWDcEWMXDCPLDgjHspGojzfxpWiNwuCUJ7-JbyM/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled" id="jp-post-flair" style="border: none; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled" style="border: none; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="sd-content" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-14180667313441391552023-05-15T04:18:00.003-07:002023-05-15T04:18:24.491-07:00Equal Before Christ by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;">There is no royal road to rest of soul. Let that never be forgotten. There is only one way to the Father – </span><em style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jesus Christ</em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;">. One door into heaven – </span><em style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jesus Christ</em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;">. One path to heart-peace and rest – </span><em style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jesus Christ</em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;">. By that way all laboring and heavy-laden ones must go, whatever their rank or condition.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2835334722118044914" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a></span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kings in their palaces and paupers in the workhouse, all are on the same level in this matter. All alike must walk in the ‘old paths’ and come to Christ, if they feel soul-weary and thirsty. All must drink of the same fountain, if they would have their thirst relieved.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">~ J.C. Ryle</strong><a href="http://www.wtsbooks.com/product-exec/product_id/597/nm/Upper_Room" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></em></a></span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.wtsbooks.com/product-exec/product_id/597/nm/Upper_Room" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Upper Room</em></a>, “The Good Way”, 89<strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.</strong></span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIuXRhFLG4Oo6eryDMugRCr59yod93ITbouZyXgVnho4UmoiuiwbaCV7qZT9txsYb4SasD1dtPqkRK0ZE6_7q_V7yLiHXzOg4Eo5ODP4fy9C2e3_W_vkeLizztLw7aFdqbZ2dwCXSLMJH_Um8kq8sci8KzFUmoXozpEjShlnKtktbX2pm9vUTNXmd/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIuXRhFLG4Oo6eryDMugRCr59yod93ITbouZyXgVnho4UmoiuiwbaCV7qZT9txsYb4SasD1dtPqkRK0ZE6_7q_V7yLiHXzOg4Eo5ODP4fy9C2e3_W_vkeLizztLw7aFdqbZ2dwCXSLMJH_Um8kq8sci8KzFUmoXozpEjShlnKtktbX2pm9vUTNXmd/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-77277310259846715452023-05-12T02:54:00.002-07:002023-05-12T02:54:15.185-07:00We Cannot Know This Christ Too Well! By J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He that would be conformed to Christ’s image, and become a Christ–like man, must be constantly studying Christ Himself. Now the Gospels were written to make us acquainted with Christ. The Holy Spirit has told us the story of His life and death, His sayings and His doings, four times over.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8533201115705283182" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Four different inspired hands have drawn the picture of the Savior His ways, His manners, His feelings, His wisdom, His grace, His patience, His love, His power are graciously unfolded to us by four different witnesses. Ought not the sheep to be familiar with the Shepherd?</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ought not the patient to be familiar with the Physician? Ought not the bride to be familiar with the Bridegroom? Ought not the sinner to be familiar with the Savior? Beyond doubt it ought to be so.</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Gospels were written to make men familiar with Christ, and therefore I wish men to study the Gospels.</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On whom must we build our souls if we would be accepted with God? We must build on the Rock, Christ. From whom must we draw that grace of the Spirit which we daily need in order to be fruitful? We must draw from the Vine, Christ.</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">To whom must we look for sympathy when earthly friends fail us or die? We must look to our elder Brother, Christ. By whom must our prayers be presented, if they are to be heard on high? They must be presented by our Advocate, Christ.</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">With whom do we hope to spend the thousand years of glory, and the after eternity? With the King of kings, Christ. Surely we cannot know this Christ too well!</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Surely there is not a word, nor a deed, nor a day, nor a step, nor a thought in the record of His life, which ought not to be precious to us. We should labor to be familiar with every line that is written about Jesus.”</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">–John Charles Ryle, <em><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.wtsbooks.com/product-exec/product_id/2388/nm/Holiness:%2BIts%2BNature,%2BHindrances,%2BDifficulties,%2Band%2BRoots%2B(Paperback)_?utm_source%3Dnroark%26utm_medium%3Dblogpartners&source=gmail&ust=1465841806605000&usg=AFQjCNGCMlbn8MTebu-Oc-kOXxAKNCoY5Q" href="http://www.wtsbooks.com/product-exec/product_id/2388/nm/Holiness:+Its+Nature,+Hindrances,+Difficulties,+and+Roots+(Paperback)_?utm_source=nroark&utm_medium=blogpartners" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Holiness</span></a></em><em><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.wtsbooks.com/product-exec/product_id/2388/nm/Holiness:%2BIts%2BNature,%2BHindrances,%2BDifficulties,%2Band%2BRoots%2B(Paperback)_?utm_source%3Dnroark%26utm_medium%3Dblogpartners&source=gmail&ust=1465841806605000&usg=AFQjCNGCMlbn8MTebu-Oc-kOXxAKNCoY5Q" href="http://www.wtsbooks.com/product-exec/product_id/2388/nm/Holiness:+Its+Nature,+Hindrances,+Difficulties,+and+Roots+(Paperback)_?utm_source=nroark&utm_medium=blogpartners" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots</span></a> </em>(Moscow, Idaho: Charles Nolan, 1877/2002), 234-235.</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">[Subscribe to Erik Kowalker’s new blog, <strong><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://jcrylequotes.com/&source=gmail&ust=1465841806605000&usg=AFQjCNGSys4lXjfo75h0YOnaMhOtWi5lUw" href="http://jcrylequotes.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">J.C. 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Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-4235631968637690832023-05-08T04:33:00.005-07:002023-05-08T04:33:46.417-07:00Wealth and Poverty from God’s View by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let us never give way to the common idea that people are to be valued according to their income, and that the person who has most money is the one who ought to be the most highly esteemed.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4351480957732647891" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>There is no authority for this notion in the Bible. The general teaching of Scripture is flatly opposed to it. <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Not many wise, not many mighty, not many noble are called”</em> (<a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="1 Cor. 1.26" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/1%20Cor.%201.26" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">1 Cor. 1:26</a>). <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Let not the rich man glory in his riches. But let him that glories glory in this, that he knows and understands me”</em> (<a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Jeremiah 9.24" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Jeremiah%209.24" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jeremiah 9:24</a>). Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure. Those whom God justifies and glorifies are seldom the rich of this world. If we would measure people as God measures them, we must value them according to their grace.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.christianbook.com/expository-thoughts-on-luke-volume-2/j-c-ryle/9780851514987/pd/1514987?item_code=WW&netp_id=100685&event=ESRCN&view=details" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke volume 2</em></a> , [Carlisle, PA: <a href="http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/about/about.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Banner of Truth</a>, 1986], 212. {<a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Luke 16.19-31" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Luke%2016.19-31" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Luke 16:19-31</a>}</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja31W3_Y-yUqYXOy_SEzS1TsJB7hDq2aPDr-IZ3ZeQVSXwYEzH3P1CTD7kOHByNrXgWnjAk4_Ouu18ktO08Qta6esp8yjcCcCMKOPmm4OwihC7vkazDuvkdf1Z-MVka_lM1pKLCMTIYAaorUylrKiPydgY50pIv2JPw9M2PhLECsZmJBRxmU7k7QPm/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja31W3_Y-yUqYXOy_SEzS1TsJB7hDq2aPDr-IZ3ZeQVSXwYEzH3P1CTD7kOHByNrXgWnjAk4_Ouu18ktO08Qta6esp8yjcCcCMKOPmm4OwihC7vkazDuvkdf1Z-MVka_lM1pKLCMTIYAaorUylrKiPydgY50pIv2JPw9M2PhLECsZmJBRxmU7k7QPm/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-58873115170842149472023-05-07T02:43:00.003-07:002023-05-07T02:43:22.784-07:00The Tender Mercy of Christ by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Never, never let us curtail the freeness of the glorious Gospel, or clip its fair proportions. Never let us make the gate more straight and the way more narrow than pride and the love of sin have made it already.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5709812601126890673" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>The Lord Jesus is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">“He does not regard the <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">quantity</em> of faith, but the <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">quality</em>. He does not measure its degree, but its truth. He will not break any bruised reed, nor quench any smoking flax. He will never let it be said that any perished at the foot of the cross. ‘Him that cometh unto Me’, He says, ‘I will in no wise cast out’ (<a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="John 6.37" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/John%206.37" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">John 6:37</a>).</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.wtsbooks.com/product-exec/product_id/929/nm/Faithfulness+and+Holiness%3A+The+Witness+of+J.C.+Ryle" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Faithfulness and Holiness: The Witness of J.C. Ryle</a></em>,</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Assurance”, 210, 211.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iOO2e2l7uZxl85Yx7NseOI3vGpQKfdehotP74YnzaF4d17ytvLK-95SACrfsp72Ly0o8BOC05sFUI56jLi-KviuuvCFmgg08UV1_tzH490E0a_D-e6N5N-KBU5RE_kBDJGCoFt8LjGOk9NahKzKil6Ur-Rt0qt-_z1ZpP3YYMoFHH2FgE16zvrYl/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iOO2e2l7uZxl85Yx7NseOI3vGpQKfdehotP74YnzaF4d17ytvLK-95SACrfsp72Ly0o8BOC05sFUI56jLi-KviuuvCFmgg08UV1_tzH490E0a_D-e6N5N-KBU5RE_kBDJGCoFt8LjGOk9NahKzKil6Ur-Rt0qt-_z1ZpP3YYMoFHH2FgE16zvrYl/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled" id="jp-post-flair" style="border: none; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled" style="border: none; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="sd-content" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-4770865444388855962023-05-06T03:18:00.001-07:002023-05-06T03:18:08.986-07:00The Right Heart in Prayer by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of all the list of Christian duties there is none to which there is such abounding encouragement as prayer. It is the duty which concerns all.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7506102669405593283" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>High and low, rich and poor, learned and unlearned – all must pray. Above all, it is a duty in which everything depends on the heart and motive within. Our words may be feeble and ill-chosen, and our language broken and ungrammatical, and unworthy to be written down. But if the heart if right, it matters not. He that sits in heaven can spell out the meaning of every petition sent up in the name of Jesus, and can make him that asks know and feel that he receives.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">~ J.C. Ryle</strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Day-J-C-Ryle-Devotional/dp/1857929594" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></em></a></span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Day-J-C-Ryle-Devotional/dp/1857929594" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Day by Day with J.C. Ryl</em>e</a>, “Prayer”, [Ross-shire, UK: <a href="http://www.christianfocus.com/pages/about/-/-/n_t" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Christian Focus</a>, 2004], 226.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFG2EGlBcPJeLLCBoD_WYgOjQeff_vJJno6ZMNUVTPTF6LReA6os71SR_ilCKaMJN6INFBDrrDrB1ELWd5BCWbWXzP4uV3AE1xZNgOhA2X4mLhyL0yep6MjhBBzEzgcP0FK0ElXqLwWD1qq1RovRz0ryYVEMfhE5eaHiKO6WMvggnYhKSIPfbZcI1/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFG2EGlBcPJeLLCBoD_WYgOjQeff_vJJno6ZMNUVTPTF6LReA6os71SR_ilCKaMJN6INFBDrrDrB1ELWd5BCWbWXzP4uV3AE1xZNgOhA2X4mLhyL0yep6MjhBBzEzgcP0FK0ElXqLwWD1qq1RovRz0ryYVEMfhE5eaHiKO6WMvggnYhKSIPfbZcI1/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-13202136343623088382023-05-02T02:38:00.004-07:002023-05-02T02:38:25.795-07:007 Marks of a Right Heart Before God by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-10004701223292736" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; color: red; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1)</span> <span style="border: none; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A right heart is a NEW heart</span></strong> (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Ezekiel+36%3A26" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ezek. 36:26</a>). It is not the heart with which a person is born—but another heart put in them by the Holy Spirit.<br /><a name="more"></a>It is a heart which has new tastes, new joys, new sorrows, new desires, new hopes, new fears, new likes, new dislikes. It has new views about the soul, sin, God, Christ, salvation, the Bible, prayer, heaven, hell, the world, and holiness. It is like a farm with a new and good tenant. <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Old things are passed away. Behold all things are become new”</em> (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=2+Cor.+5%3A17" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">2 Cor. 5:17</a>).</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; color: red; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2)</span> <span style="border: none; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A right heart is a BROKEN and CONTRITE heart</span></strong> (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Psalm+51%3A17" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Psalm 51:17</a>). It is broken off from pride, self-conceit, and self-righteousness. Its former high thoughts of self are cracked, shattered, and shivered to atoms. It thinks itself guilty, unworthy, and corrupt. Its former stubbornness, heaviness, and insensibility have thawed, disappeared, and passed away. It no longer thinks lightly of offending God. It is tender, sensitive, and jealously fearful of running into sin (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=2+Kings+22%3A19" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">2 Kings 22:19</a>). It is humble, lowly, and self-abased, and sees in itself no good thing.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; color: red; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3)</span> <span style="border: none; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A right heart is a heart which BELIEVES ON CHRIST ALONE for salvation, and in which Christ dwells by faith </span></strong>(<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Rom.+10%3A10" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Rom. 10:10</a>; <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Eph.+3%3A17" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Eph. 3:17</a>). It rests all its hopes of pardon and eternal life on Christ’s atonement, Christ’s mediation, and Christ’s intercession. It is sprinkled in Christ’s blood from an evil conscience (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Heb.+10%3A22" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Heb. 10:22</a>). It turns to Christ as the compass-needle turns to the north. It looks to Christ for daily peace, mercy, and grace—as the sun-flower looks to the sun. It feeds on Christ for its daily sustenance, as Israel fed on the manna in the wilderness. It sees in Christ a special fitness to supply all its needs and requirements. It leans on Him, hangs on Him, builds on Him, cleaves to Him, as its physician, guardian, husband, and friend.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; color: red; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4)</span> <span style="border: none; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A right heart is a PURIFIED heart</span></strong> (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Acts+15%3A9" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Acts 15:9</a>; <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Matt.+5%3A8" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Matt. 5:8</a>). It loves holiness, and hates sin. It strives daily to cleanse itself from all filthiness of flesh and spirit (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=2+Cor.+7%3A1" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">2 Cor. 7:1</a>). It abhors that which is evil, and cleaves to that which is good. It delights in the law of God, and has that law engraved on it, that it may not forget it (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Psalm+119%3A11" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Psalm 119:11</a>). It longs to keep the law more perfectly, and takes pleasure in those who love the law. It loves God and people. Its affections are set on things above. It never feels so light and happy as when it is most holy; and it looks forward to heaven with joy, as the place where perfect holiness will at length be attained.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; color: red; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5)</span> <span style="border: none; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A right heart is a PRAYING heart.</span></strong> It has within it <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“the Spirit of adoption whereby we cry, Abba Father”</em> (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Rom.+8%3A15" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Rom. 8:15</a>). Its daily feeling is, <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Your face, Lord, will I seek”</em> (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Psalm+27%3A8" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Psalm 27:8</a>). It is drawn by an habitual inclination to speak to God about spiritual things—weakly, feebly, and imperfectly perhaps—but speak it must. It finds it necessary to pour out itself before God, as before a friend, and to spread before Him all its needs and desires. It tells Him all its secrets. It keeps back nothing from Him. You might as well try to persuade a person to live without breathing, as to persuade the possessor of a right heart to live without praying.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; color: red; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6)</span> <span style="border: none; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A right heart is a heart that FEELS CONFLICT within it</span></strong> (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Gal.+5%3A17" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Gal. 5:17</a>). It finds within itself two opposing principles contending for the mastery—the flesh lusting against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. It knows by experience what Paul means when he says, <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I see a law in my members warring against the law of my mind”</em> (<a href="http://www.esvbible.org/Romans%2B7%253A23/" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Rom. 7:23</a>). The wrong heart knows nothing of this strife. The strong man keeps the wrong heart as their palace, and their goods are at peace (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Luke+11%3A21" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Luke 11:21</a>). But when the rightful King takes possession of the heart, a struggle begins which never ends until death. The right heart may be known by its warfare, quite as much as by its peace.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; color: red; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7)</span> <span style="border: none; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A right heart is HONEST, UNDIVIDED and TRUE</span></strong> (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Luke+8%3A15" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Luke 8:15</a>; <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=1+Chron.+12%3A33" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">1 Chron. 12:33</a>; <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Heb.+10%3A22" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Heb. 10:22</a>). There is nothing about it of falsehood, hypocrisy, or image-acting. It is not double or divided. It really is what it professes to be, feels what it professes to feel, and believes what it professes to believe. Its faith may be feeble. Its obedience may be very imperfect. But one thing will always distinguish the right heart. Its religion will be real, genuine, thorough, and sincere.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: none; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; color: red; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">►</span></strong></span><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </strong><span style="border: none; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Summary:</strong></span></span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">A heart such as that which I have now described, has always been the possession of all true Christians of every name, nation, people and tongue. They have differed from one another on many subjects—but they have all been of a <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">right heart</em>. Some of them have fallen, for a season, like David and Peter—but their hearts have never entirely departed from the Lord. They have often proved themselves to be men and women laden with infirmities—but their hearts have been right in the sight of God. They have understood one another on earth. They have found that their experience was everywhere one and the same. They will understand each other even better in the world to come. All that have had <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">right hearts</em> upon earth, will find that they have one heart when they enter heaven.</span></div><h2 style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: oswald, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 13px 0px 20px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></span></h2><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Old-Paths-p-18006.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Old Paths</a></em>, “The Heart”, [Carlisle, PA: <a href="http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/about/about.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Banner of Truth</a>, 1999], 348-351.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgf49a4LH4XkcQr6xZilzrwqweBA-DX72mD7SoC17vrLMFY10x1pOii27ej27zbmA4zGjBFoeLiX89jIzi3IVmx4x8hDNnCpb5l_lF5hZ8nJaBCgj1AWO2df-XrKtXmD2ZvYLDcrVRVXs4QDuUHyJLOddHe90yH821u9Rewb23XWlOHTMGVAnBj6fi/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgf49a4LH4XkcQr6xZilzrwqweBA-DX72mD7SoC17vrLMFY10x1pOii27ej27zbmA4zGjBFoeLiX89jIzi3IVmx4x8hDNnCpb5l_lF5hZ8nJaBCgj1AWO2df-XrKtXmD2ZvYLDcrVRVXs4QDuUHyJLOddHe90yH821u9Rewb23XWlOHTMGVAnBj6fi/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-997853502885531352023-05-01T02:20:00.006-07:002023-05-01T02:20:54.680-07:00 When Believers Die by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;">The very moment that believers die, they are in paradise. Their battle is fought; their strife is over. They have passed through that gloomy valley which we must one day tread; they have gone over that dark river which we must one day cross. They have drunk that last bitter cup which sin has mingled for man; they have reached that place where sorrow and sighing are no more! </span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Surely, we would not wish them back again! We should not weep for them — <span style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>but for ourselves!"</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUv1DDrNa6_EdY-IseLONgbv_y3q0aofH4X6xdqXeOSYC5x8Kj9zk5PcPKEOZ1B4Fxn8Wvrgbb2mcN26NuoXgUhkf1Ud_65hAgbCafsc-2IRwZZYIseO8mB8SvPcNKxVScvFMrBTHJjYu1vU3QS5mLCgV3uWybLs7ExRuyAo9hKh8DPskA7QhtEJsz/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUv1DDrNa6_EdY-IseLONgbv_y3q0aofH4X6xdqXeOSYC5x8Kj9zk5PcPKEOZ1B4Fxn8Wvrgbb2mcN26NuoXgUhkf1Ud_65hAgbCafsc-2IRwZZYIseO8mB8SvPcNKxVScvFMrBTHJjYu1vU3QS5mLCgV3uWybLs7ExRuyAo9hKh8DPskA7QhtEJsz/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-12130140032089106502023-05-01T02:15:00.003-07:002023-05-01T02:15:24.150-07:00Desire Holiness? Start with Christ by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Would you be holy? Would you become a new creature? Then begin with Christ! You will do nothing, until you feel your sin and weakness—and flee to Him! He is the beginning of all holiness.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1379896999266780630" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>He is not only wisdom and righteousness to His people—but sanctification also. People sometimes try to make themselves holy first—and sad work they make of it! They toil, labor, and turn over many new leaves, and make many changes—and yet they feel nothing bettered, but rather worse. They run in vain and labor in vain! Little wonder, for they are beginning at the wrong end! They are building up a wall of sand; their work runs down as fast as they throw it up. They are baling water out of a leaky vessel. The leak gains on them, not they on the leak. Other foundation of holiness, can no person lay, than that which Paul laid, even Christ Jesus. Without Christ, we can do nothing.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tract: <a href="http://gracegems.org/23/Ryle_holy.htm" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">We Must Be Holy</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiY-ffSGCehuhxa-H_17130QjEzBbqcgVq05JSIohz-r8GXxv0gyxWa8u9Eopj1yMlw_hZmYbuie_0mtUH-fytkqJLE7-rEZuxQSxvGVxfcRqL1RzNuu7FRPQs1Bgg7VOy5e3-MMvnrO4t45cYqf4V8v5nInYnaMK7OtuR7F1OrhLnndkN7OVKj9B/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiY-ffSGCehuhxa-H_17130QjEzBbqcgVq05JSIohz-r8GXxv0gyxWa8u9Eopj1yMlw_hZmYbuie_0mtUH-fytkqJLE7-rEZuxQSxvGVxfcRqL1RzNuu7FRPQs1Bgg7VOy5e3-MMvnrO4t45cYqf4V8v5nInYnaMK7OtuR7F1OrhLnndkN7OVKj9B/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-31563045791206866942023-04-26T02:36:00.004-07:002023-04-26T02:36:32.858-07:00No Holy Spirit = No Christ = No Heaven by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let it be distinctly understood that the person who does not have the Spirit, does not have Christ. They who do not have Christ have no pardon of their sins—no peace with God—no title to heaven—no well-grounded hope of being saved.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-9069755448310645636" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>Their religion is like the house built on the sand. It may look well in fine weather. It may satisfy them in the time of health and prosperity. But when the flood rises, and the wind blows—when sickness and trouble come up against them, it will fall and bury them under its ruins. They live without a good hope, and without a good hope they die. They will rise again only to be miserable. They will stand in the judgment only to be condemned; they will see saints and angels looking on, and remember they might have been among them—but too late; they will see lost myriads around them, and find they cannot comfort them—but too late. This will be the end of the person who thinks that they can reach heaven without the Spirit.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tract: <a href="http://www.reformedsermonarchives.com/ryle38.htm" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Having the Spirit</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_l7P9ulfwwPEXjnX4WCxsNPdnJxtlscR7YX3-XRDGbwg2hXJPqYtBoX_9zqLtGgchgn208AJ8LUNhPrfuf_FbmYqhCZ0KkiqfVIO_xz2Kg2QmDXBYzKWtBIYEAtkFUqnAn_c5XmDqZCxN_GcOZYodpPBS8i9pB-XamLzC09ffep3tzWHPXID4uGC6/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_l7P9ulfwwPEXjnX4WCxsNPdnJxtlscR7YX3-XRDGbwg2hXJPqYtBoX_9zqLtGgchgn208AJ8LUNhPrfuf_FbmYqhCZ0KkiqfVIO_xz2Kg2QmDXBYzKWtBIYEAtkFUqnAn_c5XmDqZCxN_GcOZYodpPBS8i9pB-XamLzC09ffep3tzWHPXID4uGC6/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-3485219395482465972023-04-23T03:26:00.002-07:002023-04-23T03:26:21.579-07:00Getting Beyond A Hearer of Truth by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;">The man who hears Christian teaching, and never gets beyond hearing, is like </span><em style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“a foolish man who built his house on the sand” </em><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;">[</span><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Matthew+7%3A26" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Matt. 7:26</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;">]. He satisfies himself with listening and approving, but he goes no further.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1114863938812408640" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>He flatters himself, perhaps, that all is right with his soul, because he has feelings, convictions, and desires, of a spiritual kind. In these he rests. He never really breaks off from sin, and casts aside the spirit of the world. He never really lays hold of Christ. He never really takes up the cross. He is a hearer of truth, but nothing more.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Expository-Thoughts-on-the-Gospels-7-Volume-Set-p-18608.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew</em></a>, [Carlisle, PA: <a href="http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/about/about.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Banner of Truth</a>, 1986], 71, 72.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1z-1FiGmYPxkSIW7jGlcQCA2wUf5QEvUfVvR3aYQRx4nRQaazh62tZNastGMEW6TwaOQQF4z-20sXrQdWR7vgEP93vKoq6MjR_bswnaQp1ScdsN1gtGzIWT4fh8pm1M9psHChNBXxoDoYE1vtnC29pnSrJHo27oexXmWVEXTefE2ilYDjyU--eW5f/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1z-1FiGmYPxkSIW7jGlcQCA2wUf5QEvUfVvR3aYQRx4nRQaazh62tZNastGMEW6TwaOQQF4z-20sXrQdWR7vgEP93vKoq6MjR_bswnaQp1ScdsN1gtGzIWT4fh8pm1M9psHChNBXxoDoYE1vtnC29pnSrJHo27oexXmWVEXTefE2ilYDjyU--eW5f/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-24336578455587151802023-04-22T03:39:00.001-07:002023-04-22T03:39:11.689-07:00Are You a Noble-Minded Berean? By J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The state of mind we should always desire to possess is that of the noble-minded Bereans.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8466684298082839317" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>When they first heard the Apostle Paul preach, they listened with attention. They received the Word <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“with all readiness of mind.”</em> They <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“searched the Scriptures,” </em>and compared what they heard with God’s Word. <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“And therefore,”</em> we are told,<em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “many of them believed.”</em> Happy are those who go and do likewise! (<a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Acts 17.11" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Acts%2017.11" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Acts 17:11</a>, <a class="lbsBibleRef" data-reference="Acts 17.12" data-version="esv" href="http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Acts%2017.12" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">12</a>.)</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Expository-Thoughts-on-the-Gospels-7-Volume-Set-p-18608.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John, volume 2</em></a>, [Carlisle, PA: <a href="http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/about/about.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Banner of Truth</a>, 1987], 169.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgfIoEZy0n5y0_EjMhNkv0S6hqreex_VX1wFR2Z63WsFXJyjkqQ4bra3dUewbmD7J4YEGCQIbmBYG_98VqL3OLIVNg2gkSMMtV6dqaw90K50LxQ2vykhG-NusgLVC0buwj37ItCMNXqoHHVYrhnRb4qwQSjhaOzIgTwh2CZ44WKeNvqAB_92NKO8L/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgfIoEZy0n5y0_EjMhNkv0S6hqreex_VX1wFR2Z63WsFXJyjkqQ4bra3dUewbmD7J4YEGCQIbmBYG_98VqL3OLIVNg2gkSMMtV6dqaw90K50LxQ2vykhG-NusgLVC0buwj37ItCMNXqoHHVYrhnRb4qwQSjhaOzIgTwh2CZ44WKeNvqAB_92NKO8L/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-42909663122949974142023-04-21T03:42:00.001-07:002023-04-21T03:42:10.284-07:00The Finished Work of Christ by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;">We rest our souls on a ‘</span><a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=John+19%3A28-30" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">finished work</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;">,’ if we rest them on the work of Jesus Christ the Lord.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3253574127441661497" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>We need not fear that either sin, or Satan, or law shall condemn us at the last day. We may lean back on the thought, that we have a Savior who has done all, paid all, accomplished all, performed all that is necessary for our salvation.”</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Expository-Thoughts-on-the-Gospels-7-Volume-Set-p-18608.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John, volume 3</em></a>, [Carlisle, PA: <a href="http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/about/about.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Banner of Truth</a>, 1987], 355.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE931DD-4QSy25jS3SxBD1OpnlosOcwallW7u02M2Fdpda3apLD2bzk7z52fOI3UdIKcy_zDbDS6n8ThGYxP6d3EX4hrdnrvFmJn29oDNFb1CWYEHnAQeCMhLajQQ_6GX7BhDjhS4wRRmY0P9apO0mqWsGJcwboZSIyadpQLUs15ebpEY8L3SPzEqE/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE931DD-4QSy25jS3SxBD1OpnlosOcwallW7u02M2Fdpda3apLD2bzk7z52fOI3UdIKcy_zDbDS6n8ThGYxP6d3EX4hrdnrvFmJn29oDNFb1CWYEHnAQeCMhLajQQ_6GX7BhDjhS4wRRmY0P9apO0mqWsGJcwboZSIyadpQLUs15ebpEY8L3SPzEqE/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-66915901720866816562023-04-20T03:39:00.004-07:002023-04-20T03:39:25.115-07:00It Is Well With My Soul by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A saved soul has many sorrows. He has a body like other men – weak and frail. He has a heart like other men – and often a more sensitive one too.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4435366740579365290" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>He has trials and losses to bear like others – and often more. He has his share of bereavements, deaths, disappointments, crosses. He has the world to oppose, a place in life to fill blamelessly, unconverted relatives to bear with patiently, persecutions to endure and a death to die. And who is sufficient for these things? What shall enable a believer to bear all this? Nothing but “the consolation there is in Christ.” (<a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Philippians+2%3A1" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Phil. 2:1</a>)</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Race-Other-Sermons-Vol-3/dp/0967760380" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Christian Race & Other Sermons</em></a>, “Christ is All”, [Moscow, ID: <a href="http://www.charlesnolanpublishers.com/Welcome.htm" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Charles Nolan Publishing</a>, 2002], 380.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_drcl8F_9UlPrLmVEMmgQHwBONWk17gkpzUJUeo5wRu3_8zAh2lttOwd5FCF-FcyqV_RkNl5Wdeq5akdlFR7hPiEZsUS64ENK3RADUPkljj8zVQ02HrvRHfdNz80z5zrrBv2rm_mk2hSoH0B07vCs4cgOK4dmzeNZeb0gA1gfgYPSYqxd_qwgCJfA/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_drcl8F_9UlPrLmVEMmgQHwBONWk17gkpzUJUeo5wRu3_8zAh2lttOwd5FCF-FcyqV_RkNl5Wdeq5akdlFR7hPiEZsUS64ENK3RADUPkljj8zVQ02HrvRHfdNz80z5zrrBv2rm_mk2hSoH0B07vCs4cgOK4dmzeNZeb0gA1gfgYPSYqxd_qwgCJfA/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-12873144681994798622023-04-19T04:19:00.001-07:002023-04-19T04:19:08.341-07:00You HAVE a Bible But Do You READ It? By J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is more Bible buying, Bible selling, Bible printing and Bible distributing than ever before in our nation.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6042383232825835180" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>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.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Practical-Religion-p-17111.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Practical Religion</a></em>, “Bible Reading”, [Carlisle, PA: <a href="http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/about/about.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Banner of Truth</a>, 1998], 98.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtGjggqfSZkvzhOl2OFrb6BdQPOqUW3dgnn6qehNJD44cunn3ogHoyaBm3Kaqj-YXb7v9HNoelYjizfAGKQqQn31XonVBuF0Lrv1PX0Odj4Zdhjb_Sv25zVdLd1P7y8eVOUTcJrY32uJshADGCuOswy3Qx0PDwU0ePJ9ISSZfM5YoSXJpnNCErTkZ/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtGjggqfSZkvzhOl2OFrb6BdQPOqUW3dgnn6qehNJD44cunn3ogHoyaBm3Kaqj-YXb7v9HNoelYjizfAGKQqQn31XonVBuF0Lrv1PX0Odj4Zdhjb_Sv25zVdLd1P7y8eVOUTcJrY32uJshADGCuOswy3Qx0PDwU0ePJ9ISSZfM5YoSXJpnNCErTkZ/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-21103132597943034452023-04-18T04:23:00.004-07:002023-04-18T04:23:28.109-07:00Influenced By the Holy Spirit by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Be filled with the Spirit. Seek to be more and more under His blessed influence. Strive to have every thought, word, action, and habit brought under the obedience to the leading of the Holy Ghost.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7797662481224857291" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>Grieve Him not by inconsistencies and conformity to the world. Quench Him not by trifling with little infirmities and small besetting sins. Seek rather to have Him ruling and reigning more completely over you every week that you live.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Old-Paths-p-18006.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Old Paths</a></em>, “The Holy Ghost”, 289.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjivAzqYLQYUXDNxs4s_fF3XmE8QDliO_Rccz1fGiE2E83q_WVgfxbZ0ntg9jzhLDfvlm-MJ3J7qJPP9dDs95D1gPcR4rYZTmv40qPmUmwdJpDu7xJCZLz-yo9d6t9aKW_xQgO4ogVlJv5bscZcgwZbcSkoeKGVLW7iiCT_JABej3dm0Ehe3mskXyFB/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjivAzqYLQYUXDNxs4s_fF3XmE8QDliO_Rccz1fGiE2E83q_WVgfxbZ0ntg9jzhLDfvlm-MJ3J7qJPP9dDs95D1gPcR4rYZTmv40qPmUmwdJpDu7xJCZLz-yo9d6t9aKW_xQgO4ogVlJv5bscZcgwZbcSkoeKGVLW7iiCT_JABej3dm0Ehe3mskXyFB/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled" id="jp-post-flair" style="border: none; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled" style="border: none; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="sd-content" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-17108113481157787302023-04-17T03:36:00.005-07:002023-04-17T03:36:56.810-07:00Having Perspective in Light of Eternity by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #444444; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">O Christian, what is our light affliction when compared to eternity? Shame on us if we murmur and complain and turn back – with heaven before our eyes!</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4493891495484705082" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a><span style="color: #444444;">What can this vain and passing world give us better than this? This is the city of our God Himself, when He will dwell among us Himself. The glory of God shall enlighten it, and the Lamb is the light there. Truly we may say, as <a href="http://www.esvbible.org/2+Samuel+9/" style="border: none; color: #d52a33; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Mephibosheth did to David</a>, <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Let the world take all, since our Lord will come in peace.”</em> Such is the Bible heaven, there is none other; these sayings are faithful and true, not any of them shall fail. Surely, it is worth a little pain, a little laboring, a little toil, if only we may have the lowest place in the kingdom of God.</span></span></div><div style="border: none; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></span></strong></div><div style="border: none; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tract: <a href="http://www.reformedsermonarchives.com/ryle6.htm" style="border: none; color: #d52a33; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Heaven</a></span></span></div><div style="border: none; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEr2INJ87g39aZ3s9qUUOgKGltjr-eLxuqmMZtkGa6nNx_w0GB0nsJrvlQ0ddttAVfKKIlJVYVyx-mSGFLNHvZFmvMgg9QP5ztjag7Y42ivzVUx4CpeUREYsQoGXeS75Vq1kliYDvEUjUv51I1KGkap3mpHOjDokYlE1-I6SgI6fA8HN8bOC70uM5E/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEr2INJ87g39aZ3s9qUUOgKGltjr-eLxuqmMZtkGa6nNx_w0GB0nsJrvlQ0ddttAVfKKIlJVYVyx-mSGFLNHvZFmvMgg9QP5ztjag7Y42ivzVUx4CpeUREYsQoGXeS75Vq1kliYDvEUjUv51I1KGkap3mpHOjDokYlE1-I6SgI6fA8HN8bOC70uM5E/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-14383484156597050312023-04-15T05:07:00.004-07:002023-04-15T05:07:35.933-07:00The Habit of Private Prayer by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others?</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7102817958257743568" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray<em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> little</em>, and those who are eminently holy pray <em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">much</em>.”</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">~ J.C. Ryle</strong><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></em></span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Call-to-Prayer-p-17025.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Call to Prayer</em></a>, [Carlisle, PA: <a href="http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/about/about.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Banner of Truth</a>, 2002], 15.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1hSf1Pf-qeYmSG5FPnWpBqF0y-0nfEY0c17fWojK_9Y3qRz14Lyz-eCz8-H6dVGxkP87MVFw7ieQuAjXJdqqKSwddNH6DEk3u_g0hPmT-N9_9yU1GxPQirVKmIHjIrnj-Syl2FmsKghEiTALFe2ErTDopBGGv0MJPxgVfcukuMGznLix0YetFtvt/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1hSf1Pf-qeYmSG5FPnWpBqF0y-0nfEY0c17fWojK_9Y3qRz14Lyz-eCz8-H6dVGxkP87MVFw7ieQuAjXJdqqKSwddNH6DEk3u_g0hPmT-N9_9yU1GxPQirVKmIHjIrnj-Syl2FmsKghEiTALFe2ErTDopBGGv0MJPxgVfcukuMGznLix0YetFtvt/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-66792386981910504352023-04-14T03:11:00.006-07:002023-04-14T03:11:55.769-07:00No More Sorrow In Heaven by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blessed be God! There shall be no sorrow in heaven. There shall not be one single tear shed within the courts above. There shall be no more disease and weakness and decay.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5524915743459227298" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>The coffin, and the funeral, and the grave shall be things unknown. Our faces shall no more be pale and sad. No more shall we go out from the company of those we love and be parted asunder–that word, ‘farewell’, shall never be heard again. There shall be no anxious thought about tomorrow to mar and spoil our enjoyment. There shall be no sharp and cutting words to wound our souls. Our needs will have come to a perpetual end, and all around us shall be harmony and love.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Heading-for-Heaven-p-18996.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Heading for Heaven</em></a> [Darlington, England: <a href="http://www.epbooks.us/index.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Evangelical Press</a>, 1987], 119, 120.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7cBwKgFnajzKpxkAbrjdRT7qfuXjsvAAovzUckrgqNQmDFNuCANHf3tayH3iskcu72iZ16U1ncxSaWxodoCsVQ0ZXZasXDWGm0o-_qVBYZTh7rfnccKHZSv6AUM_tOWdvMvFtCHw6br3qImJKa3W0CniCenJefTRxyHMrou_ZhftoJYah81DDiyJ/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7cBwKgFnajzKpxkAbrjdRT7qfuXjsvAAovzUckrgqNQmDFNuCANHf3tayH3iskcu72iZ16U1ncxSaWxodoCsVQ0ZXZasXDWGm0o-_qVBYZTh7rfnccKHZSv6AUM_tOWdvMvFtCHw6br3qImJKa3W0CniCenJefTRxyHMrou_ZhftoJYah81DDiyJ/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled" id="jp-post-flair" style="border: none; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0.5em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled" style="border: none; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="sd-content" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-size: 13px;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"></div>The J.C. Ryle Archive http://www.blogger.com/profile/07361943209953371102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7735004713246560522.post-19836171422277729672023-04-13T02:33:00.001-07:002023-04-13T02:33:12.127-07:00Anchored In Christ’s Hands by J.C. Ryle<p><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I want you to know the length and breadth of your portion in Christ. I want you to understand the full amount of the treasure to which faith in Jesus entitles you. You have found out that you are a great sinner.</span></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8630247680540930225" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 656px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a name="more"></a>Thank God for that. You have fled to Christ for pardon and peace with God. Thank God for that. You have committed yourself to Jesus for time and eternity – you have no hope but in Christ’s blood, Christ’s righteousness, Christ’s mediation, Christ’s daily all-persevering intercession. Thank God for that. Your heart’s desire and prayer is to be holy in all manner of conversation. Thank God for that. But oh, lay hold upon the glorious truth – that believing on Jesus you shall never perish, you shall never be cast away, you shall never fall away! It is written for you as well as for the apostles, <a href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=John+10%3A28" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“My sheep shall never perish.”</em></a></span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">~ J.C. Ryle</span></strong></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Practical-Religion-p-17111.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Practical Religion</a></em>, “Perseverance”, [Carlisle, PA: <a href="http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/about/about.html" style="border: none; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Banner of Truth</a>, 1998], 516.</span></div><div style="border: none; color: #666666; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKmolv9oHX2NPLrez1oIlHe-rjIup105vyXgBWi_1UfDqb-fRiUBfLXhQs9vKauIfCCCTF-cfeCswxUzijEjQ-NkVlzuZL6c299C60miYDdsNdo8q4hGSN0KmYZc6SmhP6bUkS0o8KRPrx2QGbl9FXIUYAaBc_Uni56HkzKRuhQtikyE0zyYdVzP9/s320/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKmolv9oHX2NPLrez1oIlHe-rjIup105vyXgBWi_1UfDqb-fRiUBfLXhQs9vKauIfCCCTF-cfeCswxUzijEjQ-NkVlzuZL6c299C60miYDdsNdo8q4hGSN0KmYZc6SmhP6bUkS0o8KRPrx2QGbl9FXIUYAaBc_Uni56HkzKRuhQtikyE0zyYdVzP9/s1600/Ryle%20Main%20Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The J.C. 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