Category: J.C. Ryle
Are You Acquainted With the Throne of Grace?
Do you pray, dear reader? Or is prayer to you a harsh taskmaster that you labor with all your might to avoid? I know it was once for me. Prior to conversion whatever attempts at prayer I had were prayers that are empty of desire, of longing, of love to God. But when God saves a man it is not the case anymore. And here I ask, is it so with you? Do you pray to ...
Are You Acquainted With the Throne of Grace?
Do you pray, dear reader? Or is prayer to you a harsh taskmaster that you labor with all your might to avoid? I know it was once for me. Prior to conversion whatever attempts at prayer I had were prayers that are empty of desire, of longing, of love to God. But when God saves a man it is not the case anymore. And here I ask, is it so with you? Do you pray to ...
Do You Pray?
Dear reader, do you pray? It is one thing for a person to say their prayer, but it is altogether another thing to pray. Do you know what it means to commune with God? To abase all of self before the foot of the Throne of grace? Oh, we speak much of "men of prayer" but we see little of "men made by prayer"! If you do not pray, dear reader, I plead with you ...
Do You Pray?
Dear reader, do you pray? It is one thing for a person to say their prayer, but it is altogether another thing to pray. Do you know what it means to commune with God? To abase all of self before the foot of the Throne of grace? Oh, we speak much of "men of prayer" but we see little of "men made by prayer"! If you do not pray, dear reader, I plead with you ...
Though a Man is Sincere Should We Ignore His Sins?
...If zeal is true, it will be joined to a deep humility. A truly zealous man will be the last to discover the greatness of his own attainments. All that he is and does will fall immensely short of his own desires, that he will be filled with a sense of his own weakness and be ...
Though a Man is Sincere Should We Ignore His Sins?
...If zeal is true, it will be joined to a deep humility. A truly zealous man will be the last to discover the greatness of his own attainments. All that he is and does will fall immensely short of his own desires, that he will be filled with a sense of his own weakness and be ...
True Zeal Even Against Evil and Error Loves!
...If zeal is true, it will be a zeal tempered with love. It will not be a bitter zeal. It will not be a fierce hatred of people. It will not be a zeal that is ready to take up the sword and to lash out with the weapons of the world. The weapons of true ...
True Zeal Even Against Evil and Error Loves!
...If zeal is true, it will be a zeal tempered with love. It will not be a bitter zeal. It will not be a fierce hatred of people. It will not be a zeal that is ready to take up the sword and to lash out with the weapons of the world. The weapons of true ...
Is Your Zeal About Things According to God’s Mind?
If zeal is true it will be a zeal about things according to God’s mind, and sanctioned by clear examples in God’s Word. Take, for example, that highest and best kind of zeal-I mean zeal for our own growth in personal holiness. Such zeal will make a man continually feel that sin is the mightiest of all evils, and conformity to Christ the greatest of all blessings. It will make him feel that ...
Is Your Zeal About Things According to God’s Mind?
If zeal is true it will be a zeal about things according to God’s mind, and sanctioned by clear examples in God’s Word. Take, for example, that highest and best kind of zeal-I mean zeal for our own growth in personal holiness. Such zeal will make a man continually feel that sin is the mightiest of all evils, and conformity to Christ the greatest of all blessings. It will make him feel that ...
Is Your Zeal Man Centered or God Centered?
When is a man truly zealous in Christianity? If zeal is true, it will be a zeal according to knowledge. It must not be a blind, ignorant zeal. It must be a calm, reasonable, intelligent principle, which can show the warrant of Scripture for every step it takes. The unconverted Jews had zeal. Paul says, ...
Is Your Zeal Man Centered or God Centered?
When is a man truly zealous in Christianity? If zeal is true, it will be a zeal according to knowledge. It must not be a blind, ignorant zeal. It must be a calm, reasonable, intelligent principle, which can show the warrant of Scripture for every step it takes. The unconverted Jews had zeal. Paul says, ...
A Christian Should Not be Anything but Zealous!
Zeal in Christianity is a burning desire to please God, to do His will, and to advance His glory in the world in every possible way. It is a desire, which is not natural to men or women. It is a desire which the Spirit puts in the heart of every believer when they are ...
A Christian Should Not be Anything but Zealous!
Zeal in Christianity is a burning desire to please God, to do His will, and to advance His glory in the world in every possible way. It is a desire, which is not natural to men or women. It is a desire which the Spirit puts in the heart of every believer when they are ...
How We May Spoil the Gospel.
You may spoil the Gospel by substitution. You have only to withdraw from the eyes of the sinner the grand object which the Bible proposes to faith,—Jesus Christ; and to substitute another object in His place,—the Church, the Ministry, the Confessional, Baptism, or the Lord’s Supper, and the mischief is done. Substitute anything for Christ, and the Gospel is totally spoiled! . . . You may spoil the Gospel by addition. You have only to add ...
How We May Spoil the Gospel.
You may spoil the Gospel by substitution. You have only to withdraw from the eyes of the sinner the grand object which the Bible proposes to faith,—Jesus Christ; and to substitute another object in His place,—the Church, the Ministry, the Confessional, Baptism, or the Lord’s Supper, and the mischief is done. Substitute anything for Christ, and the Gospel is totally spoiled! . . . You may spoil the Gospel by addition. You have only to add ...
Murmuring, Dissatisfaction, Discontent.
"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with such things as you have, because God has said--Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5) These words are very simple. A little child might easily understand them. They contain no high doctrine; they involve no deep metaphysical question; and yet, as simple as they are--the duty which these words enjoin on us, is of highest practical importance to ...
Murmuring, Dissatisfaction, Discontent.
"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with such things as you have, because God has said--Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5) These words are very simple. A little child might easily understand them. They contain no high doctrine; they involve no deep metaphysical question; and yet, as simple as they are--the duty which these words enjoin on us, is of highest practical importance to ...