J. C. Ryle Quotes

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.

In those moments when I'm obsessively counting my sins against me, it is good news to remember that God has counted my sins against Christ.

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree.

We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.

God will forgive me; that's his business.

I was brought up a Catholic, so I take no pleasure in guilt.

Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.

Lord Jesus, we come just as we are; this is how we came at first, and this is how we come still, with all our failures, with all our transgressions, with all and everything that is what it ought not to be, we come to Thee.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.

And for yourself, whatever there has been either of sin or duty, remember the one and forget the other, and betake yourself wholly to the mercy of God and the merit of Christ.

The existing governments of the world are the consequence of disobedience to the commands of God. But Christ came to bring men back to obedience by a new and living way.

The only way to really cure what's on the inside is understanding that Jesus Christ died for our sins.

We all sin. We all can change. We all can be reborn in Christ.

I live my life and make mistakes and sin every single day... but that's what grace is for.

I know I'm a sinner.

Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he did meet skeptics he could not convince and sinners he could not convert. Forgiveness of sins requires an act of will on the receiver's part, and some who heard Jesus' strongest words about grace and forgiveness turned away unrepentant.

Sometimes we are saddened by the weight of our sins. May we not be discouraged. Christ has come to lift this burden and give us peace.

Jesus Christ never died for our good works. They were not worth dying for. But he gave himself for our sins, according to the Scriptures.

It was Christ who willingly went to the cross, and it was our sins that took him there.

Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.