Knots Untied: Being Plain Statements on Disputed Points in Religion from the Standpoint of an Evangelical Churchman
You may spoil the Gospel by substitution. You have only to withdraw from the eyes of the sinner the...
Raised in a nominal Christian home, John Charles Ryle (1816-1900) was of the distinct opinion that Christianity must be one of the most disagreeable occupations on earth -- or in heaven. One day in 1837 he happed into a church where, hearing Scripture read out loud, he was transformed. One verse, and the emphasis made in between each clause, gripped him. "By grace are ye saved ... through faith ... and that not of yourselves ... it is the gift of God." Of his conversion Ryle said,...
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You may spoil the Gospel by interposition. You have only push something between Christ and the eye of the soul, to draw away the sinners attention from the Saviour, and the mischief is done. Interpose anything between man and Christ, and man will neglect Christ for the thing interposed! Do this, either directly or indirectly, and your religion ceases to be Evangelical. J.C. Ryle, Knots Untied // 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 Lords Supper,and the mischief is done. Substitute anything for Christ, and the Gospel is totally spoiled! Do this, either directly or indirectly, and your religion ceases to be Evangelical. J.C. Ryle, Knots Untied // Now, if children were considered to be capable of admission into the Church by an ordinance in the Old Testament, it is difficult to see why they cannot be admitted in the New. The general tendency of the Gospel is to increase mens spiritual privileges and not to diminish them. Nothing, I believe, would astonish a Jewish convert so much as to tell him his children could not be baptized! If they are fit to receive circumcision, he would reply, why are they not fit to receive baptism? And my own firm conviction has long been that no Baptist could give...
JC Ryle (the Evangelical Bishop) writes against the catholic trend within the Church of England and explains the proper place of The Prayer book, the faith and worship. A good read. Read this book over a year ago and skimmed through it again this week. Ryle is always a pleasure to read and writes with amazing clarity and conviction. Great.
