J. C. Ryle Quotes

Christianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness. It therefore has nothing (as far as I know) to say to people who do not know they have done anything to repent of and who do not feel that they need forgiveness.

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.

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

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

God-fearing people, once they're saved from their sins, they don't mind talking about it.

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.

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.

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

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

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

God cannot forgive a sinner who does not acknowledge his sin.

I know I'm a sinner.

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

The sinner is at the heart of Christianity. No one is as competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. No one, except a saint.

The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.

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.

Only we big sinners have this grace of knowing what salvation really means.

If anyone feels his sins, let him come at once, straight, direct, not merely to church, or to the sacrament, or to repentance, or to prayer, but to Christ Himself.

The more clearly we see sins horror, the more we shall treasure the cross.

Jesus came to save us from our own sins.

The preaching of grace can only be protected by the preaching of repentance.

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