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Quotes About Belief

If there is anything which a man ought to do thoroughly, authentically, truly, honestly, and with all of his heart, it is the business of his soul. If there is any work which he ought never to slight, and do in a careless fashion, it is the great work of "working out his own salvation" (Philippians 2:12). Believer in Christ, remember this! Whatever you do in religion, do it well. Be authentic. Be thorough. Be honest. Be true.
~ J.C. Ryle
Cristo jamais será o Salvador daqueles que não sabem o que é seguir o seu exemplo. A fé salvadora e a graça real da conversão sempre produzirão alguma conformidade com a imagem de Jesus (Cl 3.10).
~ J.C. Ryle
The mere belief of the facts and doctrines of Christianity will never save our souls. Such belief is no better than the belief of devils. They all believe and know that Jesus is the Christ. They believe that He will one day judge the world and cast them down to endless torment in hell. It is a solemn and sorrowful thought that on these points some professing Christians have even less faith than the devil.
~ J.C. Ryle
Cristo es la fuente principal, tanto del cristianismo doctrinal como del práctico.
~ J.C. Ryle
Justifying faith is a grace that does not work, but simply trusts, rests, and leans on Christ (Romans 4:5). Sanctifying faith is a grace of which the very life is action. It works by charity (Galatians 5:6), and like a driving force, it moves the whole inward man.
~ J.C. Ryle
En resumen, donde no hay una santificación de la vida, no hay una fe verdadera en Cristo.
~ J.C. Ryle
Estas cuatro palabras son la esencia y la sustancia del cristianismo. Si nuestro corazón realmente puede estar de acuerdo con ellas, le hará bien a nuestra alma. Si no, seguramente, todavía tenemos mucho que aprender. Voy
~ J.C. Ryle
muerte de Jesús o Jesús reinando, es el pensamiento trascendente que siempre encontraremos en sus mentes.
~ J.C. Ryle
No man can die unless Jesus opens the mystic door of death.
~ J.C. Ryle
We are frequently told by the apostle Paul that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law (Romans 3:28), but not once are we told that we are "sanctified by faith without the deeds of the law." On the contrary, we are expressly told by James that the faith by which we are visibly and demonstratively justified before man is a faith which if it does not have works, is dead in and of itself (James 2:17).
~ J.C. Ryle
Christ has suffered for sin, the just for the unjust. God can now be just, and yet the justifier of the ungodly. It tells us that there is now a complete remedy for the guilt of sin, even the precious blood of Christ; and peace, and rest of conscience for all who believe on Christ, "Whosoever believeth on Him shall not perish, but have eternal life".
~ J.C. Ryle
There is no greater mistake than to suppose that a Christian has nothing to do with the law and the Ten Commandments because he cannot be justified by keeping them. The same Holy Spirit who convinces the believer of sin by the law and leads him to Christ for justification will always lead him to a spiritual use of the law, as a friendly guide in the pursuit of sanctification.
~ J.C. Ryle
A believer may as soon expect to feel the sun's rays upon a dark and cloudy day, as to feel strong consolation in Christ while he does not follow Him fully.
~ J.C. Ryle
In justification, the word to be addressed to us is "believe" – only believe; in sanctification, we must "watch, pray, and fight." What God has divided, let us not mingle and confuse.
~ J.C. Ryle
Look to your foundation, if you would know whether or not you are a member of the one true Church.
~ J.C. Ryle
It is thoroughly Scriptural and right to say "faith alone justifies." But it is not equally Scriptural and right so say "faith alone sanctifies.
~ J.C. Ryle
Do we ourselves repent? This, after all, is the question which most nearly concerns us. Have we been convinced of sin by the Holy Spirit? Have we fled to Jesus for deliverance from the wrath to come? Do we know anything of a broken and contrite heart, and a thorough hatred of sin? Can we say, "I repent," as well as "I believe?" If not, let us not delude our minds with the idea that our sins are yet forgiven. It is written, "Except you repent, you shall all likewise perish." (Luke 13:3.)
~ J.C. Ryle
Saving faith and real converting grace will always produce some conformity to the image of Jesus.
~ J.C. Ryle
Surely none are so crazy as those who are content to live unprepared to die. Surely the unbelief of men is the most amazing thing in the world.
~ J.C. Ryle
men try to cheat themselves into the belief that sin is not quite so sinful as God says it is, and that they are not so bad as they really are.
~ J.C. Ryle
it wise to proclaim in so bald, naked, and unqualified a way as many do, that the holiness of converted people is by faith only, and not at all by personal exertion? Is it according to the proportion of God's Word? I doubt it. That
~ J.C. Ryle
We must ask them to lay their hands on their hearts and tell us whether their favorite opinions comfort them in the day of sickness, in the hour of death, by the bedside of dying parents, by the grave of a beloved wife or child. We
~ J.C. Ryle
La verdad lisa y llana es que el conocimiento correcto del pecado es la raíz de todo el cristianismo salvador.
~ J.C. Ryle
We cannot do better than follow His plan.
~ J.C. Ryle