J. C. Ryle Quotes About Savior
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A crucified Savior will never be content to have a self-pleasing, self-indulging, worldly-minded people.
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The children of God all have a cross to bear. A suffering Savior generally has suffering disciples.
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The best of men are only men at their very best. Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, - martyrs, fathers, reformers, puritans, - all are sinners, who need a Savior: holy, useful, honorable in their place - but sinners after all.
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The true Christian regards all Christ's friends as his friends, members of the same body, children of the same family, soldiers in the same army, travelers to the same home. When he meets them, he feels as if he had long known them. He is more at home with them in a few minutes, than he is with many worldly people after an acquaintance of several years. And what is the secret of all this? It is simply affection to the same Savior and love to the same Lord.
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If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange thing, if we have to endure sicknesses, losses, bereavements, and disappointments, just like other men. Free pardon and full forgiveness, grace along the way, and glory at the endall this our Savior has promised to give. But He has never promised that we shall have no afflictions.
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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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A zealous Savior ought to have zealous disciples.
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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