Quotes from J.C. Ryle

Feliz es aquel creyente que lo comprende y, mientras se regocija en Cristo Jesús, no confía para nada en la carne y, por lo tanto, dice: "Gracias a Dios que nos da la victoria" (1 Co. 15:57); nunca se olvida de estar en guardia y orando para no caer en tentación!

la elección de la salvación del hombre es la obra especial de Dios, el Padre, que la expiación, mediación e intercesión, son la obra especial de Dios, el Hijo y que la santificación es la obra especial de Dios, el Espíritu Santo.

Would you be holy? Would you become a new creature? Then you must begin with Christ. You will do nothing at all and make no progress till you feel your sin and weakness, and flee to Him. He is the root and beginning of all holiness, and the way to be holy is to come to Him by faith and be joined to Him.

the very least, speak with God in the morning, before you speak with the world: and speak with God at night, after you have done with the world. But settle it in your minds, that prayer is one of the great things of every day. Do not drive it into a corner. Do not give it the scraps and parings of your duty. Whatever else you make a business of, make a business of prayer.

That sin will never stand firm which is heartily prayed against....We must spread out all our case before our heavenly Physician, if He is to give us daily relief.

believe there is far more harm done by unholy and inconsistent Christians than we are aware of. Such people are among Satan's best allies. They pull down by their lives what pastors build with their sermons. They cause the chariot wheels of the gospel to drive heavily. They supply the children of this world with a never-ending excuse for remaining as they are.

Out of Christ, God is a consuming fire. In Christ, He is a reconciled Father. Without Christ, the strictest moralist may well tremble, as he looks forward to his end. Through Christ, the chief of sinners may approach God with confidence, and feel perfect peace.

The cross is the grand peculiarity of the Christian religion. Other religions have laws and moral precepts, forms and ceremonies, rewards and punishments. But other religions cannot tell us of a dying Savior. They cannot show us the cross. This is the crown and glory of the gospel. This is that special comfort that belongs to it alone.

Vivir la vida de una fe cotidiana en el Hijo de Dios y tomar de su plenitud cada día, la gracia y las fuerzas prometidas que tiene reservadas para su pueblo, es el gran secreto de la santificación progresiva.

La santidad verdadera no consiste meramente en creer y sentir, sino en hacer y sobrellevar.

se você quiser atingir a simplicidade na pregação, cuide em ter uma visão clara do assunto sobre o qual você irá pregar.

A believer may as soon expect to feel the sun's rays on a dark and cloudy day as to feel strong consolation in Christ while he does not follow Him fully.

The most miserable creature on earth is the man who has nothing to do. Work for the hands or work for the mind is absolutely essential to human happiness.

Pero todavía no he visto que haya algún pasaje en las Escrituras que enseñe que puede lograrse una perfección literal, una liberación completa y absoluta del pecado, ni en los pensamientos, ni palabras ni hechos, ni tampoco que ningún hijo de Adán lo haya logrado en este mundo.

Free speech, free laws, political freedom, commercial freedom, national freedom – all these cannot smooth down a dying pillow, or disarm death of his sting, or fill our consciences with peace. Nothing can do that but the freedom which Christ alone bestows. He gives it freely to all who seek it humbly. Then let us never rest until it is our own.

I can find that nobody will be saved by his prayers, but I cannot find that without prayer anybody will be saved.

To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven. It is to be on the road to hell. Now can you wonder that I ask the question, Do you pray?

This old world will soon break into pieces! Don't you hear the tremblings of it?