Tag: J.C. Ryle

Christ dying for our sins, and rising again for our justification, must be our only plea, if we wish to be saved.

July 10, 2025

J.C. Ryle on the Transfiguration account in Luke 9, in our reading plan for today: …this passage shows us that the Old Testament saints in glory take a deep interest in Christ’s atoning death. We are told that when Moses and Elijah appeared in glory with our Lord on the Mount of Transfiguration, they “talked with Him.” … More Christ dying for our sins, and rising again for our justification, must be our only plea, if we wish to be saved.

Wanted: Those who will cleave to Christ when the many are against Him

July 9, 2025

In Luke 9:20, part of our reading plan today, “Then he said to them,“But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.” J.C. Ryle: We should pray frequently that God would raise up more Christians of the stamp of the apostle Peter. Erring, and unstable, and ignorant of his own … More Wanted: Those who will cleave to Christ when the many are against Him

Forgiven much = love much

July 3, 2025

J.C.Ryle comments on Luke 7:36-50, our passage today: a sense of having our sins forgiven is the mainspring and life-blood of love to Christ. This, beyond doubt, was the lesson which our Lord wished Simon the Pharisee to learn, when He told him the story of the two debtors. “One owed his creditor five hundred pence, … More Forgiven much = love much

Ryle: Wherever Christ is best known and obeyed, there will always be found most real joy and peace.

June 22, 2025

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. —Luke 6:36-37 J. C. Ryle, in commentary of Luke … More Ryle: Wherever Christ is best known and obeyed, there will always be found most real joy and peace.

Ryle: Do a thing boldly, unflinchingly, and decidedly, when Jesus says, “do it.”

June 15, 2025

And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number … More Ryle: Do a thing boldly, unflinchingly, and decidedly, when Jesus says, “do it.”