 Christ is never fully valued, until sin is clearly seen. We must know the depth and malignity of our disease, in order to appreciate the great Physician. Author: J.C. Ryle
Source: The Gospel of Luke, 1858. |
| How can we love sin, when we remember that because of our sins Jesus died? Author: J.C. Ryle
Source: The Cross: A Call to the Fundamentals of Religion. |
| Let us, then, have it fixed down in our minds that the sinfulness of man does not begin from without, but from within. It is not the result of bad training in early years. It is not picked up from bad companions and bad examples, as some weak Christians are too fond of saying. No! It is a family disease, which we all inherit from our first parents, Adam and Eve, and with which we are born. Author: J.C. Ryle |
| Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven. Author: J.C. Ryle |
| Sin must indeed be exceeding sinful, when the Father must needs give His only Son to be the sinner's Friend! Author: J.C. Ryle
Source: Foundations of Faith. |
| What would you expect? Sin will not come to you, saying, "I am sin." It would do little harm if it did. Sin always seems "good, and pleasant, and desirable," at the time of commission. Author: J.C. Ryle
Source: Thoughts for Young Men. |
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| He came to deliver us from our sinful dispositions, and create in us pure hearts, and when we have Him with us it will not be hard for us. Then the service of Christ will be delightful. Author: D.L. Moody |
| If God put Adam out of this earthly Eden on account of one sin, do you think He will let us into the Paradise above with our tens of thousands sins upon us. Author: D.L. Moody |
| The only charge they could bring against Christ down here was, that He was receiving bad men. They are the very kind of men He is willing to receive. Author: D.L. Moody |
| There is no sin in the whole catalogue of sins you can name but Christ will deliver you from it perfectly. Author: D.L. Moody |
| You say "I am afraid I cannot hold out.' Well, Christ will hold out for you. There is no mountain that He will not climb with you if you will; He will deliver you from your besetting sin. Author: D.L. Moody |
| If a man find the power of sin furiously at work within him, dragging his whole life downward to destruction, there is only one way to escape his fate--to take resolute hold of the upward power, and be borne by it to the opposite goal. Author: Henry Drummond
Source: Natural Law, Degeneration, p. 108. |
